
Oseberg Tapestry Fragments
c. 834 CE or somewhat earlier · Tapestry weave
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
Cabinets, tables, carpets and vestments. 29 artworks recorded, across 2 kinds, each with a cited chain of ownership.

c. 834 CE or somewhat earlier · Tapestry weave
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

1133/34 CE · Red silk samite dyed with kermes
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Weltliche Schatzkammer

1813 · Wool bunting
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution...

Paris, c. 1750 · White oak carcase veneered with bloodwood
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

1777-1779 · Curly and grained maple veneer and mahogany
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Dated AH 946, equivalent to 1539-40 · Wool knotted pile on a silk warp and weft...
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Room 42, the Jameel Gallery

Seventeenth century · Knotted pile
Museum of Islamic Art

ca. 1900 · Case and carved elements in stained beech

c. 1425-1450 · Wool
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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

c. 1690 · Ebony veneer over a carcase
Cleveland Museum of Art, Gallery 215

1773 · Marquetry of satinwood
Harewood House, West Yorkshire
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