EditorialDance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs. Chilkat Tlingit; Southeastern Alaska, United States. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 176.1 x 138.5 cm (69 1/4 x 54 1/2 in.). Wool and bark, dovetail and single interlocking, discontinuous weft, alternate p...
EditorialQuipu or khipu-A system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization. Inca culture; Peru; 15th-16th century CE.
EditorialOriental carpet, flower rug, made of knotted wool, decorated with a double mihrab in the midfield, a diamond-shaped medallion adorned with flowers. Around rows of botehs. Five edges all around, the middle of which is decorated with rosettes., anonymous...
EditorialCarpet with coat of arms Van Pallandt van Eerde / Van Neukirchen called Nyvenheim, Carpet of knotted wool. Design: in the middle of a red background with a pattern of flowers and lancet-shaped serrated leaves, the Van Pallandt van Eerde / Van Neukirche...
EditorialOriental carpet, prayer rug, made of knotted wool, decorated with a terra-red mihrab, with a high step gable. The upper field is decorated with tulips. Around three edges, the middle one decorated with flowers., anonymous, Klein-Azie, 1800 - 1815, wool...
EditorialOriental carpet, prayer rug, made of knotted wool. In the midfield a terra-red mihrab with a pointed serrated top in which an inverted oil can hangs. Two columns that end in flowers. Around three edges, with the middle, widest, decorated with lotuses a...
EditorialOriental rug, prayer rug, made of knotted wool, decorated with a blue mihrab, stepped gable top, filled with white arrow motifs. The swirls are decorated with flowers. Three edges and four spiral seams around midfield., anonymous, Ghiordes (possibly), ...
EditorialShoulder Blanket with Plain-Stripe Design, 1860/90, Navajo (Din?), Northern New Mexico or Arizona, United States, New Mexico, Wool, plain weave with "lazy lines" and dovetail tapestry weave, twined warp ends and selvages, knotted corner tassels, 177.8 ...
EditorialCarpet, late 17th century, Attributed to Egypt, Cairo, Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrical knotted pile, H. 98 in. (248.9 cm), Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialCarpet, Possibly made at Axminster (British, 20th century), or possibly made at Moorfields, 1770?80, British, Axminster or Moorfields, Wool, knotted, L. 199 x W. 186 1/4 inches (505.5 x 473.1 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Possibly made at Axminster (British, 20t...
EditorialMamluk Carpet, early 16th century, Attributed to probably Egypt, probably Cairo, Wool, (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Rug: H. 84 in. (213.4 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Mamluk style carpets figured significantly in Mediterranean commerce an...