Rectangular Textile with Decoration of Paired Parrots in Ogival Medallions, the Medallions Set Against a Ground of Densely Scrolling Foliage and Stylized Blossoms

Heavy blue satin with gold brocade

Ink on silk

Ink on silk

Fiber

Glass

Silk and metallic threads (filé and frisé)

Cotton

Warp: 2 Z spun S plied wool; 1 level. Weft: 1 Z spun wool in dark red, orange, undyed brown and yellow; mostly 2 and sometimes 3/4/5 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red heavily abrashed to light red, dark yellow (heavily abrashed), light green (most likely indigo sulfonic), purple, fuchsine purple (now faded), undyed white, corrosive brown. Knots: symmetrical. Both selvedges: 2 bundles of 2 green warps each. Top end: 1 cm. green tapestry weave, stripped. Top of design is bottom of rug.

Textile fibers

Silk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins