Child's damask silk bonnet in the form of a tiger and embroidered in black couched silk cord: Chinese, 19th century

Brown silk damask coat lined with sheepskin: China, 19th century

Bright blue silk damask sample with satin background, showing a design of exotic flowers and leaves: English or French, c. 1729 - 1732

Chalice veil of red silk damask woven with a pattern of interlacing stems forming lozenge-shaped compartments, each filled with a leaf, with an applied heart-shaped piece of crimson satin in centre embroidered with the sacred monogram and surrounded by floral scrollwork: probably Italian, the damask late 16th to early 17th century, the embroidery late 17th century

Silk damask woven with a design of a lion and two birds within a border in yellow on a brown ground, probably from the cuff of a linen tunic: Egypt, El-Drounka, c. AD500-600

Giltwood armchair upholstered in red damask with cabriole legs, hairy paw feet and decorated seat rails, made for Sir Lawrence Dundas: English, London, designed by Robert Adam, made by the workshop of Thomas Chippendale, 1765

Giltwood armchair upholstered in red damask with cabriole legs, hairy paw feet and decorated seat rails, made for Sir Lawrence Dundas: English, London, designed by Robert Adam, made by the workshop of Thomas Chippendale, 1765