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Abundantia from The Four Continents and Related Allegories
Lodewijk van Schoor
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: single S-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm · 1670
Art Institute of Chicago

Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid
Wauters Workshop
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm · 1665
Art Institute of Chicago

Table Carpet with Garlands of Flowers and Rinceaux
Manufacture de Aubusson
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1650
Art Institute of Chicago

The Death of Cleopatra from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Battle of Actium from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medici Armorial
Lorenzo Lippi
Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts · 1643
Art Institute of Chicago

Medici Armorial
Lorenzo Lippi
Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts · 1643
Art Institute of Chicago

Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus
Jan van Leefdael
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm · 1640
Art Institute of Chicago

Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Evrard Leyniers
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.55–0.65 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm · 1630
Art Institute of Chicago

The Crossing of the Granicus from The Story of Alexander the Great
Karel van Mander II
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1619
Art Institute of Chicago

The Crossing of the Granicus from The Story of Alexander the Great
Karel van Mander, II
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1619
Art Institute of Chicago
![The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a597facd-9306-2729-d5b6-d63025ba5928/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia
Antoine Caron
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1607
Art Institute of Chicago
![The Feast [central part] from The Story of Artemisia](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9df5b016-384e-60ba-15e6-391c92426647/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
The Feast [central part] from The Story of Artemisia
Antoine Caron
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1607
Art Institute of Chicago
![The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a597facd-9306-2729-d5b6-d63025ba5928/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia
Antoine Caron
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1607
Art Institute of Chicago
![The Feast [central part] from The Story of Artemisia](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9df5b016-384e-60ba-15e6-391c92426647/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
The Feast [central part] from The Story of Artemisia
Antoine Caron
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1607
Art Institute of Chicago

The Elevation of the Cross from a set of The Passion
Hans Wechtlin
Wool, silk, metal thread (20 warp threads per inch, 8 per cm.) · 1600
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Gathering of Manna
Alessandro Allori
Wool and silk · 1595
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Gathering of Manna
Alessandro Allori
Wool and silk · 1595
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Diana and Her Nymphs with the Ox Hunt
Hans Bol
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6–7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.1 mm; silk; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago

Venus and Adonis (?) with the Duck Hunt
Jacques Geubels, I
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2. mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago

Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry
Erasmus de Pannemaker, I
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft; Count: varies from 19 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk; S-ply of two elements with no appreciable twist; paired elements with no appreciable twist; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago