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Rug with a bronze colored field achieved by applying braided metallic threads to the base web of cotton. The design of five-clawed dragons, flaming jewels and the Heavenly Sea motif stands out in a relief against this ground. Colors chiefly blue, red, tans and green. All are faded and the reds have run slightly. Sides overcast, ends finished with a narrow web terminating in a gold fringe recently applied. Across the lower web a series of chinese characters woven in gold threads. Cotton warp and woof. Senna knot, 12 to the lineal inch.

Rug, 19th century

China

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Tapestry. On a mille-fleur ground a knight wearing a sword and a surcoat, probably of velvet, with a design of large flowering pomegranites on a serpentine band. He carries a chalice in his right hand and a jewelled coronet in his left. Plain narrow red border badly worn. Some restoration. Partially lined with white cotton.

One of the Three Magi on a "Millefleurs" Ground, early 16th century

Unknown Flemish or French

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Prayer Rug, Kulah. The prayer field of rose-red is filled with diagonal rows of stiff floral motifs in soft green. The area above and around the prayer field is soft blue, becoming darker at top, with rows of single flowers in red and white. Above and below the main field is a variation of the typical Kulah S-scroll border with single blossoms on a dark blue ground. The border contains 18 narrow stripes of rose, white, brown and green filled with conventionalized blossoms and geometric motifs. Sides selvaged and the ends finished with a narrow web fringed with warp threads. Ghiordes knot with 12 knots per lineal inch. Wool warp and woof. Nap well worn down.

Prayer Rug, 18th century

Turkey

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Prayer rug, Kulah. The field of soft green is shaded and filled with rows of conventionalized floral forms and fringed with pinks in profile along the inner border. The field above the prayer niche is soft blue with rows of pink and red blossoms. Above is a wide border of conventionalized pinks in groups of four and below the prayer field another wide border of conventionalized blossoms and leaves in blocks. The main border contains a running band of conventionalized floral sprays. Fourteen narrow borders in pale beige, brown, and green, carry single blossoms and arrowhead motifs. Sides are selvaged, and the upper end has a narrow web ending in short warp fringe. Ghiordes knot, with 12 knots per lineal inch, wool warp and woof. Selvage of one side torn. Many patches.

Prayer Rug, 18th century

Turkey

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Textile, Date Unknown

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cloth, Date Unknown

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Runner, 18th century

Italy

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cloth, Date Unknown

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Orphrey, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Armorial Panel, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Panel, 16th-17th century

Italy

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Orphrey, 17th-18th century

Italy or Spain

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Table cover, 16th-17th century

Italy

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Runner, 17th century

Italy

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Spread, 16th century

Italy

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Bedspread, 17th century

Italy

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Panel, 15th-16th century

Italy

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Cope, 18th century

Italy

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