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A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 4 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 9 to 21 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–2.0 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 1.0–2.0 mm.

Large Leaf Verdure with Proscenium, Animals, and Birds, 1525-1550

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series, 1700/25

John Vanderbank

A work made of wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 7 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 22 to 34 wefts per cm; wool : s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–1.1 mm.

The Resurrection from The Allegory of the Redemption of Man, c. 1500-1510

A work made of wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts.

Medici Armorial, 1643/44

Lorenzo Lippi

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months, c. 1726

Claude III Audran

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Month of July/The Sign of Leo, from The Grotesque Months, c. 1726

Claude III Audran

A work made of wool and silk; slit, single, and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.85 mm weft: count: varies from 32 to 56 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.85 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere), 1540-1545

Willem de Pannemaker

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.55–0.65 mm weft: count: varies from 16 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm.

Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra, c. 1640

Evrard Leyniers

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 5 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameter: 1.2 mm weft: count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters; 0,4–1.2 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm.

The Meeting of Jacob and Rebecca, and Isaac Blessing Jacob from The Story of Jacob, 1560/68

Workshop of Jan van Tieghem

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm.

Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid, c. 1675

Wauters Workshop

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 24 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; three yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: z-ply of two yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.7 mm.

Village Fete (Saint George's Fair) from a Teniers series, c. 1710

Workshop of Gaspard (Jasper) van der Borcht

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 7 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: z-ply of two s-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm.

Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses, c. 1685

Wauters Workshop

A work made of wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 9 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of four z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm weft: count: varies from 20 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm.

The Massacre at Jerusalem from The Story of Titus and Vespasian, 1650/75

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals, 1775/89

Etienne Jeaurat

Bordered textile depicting a festive scene on a gold background in yellow, red, green, and blue. Three poled structures linked by garland arches dominate the scene. At center, a person rides an elephant, a while at right, two people dance near a seated leopard. Two others dance at left.

The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series, c. 1688/1732

Jean Baptiste Monnoyer

A work made of wool and silk; slit, single, and double dovetailed tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm. weft: count: varies from 13 to 28 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.6 mm (some wefts, probably repairs or replacements, are pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements); silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm..

Elias, 1460-1470

A work made of wool and silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 18 to 29 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.3 mm; silk: z-ply of two s-twisted elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm.

Moses, 1460-1470

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp; count; 8 warps per cm; wool; s-ply of four z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 20 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: single s-spun elements; s-ply of two z-spun elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-spun elements; paired yarns of single s-spun elements and s-ply of two z-spun elements; three yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.35–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; paired yarns of s-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.85 mm.

October, 1525-1550

Circle of Bernard van Orley

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Alexander Encounters Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons, from The Story of Alexander the Great, c. 1600

A work made of wool and silk, silt and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Woodland with a Pond, 1660/70

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