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Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), MMA excavations, 1935–36
Medium: Whitewashed wood; linen Dimensions: H. of chest: 44 cm (17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936 |
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Attributed to the Amasis Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 550–530 B.C.
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm)
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1931
Accession Number: 31.11.10 |
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Period: Roman Republic, 81 CE
Location: Museo Vaticano
Source: Artstor |
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Object Name: Tunic
Date: probably 5th century
Geography: Said to be from Egypt, Akhmim (former Panopolis)
Medium: Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave Dimensions: Tunic: L. 72 1/16 in. (183 cm) W. 53 1/8 in. (135 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1926
Accession Number: 26.9.8 |
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Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: late 8th–early 9th century
Culture: China Medium: Weft-faced compound twill Dimensions: Overall: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm) Mount (with plexi cover): 28 3/4 x 32 1/2 in. (73 x 82.6 cm) Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1996 |
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Wool
2nd -3rd Century BCE
(Greek) Hellenistic tapestry wall hanging Found at Shanpula, Xinjiang, China |
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Period: Sasanian
Date: ca. 5th–7th century A.D.
Geography: Central Asia
Culture: Sasanian Medium: Silk textile Dimensions: 7 1/2 inches by 42 inches Classification: Textiles-Costumes
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts and Rogers Fund, 2004 |
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Object Name: Fragment
Date: 6th–9th century
Geography: Attributed to Egypt, possibly Akhmim (former Panopolis)
Medium: Silk; samit
Dimensions: Textile: L. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) Mat: L. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) W. 12 1/16 in. (30.6 cm) D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1915 |
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Silk
Weft-Faced Compound Twill Weave
Byzantium
Late 10th- first half of the 11th century (found) Emperor Charlemagne’s tomb, Aachen |
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1100–50
Almería, Spain
Silk Weft-faced Compound Twill
Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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Spain, probably Almería
1250-1274 (made)
Museum no. 796-1893
Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Italian (Genoa),
late 17th-early 18th century.
Silk,
84 x 23 in. (2 13.3 x 58.4 cm).
Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1992 (1 992.15) |
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Date:16th century
Culture:Italian or Spanish
Medium: Silk and metal thread
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
Accession Number: 16.32.322 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Date:second half 15th century Culture:Italian
Medium: Silk and metal-wrapped thread, pile on-pile cut, voided and brocaded velvet with metal-wrapped thread loops
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1946
Accession Number: 46.156.134 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Late 16th century-early 17th century; circa 1620s-1630s.
Woman's bodice or waistcoat knitted in stocking stitch
beige silk thread and gold thread.
Pattern worked with plain stitch within the motifs.
Fitted body with short flared skirt.
Full-length sleeves, part of the Burrell Collection. © CSG CIC
Glasgow Museums and Libraries Collections |
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(1533-1601)
associated to Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619)
Oil on panel, c.1575 ©
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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First knitting Machine,
1589
Invented by William Lee |
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From The Hunt of the Unicorn. South Netherlandish,
1495-1 505.
Wool warp; wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts;
12 ft. 1 in. x 14 ft. |
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Hanging of painted and dyed cotton
made in western India for the British market,
late 17th or early 18th century.
Victoria & Albert Museum no. IS.156-1953. |
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France, circa
1770
Cotton and linen plain weave,
block-printed and dye-painted, with silk passementerie Center back
length: 61 in. (154.94 cm) |
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