18th Century Embroidery Designs

Delicate embroidery designs from the 18th century, featuring floral motifs and intricate patterns, showcasing fashion drawing techniques of the time.

Sampler (Mexico); linen, silk

Valentine 1850-70 Anonymous. Valentine. Anonymous. 1850-70. Cameo-embossed, open-work lace paper, chromolithography, colored paper

Siennica (woj. mazowieckie). Ornat skrzypcowy z pasa srebrnolitego fabryki Paschalisa Jakubowicza w Lipkowie (1790-1794) i kolumną błękitną haftowaną na złoto, z wyposażenia kościoła poreformackiego p.w. Ofiarowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny - widok z tyłu w skali 1:5. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painter

Fragment (Japan)

Stained glass drawing: Chevreuse, Annunciation - Angel Prosper Lafaye (1806-1883). Stained glass drawing: Chevreuse, Annunciation - Angel, between 1845 and 1875.

Fabric cut out unknown

Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border. French. early 19th century. Silk. Textiles-Embroidered

Sampler (USA); wool embroidery on cotton foundation; 1976-100-47

Chair Seat Made 1601-1700 France. Hemp, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross and tent stitches .

Edith Towner, Patchwork Quilt (Section), c 1937 Patchwork Quilt (Section)

Wallpaper Sample Book Morris & Company (London, England, 1875 - 1940). Wallpaper Sample Book, before 1917. Printed paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm). Decorative Arts before 1917

Beauties from the Yoshiwara, 1770 book Part three (of five); green cover with pattern of autumn leaves; eight sheets, numbered 41-48; first page, moon above water, behind clouds, with praise; Next pages, sitting Courtisanes in various activities, each with praise over moon and cuckoo. Or paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, silvered, painted, Diapered field, varnished silver, scroll of blue foliage, with red carnation. Brightly painted., Holland, ca. 1700, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Derrer Family Tree from Friedrich Derrer. Unknown

Floral field and border, White on glazed paper, France, 1780-1815, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment 18th century Italian, possibly Venice. Fragment. Italian, possibly Venice. 18th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Fragment (France); cotton

Floral design for printed textiles, Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752-1818, Fabrique de Fazy aux Bergues, Brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper, Stylized ferns, blue, pink, green on yellow ground decorated with rust squiggle pattern., France, 1800-1818, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Design for a room decoration. Design for a wall decoration.

Fragments, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, Four fragments of a pattern that appear to be an allegory based on events relating to Napoleon; several officers receiving homage from a woman dressed in Grecian robes and people kneeling and presenting their arms to Napoleonic soldiers. Pattern incomplete. In sepia on white., France, ca. 1805, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragments

Insects, Anonymous, 1650 - 1666 Insects. Print from the series of eight prints with views of flowers, fruits, nut mushrooms and insects. paper etching ornament derived from animal forms. insects

Jardin d'Hiver, Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, Edouard Müller, French, 1823 - 1876, Block-printed paper, Horizontal rectangle. Brown molding along top from behind which and below which is suspended a gray trellis. This trellis is supported along its lower edge by capitals occuring in intervals which are meant to rest on the pilaster 1955-12-7. Flowering vines in profusion. Pinks, lavenders, orange, green leaves. White ground below trellis., Paris, France, 1853, Wallcoverings, Frieze, Frieze

Laila and Majnun in the wilderness. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1610 - 1630. Measurements: h 10 mm × w 44 mm; h 175 mm × w 115 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 1305 of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on greyish paper, Left bottom corner. Floral decoration connected with a peacock feather motif. Alternately, a border of festoons and flowers is suggested., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Unfinished, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Design for the left bottom corner embroidery of a man's waistcoat. Traced design at the pocket, from which two lacy frills and plants are suspended. Bunch of flowers at the bottom., France, 1780-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Picture (Needlework) Made 1657 England. Silk, satin weave; appliquÈd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in tent stitches; and with silk, satin weave and linen, plain weave; and silk, silk chenille, silk bouclÈ, silk-wrapped-metal coils, and linen in back, coral, eyelet, overcast, Roman, satin, single satin, single running, stem, raised stem, split and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching, French knots and bullion picots; mica, glass beads and seed pearls .

