Panel from a table carpet showing the Four Continents, the Seasons, and Four Planets, between 1662 and 1680

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Panel from a table carpet showing the Four Continents, the Seasons, and Four Planets, between 1662 and 1680, British, Linen and silk satin, embroidered with silk and wool, passementerie of silk thread, silk-wrapped parchment, and metal, 36 1/8 x 87 1/4 in. ( x cm), Textiles-Embroidered, These embroidered panels were probably the two ends of a decorative table carpet. The practice of covering tables with precious textiles began in Europe in the thirteenth century, when some imported pile carpets from the Middle East were considered too fine to be walked upon

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Size: 4626px × 2572px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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