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Linen and silk textile fragment, tapestry-woven with four horizontal decorative panels, including Arabic and Kulfic inscriptions, from a tomb at al-Drounka: Egypt, Fatimid, 540s - 550s AH / 1126 - 1150 AD

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Textile fragment of woven linen and silk, with decorative bands including kufic inscriptions reading 'Victory comes from God': Egyptian, Akhmim, Fatimid, late 5th - early 6th century AH / 12th century AD

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Fragment of a two-faced Wari tapestry tunic with a cotton warp and camelid fibre weft of various colours with stylised compression and expansion design of a male figure with bird head and wings holding a staff, similar to the central figure on the Gateway of the Sun, Tiahuanaco: South America, Peru, Wari

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Fragment of a Wari tapestry tunic with a cotton warp and camelid fibre weft of various colours and a repeating stylised compression and expansion design of feline heads, probably a puma, alternating with scroll and step design: South America, Peru, Wari

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Fragment of tapestry sample woven with coloured cotton and silk threads showing a repeating diaper of stylized fruit and foliage on a deep blue-green ground: English, London, Silver Studio, about 1900

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