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1785/90. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79099-29 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

Lace. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 31.2 x 49.5 cm (12 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Earl.

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest) Made 1825-1875 China. Silk, satin weaves; embroidered with silk, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; ties silk, satin weave; lined with silk, twill damask .

Mural painting, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, chromolithograph by G Frauenfelder from a drawing by Abbate, from Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (The houses and the monuments of Pompeii), by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, volume II, plate 9, 1854, Naples.

Nápoles Real Laboratorio Delle Pietre Dure; Francesco Ghinghi (Director); Giacomo Ceci / 'Semiprecious-stone table'. 1749 - 1763. Agate, Gilt-bronze, Chalcedony, Ebony, Jasper, Lapis lazuli, Paragone; 1749 - 1763. Agate, Gilt-bronze, Chalcedony, Ebony, Jasper, Lapis lazuli, Paragone. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Tile first half 17th century. Tile 446688

Design for a Plate, Brush and gold, pink, white gouache, graphite on cream paper, Design for a plate that is mostly salmon-colored; border decorated in scallop form garlands, rim, and rhomboid pattern in gold. Several tableware sketches in graphite upper margin., Japan, 1880-1910, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing

Valance, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen backing Technique: embroidered on satin foundation, backed with plain weave Label: silk satin embroidered with silk, Panel of light yellow satin with polychrome silk embroidery. A fountain surmounted by a swag of red fabric is in the center, with a lion recumbent in a grotto below it. The fountain is flanked by fruit trees with owls in their branches, with climbing Tudor roses, and a man with a spotted dog reaching toward a branch. Small flowers are scattered over the background. Backed with tan linen., England, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Valance

Fifteen tiles with birds, anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1660 Fifteen tiles field (3 x 5) each with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow and orange) painted bird on a ground with a lily in the corners. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Fifteen tiles field (3 x 5) each with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow and orange) painted bird on a ground with a lily in the corners. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica

Sampler. Elizabeth Moss (active c. 1824); United States or England. Date: 1824. Dimensions: 50.8 x 53.4 cm (20 x 21 in.). Linen and silk; Tabby weave, embroidered in silk. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Eight cups, in: waist deck to whist. National Card Factory J.C. du Porta

Cherry Tree or Tree of Life Quilt, c. 1860s, 85 1/4 x 80 in. (216.54 x 203.2 cm), Cotton; quilted, United States, 19th century

Untitled Valentine (Children, Swans, and Butterflies). John Windsor; English, 19th century. Date: 1860-1869. Dimensions: 125 × 81 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements and watercolor on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Frieze, Block printed and flocked on handmade paper, Horizontal rectangle. Across top, border design of wreaths enclosing oak leaves, alternating with palmettes, printed in black and red on yellow field. Below, festoons of white roses held by violet tasseled cords, with embroidered net valance and, behind, festooned purple velvet edged with black meander, printed on blue ground., France, 1815-25, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Drawing, Design for Wool Work; Published by Hertz and Wegener; Germany; brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper; 18.3 x 30 cm (7 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.); 1948-89-6

Millia Davenport, Printed Cotton, c 1936 Printed Cotton

Design for carp window. Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, New York 1848-1933 New York). Culture: American. Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 10 15/16 in. (22.1 x 27.8 cm)Other (Design): 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (11.1 x 15 cm). Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892-1902). Date: ca. 1895-1900.Several of Tiffany's early windows incorporate fish, often with the swirling water rendered in both lead lines and striations in the glass. The carp and the asymmetrical composition recall Japanese art, and the sinuous curves of the frothy rippling water suggest elements of Art Nouveau. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Border (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 34.5 x 18 cm (13 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Wall paintings of foliage, fruit and cupid from House of the Epigrams, V.1.18, arabesque from Casa dei Guerrieri or the House of the Bronzehandlers, I.3.25, and garland of leaves with head of Pan from the House of Caecilius Jucundus, V.1.26. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881.

