1title: L'Adoration des mages
artist: Edward Burne-Jones
date: 1904
dimensions: w3770 x h2580 mm
current location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
credit: uQHHRCrCrHZVdw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
license:Public domain
2title: Unknown, Iran Silk Tapestry - Google Art Project
artist:
Unknown, Iran, 1550-1600 (Iran)date: (1550 - 1600)
dimensions: w1510 cm
current location: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
credit: gAHNzVzgbBvPzw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
license:Public domain
3title: Unknown, Iran, 16th or 16th Century Silk Tapestry Depicting the story of Leila and Majnun - Google Art Project
artist:
Unknown, Iran, 16th or 16th Century (Iran)date: (1550 - 1650)
dimensions: w1290 cm
current location: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
credit: 8AG0fEQ3EStbcQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
license:Public domain
4title: Immortal Holding a Peach
artist: Unknown
date: 1644
medium: technique silk technique tapestry
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art <!-- location within the gallery/museum -->
source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection: [link entry 44059]
credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection: entry 44059
description: silk tapestry from the Ming dynasty of Dongfang Shuo stealing a peach of immortality. The legend is based on the historical Dongfang Shuo, (c. 160 BC – 93 BC), a Han dynasty official who worked in the court of Emperor Wu.
license:Public domain
5title: Immortal Holding a Peach
artist: Unknown
date: 1644
medium: technique silk technique tapestry
current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art <!-- location within the gallery/museum -->
source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection: [link entry 44059]
credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection: entry 44059
description: silk tapestry from the Ming dynasty of Dongfang Shuo stealing a peach of immortality. The legend is based on the historical Dongfang Shuo, (c. 160 BC – 93 BC), a Han dynasty official who worked in the court of Emperor Wu.
license:Public domain
6title: Tapestry Fragment (Spain), 13th century
artist:
Unknown artistdate: 13th century
medium: silk, metallic (gilded parchment wound around silk core)
dimensions: H x W: 34.9 x 17.8 cm (13 3/4 x 7 in.)
current location: Institution:Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
source: [link Catalog] [link Photo]
description: Fragment of woven silk containing one full and most of a second roundel, surrounded by interlaced bands forming star and rosette motifs. In the upper roundel, two confronted figures toast each other with cups raised; in the lower roundel the figure on the right raises a cup and the other figure a long-necked bottle. In dark blue, green, orange-red, and white on a gold metallic ground.
license:Public domain
7title: Tiraz Tapestry Fragments, 10th–12th century
artist:
Unknown artistdate: 10th–12th century
medium: linen, silk
dimensions: A/ H x W: 4.5 × 16 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.) B/ H x W: 4.5 × 16 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
current location: Institution:Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
source: [link Catalog] [link Photo]
description: Two fragments of a tapestry woven band with birds and flowers in medallions in polychrome silk. tapestry weave, single warps, eccentric wefts, slits and double sided. Poor condition with many wefts missing.
license:Public domain
8title: Tiraz Tapestry Fragments, 10th–12th century
artist:
Unknown artistdate: 10th–12th century
medium: linen, silk
dimensions: A/ H x W: 4.5 × 16 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.) B/ H x W: 4.5 × 16 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
current location: Institution:Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
source: [link Catalog] [link Photo]
description: Two fragments of a tapestry woven band with birds and flowers in medallions in polychrome silk. tapestry weave, single warps, eccentric wefts, slits and double sided. Poor condition with many wefts missing.
license:Public domain
9title: Central Asia Tapestry with golden lions and palmettes - 1991.3 - Cleveland Museum of Art
artist: unknown
date: 1200s or earlier
medium: silk, gold thread; tapestry weave
dimensions: Overall: 63.5 x 34.7 cm (25 x 13 11/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: link
credit: link
description:
This colorful, robust pattern features spirited Iranian golden lions, traditional symbols of royalty, amid large palmette leaves on vines that repeat, facing alternate directions in an asymmetrical Chinese-inspired layout. The regular repetition of the design indicates that it was influenced by silk patterns that were preset on large drawlooms, whereas variations in the motifs and colors confirm it was woven by hand in the tapestry technique. The pattern was created with silk thread in 13 rich colors and gold thread on parchment strips wrapped around a yellow core for increased visibility. This luxury fabric served as a container, most likely for imperial correspondence, a forerunner of paper envelopes today.license:
CC0
title: China, Qing Dynasty Strip of Silk Tapestry (K'o Ssu) - 1916.1332 - Cleveland Museum of Art
artist: unknown
date: 1700s-1800s
medium: tapestry, silk and gold thread
dimensions: Overall: 29 x 170.7 cm (11 7/16 x 67 3/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: link
credit: link
license:
CC0
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