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Wool

Refers especially to the fine, soft, curly hair or fleece of sheep, but also the hair of the alpaca, vicuña, certain goats, and a few other animals.

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

The art of making a tapestry

Wearable art in Byzantium

Paracas textiles, an introduction

Textiles in the colonial Andes

Works of Art

Conservation of William Morris, The Bullerswood Carpet

1889

Bernard van Orley and Pieter de Pannemaker, The Last Supper

c. 1524–26 (design), c. 1525–28 (woven)

The Unicorn Tapestries

c. 1495–1505

Bandolier bags, an introduction

c. 1850–present

All-T’oqapu Tunic

1450–1540

The Paracas Textile

100–300 C.E.

The Ardabil Carpet

1539–40

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

c. 936–1858

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