
The Bayeux Tapestry
c. 1067-1082 · Wool crewel yarn embroidered onto a...
On loan to the British Museum, London
Cabinets, tables, carpets and vestments. 33 artworks recorded, across 2 kinds, each with a cited chain of ownership.

c. 1067-1082 · Wool crewel yarn embroidered onto a...
On loan to the British Museum, London

c. 1495-1505 · Wool warp with wool
The Met Cloisters, New York, Gallery 17

1701 to 1713 · Baltic amber sawn into strips about 5 mm...
Lost

1760-90 · Mahogany
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1902 · Walnut
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1880 · Oak
The Oval Office, The White House, Washington

Second half of the 16th century · Silk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Seventeenth century · Knotted pile
Museum of Islamic Art

c. 1590-1600 · Oak
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

c. 1300-1320 · Linen ground
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1991 · Wool weft in soumak technique
Jamtli

c. 1565-73 · Marble of different colours
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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