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A work made of wool, cotton, and silk; slit and double interlocking tapestry weave two distinct areas of weaving are present. the central field, bottom border, and lower medallion are woven with wool warps in slit tapestry weave. warp: count: 4–5 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.5 mm weft: count: varies from 12 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.8 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.2 mm the entire side and top borders, the narrow spiral border on all four sides, the border corners, and the upper medallion are woven with cotton warps and multicolored element wefts in slit and (top border only) double interlocking tapestry weave. warp: count: 5 warps per cm. cotton: z-ply of three s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 9 to 20 wefts per cm; wool: three to five yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements; s-ply of twelve elements of ten z-spun and two s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–2.0 mm; silk: four yarns of z-ply of two s-twisted elements; paired yarns of z-ply of two s-twisted elements and z-ply of three s-twisted elements; three yarns of two z-ply of two s-twisted elements and one z-ply of three s-twisted elements; diameters: 1.0–1.8 mm; wool and silk: three yarns of two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; three yarns of two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one z-ply of two s-twisted silk elements; five yarns of two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and three z-ply of two s-twisted silk elements; six yarns of five s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.9 mm.

Millefleur with Medallions, 1540-1560

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: varies from 8 to 10 warps per cm; wool; s-ply of six z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm weft: count: varies from 22 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; s-ply of three z-spun elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters; 0.15–0.5 mm.

July, before 1528

Circle of Bernard van Orley

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of six z-spun elements; ; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 26 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters; 0.25–0.7 mm.

February, before 1528

Circle of Bernard van Orley

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

Claude III Audran

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave two distinct areas of weaving are present. the central field, the entire top and bottom borders, and the lower medallion are woven with wool warps in slit and (borders only) double interlocking tapestry weave. warp: count: 4 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0–2.0 mm weft: count: varies from 12 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.6 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm the entire left and right borders, the narrow spiral border on all four sides, the border corners, and the upper medallion are woven with cotton warps and multicolored wefts in slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave. warp: count: 4–5 warps per cm. cotton: z-ply of three s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.5 mm weft: count: varies from 9 to 19 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of five to seven s-ply of two z-spun elements; s-ply of twelve elements of ten z-spun and two s-ply of two z-spun elements; three to five yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements; pairs of s-ply of four s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–2.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool and z-ply of three s-twisted silk elements; three yarns of two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; three yarns, two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one z-ply of two s-twisted silk elements; four yarns of three s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one z-ply of two s-twisted silk elements; four yarns of two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and two z-ply of two s-twisted silk elements; four yarns of two s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and one s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements and one z-ply of two s-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.8 mm.

Millefleur with Medallions, 1540-1560

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: 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 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 warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8 mm weft: count: varies from 22 to 48 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; wool and silk: three yarns, one yarn of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and two yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm.

Procession of the Fat Ox from a Teniers Series, 1729-1768

Workshop of Daniel IV 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, 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 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

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