late 19th century
141.9 x 66.4 cm (55 7/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA (by 1936), bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1936.
Cut velvet with silver and silver-gilt thread
16th-17th centuryOttomanFiber
ItalianFiber
JapaneseBlue and buff wool with linen threads on wool warps
3rd-5th century CEByzantineBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseTextile fibers
20th centuryCroatianWarp: 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.
19th-20th centuryOttomanLinen and wool, tapestry woven
4th century CEByzantineSilk
19th centuryUzbek