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Clothing and Textiles



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Fragment of the sudarium of St. Austremoine            
with riders and lions.                                 
Four thread samite
#31020143

Fragment of the sudarium of St. Austremoine with riders and lions....

The sudarium of St. Victor                             
with men and lions.
#31020145

The sudarium of St. Victor with men and lions.

The sudarium of St. Eusebius with eagles.
#31020146

The sudarium of St. Eusebius with eagles.

Cape of Robert of Anjou.                               
Detail: Two peacocks.
#31020148

Cape of Robert of Anjou. Detail: Two peacocks.

Peacock, pastoral scene.                               
Plate printed cotton (1761)
#31020154

Peacock, pastoral scene. Plate printed cotton (17...

Musician and a monkey.                                 
Fabric from a chair-back.                              
Polychrome silk                                        
Design by Philippe de Lasalle
#31020160

Musician and a monkey. Fabric from a chair-back...

So-called "Portuguese Carpet". Red centre medallion,   
in the four corners scenes with Portuguese ships,      
European crew and captain, swimmers, sea animals.      
Scenes may represent the Portuguese occupation of Goa. 
Wool, 14 colours, from Persia. Inv. T 8339.
#31030114

So-called "Portuguese Carpet". Red centre medallion, in the four corners scen...

So-called "Portuguese Rug", detail of 31-03-01/14:     
Portuguese crews and captains (with European hats and  
buttons on their coats) arriving in their sailboats,   
perhaps landing in Goa. Swimmer and sea-animals.       
Wool, 14 colours, from Persia. Inv. T 8339.
#31030115

So-called "Portuguese Rug", detail of 31-03-01/14: Portuguese crews and cap...

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this
series of six tapestries is "A mon seul desir"-"After  
my own desire". The series was woven in Brussels, after
Parisian cartons, for Jean le Viste, burgher of Paris. 
The five senses: Touch.Approx.370 x 355 cm    1480-1490
#31030127

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries...

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this
series of six tapestries is "A mon seul desir"- "After 
my own desire". The series was woven in Brussels, after
Parisian cartons, for Jean le Viste, burgher of Paris. 
The five senses: Sight. 312 x 330 cm      1480-1490
#31030128

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries...

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this
series of six tapestries is "A mon seul desir"- "After 
my own desire". The series was woven in Brussels, after
Parisian cartons, for Jean le Viste, burgher of Paris. 
The five senses: Hearing.Approx.368 x 290 cm  1480-1490
#31030129

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries...

The horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the Tapestry
of the Apocalypse, made for Louis I of Anjou from
cartons (patterns) by Hennequin de Bruges.The tapestry
was woven in Paris in the workshop of Nicolas Bataille,
1375-1380.   168 x 500 cm. (Revelations 9:17):"And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone."
#31030136

The horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the Tapestry of the Apocalypse, made for L...