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A series of historical textile pieces featuring intricate floral and geometric patterns, showcasing craftsmanship from different centuries and cultural contexts.

Fragment 17th century Italian. Fragment 220110
Fragment 17th century Italian. Fragment 220110
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Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 10 x 27 inches (25.4 x 68.6 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Fragment of textile with horses ca. 5th-7th century A.D. Sasanian This vertical strip of silk-weave fabric has a repeating pattern of winged horses in pearl roundels. The horses alternate facing left and right, with outstretched wings and knotted tails. Each wears a pearl band with fluttering ribbons around the neck, a ball-and-crescent headdress supported by a shaft, and ankle fillets. The roundels pearl border is interrupted at the top, bottom, and sides by concentric squares. In the background, stylized blossoming trees are flanked by floral elements enclosed in a motif with a rounded top. This textile motif is typically Sasanian and similar patterns appear on the rock reliefs of Taq-i Bustan, Iran. Winged horses are also featured on Sasanian metalwork and stamp seals, and the ball-and-crescent headdress is comparable to royal crowns depicted on Sasanian coins. Sasanian textiles were exported throughout the ancient world and their manufacture and iconography reflect the artistic tr
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Mummy, 19th century illustration
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Pompeii, mosaic warning visitors Cave canem (beware of the dog) in Pompeii     Date: before 79
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Old-Fashioned Chinese Anchor, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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Fragment. Dimensions: 7 1/2 in. high 7 3/8 in. wide (19 cm high 18.7 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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