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Silk

A fine, lustrous, natural fiber obtained from the larval cocoons of silk moths, such as the domesticated Bombyx mori.

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

The art of making a tapestry

The making of a thangka painting

The Torah and its adornment

Textiles in the colonial Andes

Motifs and patterns: fundamentals of design vocabulary

Works of Art

Portrait of Sin Sukju

second half of the 15th century

Herter Brothers, Mark Hopkins House Side Chair

c. 1878–80

Neo-Confucianism and Fan Kuan, Travelers by Streams and Mountains

c. 1000

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)

2nd century B.C.E.

Bandolier bags, an introduction

c. 1850–present

The Ardabil Carpet

1539–40

The court carpets of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires, an introduction

c. 936–1858

The Kaaba

pre-Islamic version before c. 608, rededication by in 631–32 C.E., multiple renovations

1631

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