Pairs of animals with pseudo-Kufic writing on their bodies and pairs of birds in gold and silver on rose.

Blue damask with a large scale symmetrical pattern, the vertical center-line is middle of fabric in light blue; large oval frame in the form of a ribbon from the top of which is suspended a basket of flowers from a ribbon. The ribbon frame is the full width of the fabric, and is repeated one on top of the other.

Fragment of dark brown silk grosgrain with large-scale floral group embroidered in green, blue, orange, yellow, grey and black.

Fragment of Irish poplin. Narrow horizontal stripes of black and green. Watered.

Light brown fragment has slender serpentine stems with pointed oval stylized leaves turning off main stem alternately right and left.

Fragments of a fabric symmetrical on a center line.

Yellow and white striped dress fabric with serpentine flower and sprigs. Narrow white stripes have blue double guard borders with repeating sprig motif. Wider yellow stripes have two thin rose stripes and a central white stripe with trailing serpentine flower bouquets.

Bright yellow damask with a pattern of a symmetrical flower and leafy vine motif: central flower framed by flower sprigs with twisting leaves. The ogee pattern is continued by putting the fabrics side by side. Red stripe in either selvedge.

Reproduction fabric inspired by a sixteenth century design in the Cooper Union Museum collection has a pattern of flower-filled urns and pairs of peacocks.

Alternation of four S-curving vines (two bamboo-like; two seaweed-like). Each vine sends out shoots alternately left and right. Textile would have been used as a dress fabric and was probably inspired by a European woven silk.

Fragment of a formal, symmetrical pattern of long pointed leaves framing a stem with three globe-like blossoms. The pattern is in shades of gold outlined in deep red.

Ogival forms containing addorsed birds withinb a leafy vine. In tan on blue.

Man on horseback carrying a quiver, about to hurl a spear at a crouching lion. Large-scale parrot, stripes, fantastic foliage and architectural forms. Fabric was originally entirely faced with metallic threads, gold and silver.

Two lengths of woven fabric showing ribbons creating a diamond grid. Bows at the intersections of the grid and enclose a small floral sprig (alternate rows counterfaced) on a rust background.

Blue taffeta with deeply curving serpentines in warp of the ground fabric. Between serpentines, in horizontal rows, figure of a man playing a clarinet, alternating with a bird on a slender branch. Alternate horizontal rows have sprays of flowers. Design brocaded in silver metal thread with outlines in red silk brocade.

Dark blue fabric patterned with vines and brocaded with gold in a design of the leg of a strong bird.

Complex metallic patterning with two side by side repeats. this fabric is of the style called 'bizarre'.

Serpentine pattern of polychrome branches on off-white. Many tears in the fabric.

Slender curving vine winding up the center of the fabric with large and small flowers, stylized light blue birds and brightly-colored butterflies.

Fantastic birds flying up and down into large blossoms.

1301 / 1500, Italy

1301 / 1500, Italy

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