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Horse Armor in Europe

March 1, 2010

By Dirk H. Breiding

Mankind has used animals such as onagers (wild donkeys), horses, camels, elephants, and dogs in conflicts for thousands of years, but no other animal has been employed so widely and continuously and was at times so comprehensively protected as the horse.
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Textile as Portable Garden

November 17, 2015

By Sylvia Wu

Intern Sylvia Wu investigates the history and original use of a textile fragment from the Department of Islamic Art's collection.
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Grasping the Foot of Lightning in a Maya Scepter Fragment

July 2, 2015

By James Doyle

Assistant Curator James Doyle analyzes a jade fragment from the Met's collection that may have originally formed the base of a scepter depicting the Maya god of lightning, K'awiil.
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Textile Conservation at The Met

February 28, 2023
Learn about the science, art, and exhibition techniques of textile conservation at The Met.
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Voices of Jerusalem: A Textile Merchant in the Old City

September 16, 2016
Bilal Abu Khalaf is a textile merchant in the Old City.
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The Dietrich von Bothmer Fragment Collection

December 13, 2018
This study collection of more than 16,000 fragments of Greek vases has been digitized and is accessible on The Met's website.
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Threads of History: Digitizing Textile Sample Books

July 24, 2019

By Ursula Romero

Former Intern Ursula Romero discusses digitizing textile sample books in Thomas J. Watson Library.
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Shaffron and Sultanate: Horse Armor for Indo-Islamic Royalty

January 15, 2015

By Rachel Parikh

Mellon Curatorial Fellow Rachel Parikh examines a shaffron (a piece of armor for a horse's head) potentially used by Indo-Islamic royalty.
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Textile Production in Europe: Silk, 1600–1800

October 1, 2003

By The Costume Institute and Melinda Watt

Before the Industrial Revolution, the creation of a patterned silk textile required a skilled weaver and a considerable investment in equipment and raw materials.
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Diversity and Exquisiteness: Examples of Three Asian Textile Sample Books

June 27, 2018

By Andrijana Sajic

Senior Book Conservation Coordinator Andrijana Sajic discusses three Asian textile sample books in the collection of Thomas J. Watson Library.
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Portrait of William Duguid

Prince Demah Barnes (American, ca. 1745–1778)

Date: 1773
Accession Number: 2010.105

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Fragment of textile with horses

Date: ca. 5th–7th century CE
Accession Number: 2004.255

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Panel with Horse Heads

Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 11.205.2

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Fragment of the marble stele (grave marker) of a hoplite (foot soldier)

Date: ca. 525–515 BCE
Accession Number: 38.11.13

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Composed Armor for Man and Horse

Left reinforcing elbow stamped with marks belonging to the Missaglia workshop (Italian, Milan, recorded 1430–1529)

Date: ca. 1450–1525 and later
Accession Number: 29.150.9

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Tunic Fragment

Date: 7th–9th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.394

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Tunic fragment

Wari artist

Date: 650–1000 CE
Accession Number: 30.16.4

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Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Part of the decoration design by Jean Cousin the Elder (French, Souci (?) ca. 1490–ca. 1560 Paris (?))

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 39.121a–n

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Armor for Man and Horse

Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)

Date: dated 1548, with later restorations
Accession Number: 29.151.2a–s; 29.158.183–.184; 32.69a–q