19th-early 20th century
H. 15.3 x Diam. 34 cm (6 x 13 3/8 in.)
Silk with vegetable dyes, warp and weft ikat designs; collar lining made of red crepe, robe lining made of red wool
18th-19th centuryJapaneseWool and linen, tapestry weave
6th centuryByzantineWarps: 2 S plied Z spun hard white undyed wool; one level. Weft: 1 Z spun brown undyed wool; 2 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool; small amount of silk. Pile colors: dark red, light red, dark, medium and light blue, bright yellow, small amounts of white and undyed brown. Magenta is silk. Knots: asymmetrical, open to the right. Knots per vertical decimeter: 100. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 47. Selvedges: both replaced, hand serged. Top end: 1/2 cm blue and 1/2 cm white tapestry weave, folded under and sewn in bright red. Bottom end: 1/2 cm red tapestry weave.
19th centuryTurkmenSilk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins
18th-19th centuryItalianSisal
Chinesewool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts
17th centuryIslamicWarps: undyed white wool. Wefts: variable, including outlining wefts, eccentric wefts. Weft colors: light red, dark red, red-brown, purple (made of red and blue), light blue (abrashed), green, dark olive green, dark blue. Whites are wool and cotton combined. The rest are wool.
19th centuryTurkish