Border (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 223 x 13 cm (87 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Embroidered Picture; silk, metal; 11 5/8 X 11 inches framed

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by York Card & Paper Co.; machine-printed paper; 234 x 49.5 cm (92 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)

Chinese Arabesque with a Monkey. Dated: early 1760s. Dimensions: plate: 19.3 x 13.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 22.3 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.). Medium: color etching on laid paper, printed " la poup e". Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anne Allen after Jean-Baptiste Pillement.

Paper Weight. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vincent Murphy.

Embroidered picture, Medium: linen and colored glass beads Technique: embroidery and beadwork, Panel of linen with colored beads sewn to form a picture of a landscape with a man sitting in a chair and a dog., Italy, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture

Embroidered Picture (England); Embroidered by Elizabeth Bryan; silk embroidery on wool; Warp x Weft: 34 x 26 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-7

Plates from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, gouache on paper, The borders show flower boughs along the insides of a moulding. The top of a forked tree grows into the pocket and the right fork beyond it., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Mina Lowry, Wallpaper, 1935 1942 Wallpaper

Cartouche bearing coat of arms, embroidered the Wąż coat of arms unknown

Watercolor illustration boards by Vincenzo Brenna showing the ceiling of the Baths of Titus with a sleeping woman and flying heroes, including decorative motifs.

Untitled Valentine (Reclining Antique Couple). John Windsor; English, 19th century. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 92 × 71 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements and gold paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

fine arts, decorative tiles, tile with illustration ""Gentleman with Lady"", 16.5 cm x 14.5 cm Delft, 18th century, De Porceleyne Fles, Delft,

Field of twelve tiles. Field of twelve tiles (3 x 4) each with a blue painted landscape with shepherd, shepherdess or sailing ship inside an octagon surrounded by sprinkled purple. In the corners, a carnation.

Tile Panel (France); glazed earthenware, painted wood frame

The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. Artist: Philip Speakman Webb (d.1915). The 12 signs of the zodiac, designs for stained glass for a circular tracery light with a pencil diagram showing the position of each design in the tracery.

Rank badge, Medium: silk, metallic threads, coral beads Technique: satin weave foundation with embroidery in satin stitch, couching and beading, Mandarin square for civil official of the second rank. A golden pheasant, embroidered on black, in flight and surrounded by cloud forms and symbols. The two pieces, meant for the front of a coat, have been sewn together., China, 1644-1911, embroidery & stitching, Rank badge

Sample (France)

Design for a carpet, anonymous, c. 1854 - c. 1864 Manufacturer: Deventeramsterdam paper. gouache (paint) brush Manufacturer: Deventeramsterdam paper. gouache (paint) brush

Drawing, Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper, mounted on cream paper, Partial design. String of pearls with large floral gold pendant with pearls, emeralds, and rubies. Left, curved band framed by gold chains and filled with blue flowers and gray leaves on white ground., France and USA, late 19th century, textile designs, Drawing

Fanière brothers, pendant. Graphite. Ink, gouache on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Playing cards, Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards, Europe, 17th century, toys & games, Playing cards

Fragments, Medium: silk Technique: compound satin weave, Rose satin ground with off-white weft patterning. Fragments show alternating vertical large-scale repeat vignettes of a horseman under attack by a leopard, a horseman with a raised scimitar fends off an attack by a lion, and a man standing before a large palm tree stabs a leopard. Men are dressed in a variety of Eastern costume., France, 1750-1800, woven textiles, Fragments

Drawing, Design for Four Bow Knots; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper; 19.5 x 20.5 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Bandbox. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.2 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" high; 19" long; 14" deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lee Hager.

