Velvet textile fragment (detail); Iran, Yazd; c. 1600-1650. Silk, metallic wrapped thread; supplementary-warp cut pile, supplementary-weft patterning; 124 x 70 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 3.206. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1932.
Cushion cover fragment; Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul; Ottoman period, 16th century. Silk; silver wire, cut velvet with brocading; 84 x 67 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.2. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1951.
Textile fragment; Italy, Sicily, Palmero; late 13th or early 14th century. Silk and metallic threads, lampas, 33 x 29 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 83.9. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1947.
Tomb cover (detail), Turkey or Egypt, Ottoman, 18th century. Silk, compound woven in satin and twill weave, 120 x 71 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.85. Gift of Mrs. Hoffman Philip.
Textile hanging with Nereids and sea creatures, Egypt, 4th-6th century. Wool, linen; tapestry weave; 212 x 162 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.48. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1950.