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Antique Textile Patterns

Historical fabric pieces showcasing intricate floral and ornamental designs, representing 16th to 18th century craftsmanship.

Chasuble 18th century Italian. Chasuble 227812
Chasuble 18th century Italian. Chasuble 227812
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Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223224Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223232Piece early 18th century French. Piece 217180Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223704Chasuble 18th century Italian. Chasuble 227812Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444196Part of Priest's Robe early 19th century Japan. Part of Priest's Robe. Japan. early 19th century. Silk, metallic thread. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-CostumesPiece 15th-16th century Spanish. Piece 219009Chasuble 17th century Italian. Chasuble 226430Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 226462Band 16th-17th century Greek, possibly Cyclades (Pholegandros). Band 216507Dress border French early 19th centuryFlounce mid-19th century French. Flounce 227331Band 16th century Italian. Band 212376Floral print ca. 1785 French, possibly Jouy-en-Josas. Floral print. French, possibly Jouy-en-Josas. ca. 1785. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedPiece Japan. Piece 67920Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220535Piece 1774-93 French. Piece 220601Piece ca. 1735 Italian. Piece 226355Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223586Band early 19th century French. Band 224562Flounce (From an Alb) Made 1725-1775 Italy. Linen, bobbin part lace .Chasuble. Italy. Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 116.8 x 69.4 cm (45 7/8 x 27 1/4 in.)Repeat: 28.6 x 17.2 cm (11 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and silvered-metal strip supplementary facing and some supplementary patterning wefts; tapes of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, inner tape: plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; edge tape: plain weave self-patterned by warp and weft floats; lined with linen, plain weave; glazed. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Bobbin Lace Fragment, 18th-19th century. Spain, 18th-19th century. Lace, bobbin; average: 14.7 x 32.5 cm (5 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.).Pieces (2) 17th century German. Pieces (2) 224553Piece 1830-40 British. Piece 226209Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 217318Pillow cover 18th century Greek, Crete. Pillow cover 219692Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223671Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 224340Piece 18th century Spanish. Piece 217013Strip late 18th century Spanish. Strip 220745Band 16th century Italian. Band 215664Curtain ca. 1880 American. Curtain 14412Length 18th century Italian. Length 229389Band. Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223350Piece early 18th century Italian. Piece 224272Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223688Piece 18th century German. Piece 216577Piece 1774 French. Piece 229147Border French, Chantilly second half 19th centuryPiece ca. 1830 () French. Piece 224492Border 17th century Spanish. Border 227546Cushion Cover (Yastik) late 18th century. Cushion Cover (Yastik) 450474Chasuble 1720-30 Italian. Chasuble 227574Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68711Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223771Embroidered whitework coverlet Prudence Clark American 1817 Three panels of a linen/cotton ribbed fabric are seamed together to form the base of this whitework coverlet. The piece is embroidered in loops with heavy white cotton thread. The central medallion is set within an octagon of interlocking rings, which in turn is surrounded by two abstract floral borders.Wall hangings (3) 1774-93 After a design by Philippe de Lasalle French. Wall hangings (3) 228721Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223227Piece early 19th century French. Piece 223634Piece British 19th centuryPiece 18th century French. Piece 224481Cap crown. Date/Period: Early 18th century. Cap crown. Medium: linen. Technique: bobbin lace. Author: UNKNOWN.Rug with Carmelite Order coat-of-arms. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: 84 × 60 in. (213.4 × 152.4 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment. Culture: Chancay. Dimensions: Overall: 68 x 72 1/2 in. (172.72 x 184.15 cm)Other: 68 in. (172.72 cm). Date: 12th-14th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 67941Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443350Chair seat 18th century British. Chair seat 230895Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 222324Fragment 1730-35 French. Fragment 222657Piece probably early 19th century French. Piece 219126Border; linenTextile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444186Ornament with candelaber of arabesken and grape roses.Bookbinding. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 3 7/8 x W. 2 5/8 inches (9.8 x 6.7 cm). Date: 1776. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece possibly ca. 1730 possibly Spanish. Piece 220467Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443539Border with garlands, strapwork, and figures of women and children. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Charles 11/2/1918 ().Cap crown early 18th century Italian The Metropolitan Museum's great lace collection was started when the Museum became the first among American museums to organize a permanent collection of lace with the acceptance of the McCallum Collection in 1879 and the bequests of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Mrs. Augustus Cleveland, and Mrs. A. W. Winters shortly thereafter. In 1893 a loan collection of antique laces shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was assembled by a committee of New York women headed by Catharine Augusta Newbold. About 1900 Miss Newbold arranged and labeled an exhibition of laces and linenworks lent to the Metropolitan Museum by Mrs. James Boorman Johnstone and the Misses Johnstone. "Her scholarly knowledge of lace technique enabled the Museum for the first time to offer a comprehensive display of lace illustrating its historical development," wrote Miss Frances Morris, then curator of the textile department. Miss Newbold's name occurs agaiPiece ca. 1750 French. Piece 223248Piece 18th century French. Piece 215692Sample Merrimac Mills American 1825-50Draperies type cantonnière. unknown c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 15'2" x W 7'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. United States, New York, New York, Owner unknownNelson A. Rockefeller. Garlands, scrolls, baskets of flowers & urns No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241132, 0241134Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67945Over-Robe (Uchikake) second half 19th century Japan. Over-Robe (Uchikake). Japan. second half 19th century. Silk, metallic thread. Textiles-CostumesImperial Curtain late 17th-early 18th century China. Imperial Curtain 70490Bed curtain 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, probably Pholegandros. Bed curtain. Greek Islands, Cyclades, probably Pholegandros. 18th century. Linen. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 17th century Italian. Piece 226714Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443259Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220260Tablecloth 1815 German. Tablecloth 230836Cushion Cover ca. 1299-1923. Cushion Cover. ca. 1299-1923. Silk. Attributed to Bulgaria, Kasanlik. Textiles-LacesLappet early 18th century Flemish. Lappet 218153Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68687Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 38 1/2 inches (97.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 226441Bed tent panel 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed tent panel 227631Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220280Sampler 1800 Dutch. Sampler 228053Blind with covered box 18th-19th century China. Blind with covered box. China. 18th-19th century. a: Bamboo, silk, cotton, paintbc: Lacquered wood. BambooBedcover (Cherry Wreaths Quilt) Made 1855-1875 Indiana. Cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquÈd with cotton, plain weave; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave . Kate D. ReedTextile Sample Book 1845-60 After a design by Frier Riber. Textile Sample Book 229335Border, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes diamond ground), Border with a design of joined flower and leaf motifs with dots and a scalloped edge., France, 19th century, lace, BorderFragment. Culture: French. Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443409Anefo photo collection. Embroidery old No. 31. December 12, 1945Textile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 443234Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443431