Adolph Opstad, Applique Coverlet (Detail), 1941 Applique Coverlet (Detail)

A Lady, said to be Elizabeth Coombe third quarter 17th century British. A Lady, said to be Elizabeth Coombe 229027

Design for a painted ceiling, Charles Percier, French, 1764-1838, Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on white laid paper, In the middle of the center rectangle is a circular medallion with Napoleonic N; the coats of arms of the emperor and of the King of Italy are shown laterally. Laurels are in each corner of the interior square; depictions of men battling centaurs between the laurels. Outside edge around center rectangle are identical depictions of Victory presenting a figure to a winged male nude. Each scene is separated by armor. The plaques behind each figure refer to specific victories of the Napoeonic army. The conquered armies are noted on the plaques. The center rectangle and the scenes on the lower left are completed with color., France, ca. 1810, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Printed Linen - Honeysuckle, 1876. Designer: William Morris. Manufacturer: Morris & Co

Flora's Retinue: Pink, Walter Crane, (English, 1845-1915), John Wilson & Sons, (England, 1778-1816), Medium: linen warp, silk weft Technique: 4&1 satin damask, Small square doily, fringed on all sides, with an ivory linen warp and a bright pink silk weft. A figure of a woman dressed as a pink and sitting on the stem of a large pink, with the word PINK in the upper left corner, all appearing in ivory on a pink ground. A set of six, the doilies would have been used on the table as part of a dessert service., Great Britain, ca. 1891, woven textiles, Doily, Doily

Calm screen of gold leather, six -stroke, painted with flowering trees, rocks, birds in a landscape and flower vases on the edges, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 Calm screen of gold leather, six -stroke, painted with flowering trees, rocks, birds in a landscape and flower vases on the edges inside. Netherlands leather. Calm screen of gold leather, six -stroke, painted with flowering trees, rocks, birds in a landscape and flower vases on the edges inside. Netherlands leather.

The theme of hearts and flames. Project for the polychrome of the rainbow of the Franciscan church in Krakow Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), chimer -faced chimera brooch (main title), 1895. Graphite and watercolor on white card. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Intérieur aux tentures roses I (Interior with Pink Wallpaper I), from Paysages et Intérieurs (Landscapes andInteriors). Artist: Édouard Vuillard, French, 1868-1940Printer: Auguste Clot, French, 1858-1936 Publisher: Ambroise Vollard, French, 1867-1939

Sample (France)

Sampler (England); Embroidered by Ann Bell (English); silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on linen foundation

Design for a Woven Border, Brush and green, brown, black, and white gouache on oiled paper, Pairs of green and white maple leaves repeat along t wo horizontal spiked st rips. A simple double stripe along top edge., France, 1790-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Border (France); block-printed and flocked; Overall: 56 x 38 cm (22 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Shunga album. Lenteliedjes, 1780 - 1850 book Three parts (complete) with erotic performances, stored in purple Chitsu (folding box). paper. color woodcut / polishing

Embroidered Picture (Italy); linen and colored glass beads

Border (France); block-printed paper; 28 x 17 cm (11 x 6 11/16 in.)

Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge) late 19th century Korea The Joseon court adopted an insignia system in the mid-fifteenth century to display the ranks of officials. Worn on the front (hyung) and back (bae) of costumes, hyungbae, or rank badges, served as decorative status markers in a society that prized strict hierarchies. Initially permitted only for civil and military officials of the third rank and higher, their use was eventually broadened to all nine ranks.Various animals were used to designate rank, and the motifs evolved over the course of the Joseon dynasty. In 1871 the insignia were standardized to tigers for military officials and cranes for civil officials. The examples here are arranged clockwise by rank, from the highest, the double crane with bullocho (elixir plant) on the upper left, to the lowest, the single crane on the lower left. Considered elegant and pure, cranes also symbolize longevity, as does the bullocho. The surrounding clouds, waves, and rocks are auspi

Ottoman ancient Handmade Turkish Tiles with floral patterns

Rank Badge with Leopard late 19th century Korea. Rank Badge with Leopard. Korea. late 19th century. Silk. Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Textiles-Embroidered

Georges Gabriel Picard (1857-1943). "Woman and children in branches". Sketch for the town hall of the 15th arrondissement. Oil on canvas, 1929. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 101605-18 SKETCH

Detail of the finely painted walls in one of the bedroom suites, The Lake Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Embroidery, Germany 19th century. Beginner's work, embroidered in silk cross-stitch on linen, initialed (ADB) and dated (1817).

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