The “Pembroke” tapestry at V&A Museum, contains the armorial bearings of Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke in the style known as “grotesque”.
The “Pembroke” tapestry. Tapestry weaving in England. Tudor 16th c.
Tag: Carpet
Indian Elephant Trapping produced at Murshidabad, India.
The style and character of these elaborate objects admirably illustrate the Oriental splendor with which the native princes make their visits of pomp, and their progresses of parade.
Masterpieces of Turkish nomad carpets of the 18th c.
Turkish nomad carpets made by nomad tribes throughout the Ottoman empire, known generally as Smyrna carpets. The women mostly working on them in winter.
Bukovina. Embroidery and Carpets.
Bukovina. Embroidery and Carpets, 19th c. from the collection of Prof. Erich Kolbenhyer.
Terra di Lavoro. Two woolen carpets. Italy 18th c.
Woolen carpets of Terra di Lavoro, 18th century.
Abruzzi. Italian peasant rugs.
Heavy woolen blanket. Abruzzi, Italy ca. 1770
Oriental carpet. 15th century. Caucasus.
Carpet with conventionalized Animal-Figures: Incomplete Asia Minor or the Caucasus; First half of the 15th century. Length, 172 cm.; width, 90 cm.
Carpets design 19th century. Masterpieces of industrial art.
Carpets design 19th century. Masterpieces of industrial art. CARPETS BY MESSRS. HENDERSON & CO., DURHAM, AND MESSRS. FILMER & SON, LONDON.
Prayer rugs from Transylvania. 19th century.
Transylvanian prayer rugs. From Asia Minor. XVIIth century. Left one owned by Baron Charles Kaffner, Budapest; the other by the Arts and Crafts Museum, Budapest.
