All Uzbek peoples made embroidery for multiple uses.

This lovely fragment of a classical Spanish Alcaraz carpet displays a lovely acanthus vinescroll pattern in a classicizing Renaissance style.

This lovely fragment of a classical Spanish Alcaraz carpet displays a lovely acanthus vinescroll pattern in a classicizing Renaissance style

Many-colored clodband designs repeat in staggered symmetry acoss the field on these charming nomadic Lori saddlebags from Northwest Persia.

This highly unusual antique Oriental pile saddlecloth rug from China has floral field and border surmounted by a classic Chinese cloud pattern.

On this elegant antique Oriental Agra rug from India, an allover lattice of scrolls encloses rosettes against a deep chocolate ground.

This sumptuous antique Oriental silk textile from China has an exquisitely drawn classical Chinese design of staggered lotus palmettes, vines and cloudbands.

This exquisite little antique French tapestry depicts a scene drawn from classical mythology or allegory.

This elegant antique Oriental Bijar was a pattern sampler rug or wagireh meant to be used as a guide for weaving a larger carpet.

The field of this lovely little antique Kurdish bag from Persia has one stylized blossom, an excerpt from a larger allover design.

This modern English tapestry design is the epitome of contemporary elegance.

 This sumptuous antique Oriental Indian velvet textile is based upon the silk twill textiles of the early Byzantine and early Umayyad or Islamic periods.

This lush antique Ottoman Embroidery from Turkey has a complex, closely arrayed  design of flowerheads.

This elegant antique textile depicts a Venetian cityscape in the manner of painters like Canaletto.

This highly unusual antique American hooked rug has a A lovely curvilinear star pattern surrounded by floral clusters to either side.