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Unique textile pieces showcasing embroidery and designs from different periods, emphasizing craftsmanship and cultural heritage.

Chasuble; XVII/18th century (1690-00-00-1710-00-00);Wróblewski, Bolesław (Fl. Ca 1926) - collection, gift (provenance), lace ornaments, plant ornaments, patterned fabrics
Chasuble; XVII/18th century (1690-00-00-1710-00-00);Wróblewski, Bolesław (Fl. Ca 1926) - collection, gift (provenance), lace ornaments, plant ornaments, patterned fabrics
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Embroidered bed-tent. Date/Period: 1600 - 1799. Textile document. Height: 4,000 mm (13.12 ft); Width: 10,000 mm (10.93 yd). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.Cushion Cover or Kneeling Mat. Culture: China. Dimensions: 25 x 27 in. (63.50 x 68.58 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Prayer Rug. Date/Period: 18th century (Ottoman). Prayer rugs. Wool pile, wool warp and weft wool pile, wool warp and weft. Height: 170 mm (6.69 in); Width: 122.50 mm (4.82 in). Author: Turkish.Textile (India); silk, gold tinsel on silk coreSewing sample, France, late 19th century, Sewing sampleBlanket, 56 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. (142.88 x 102.24 cm), Cotton, silk; needlework, ChinaBed cover, ChinaBaby Carrier, 17 1/4 x 16 in. (43.82 x 40.64 cm), Cotton (or linen), silk, metal studs, gold and silver metallic tape; needlework, ChinaClavus Band (Egypt); warp; s-spin two ply z-twist linen. wefts; s-spun linen, s-spun woolsSocks 19th century European, Eastern. Socks 126870Sampler. Date/Period: 1848. Sampler. Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on cotton foundation. Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, long-armed cross, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation. Height: 945 mm (37.20 in); Width: 350 mm (13.77 in). Author: San Juana Ramires."Millefleur" Carpet. Dimensions: Textile: L. 145 in. (368.3 cm)W. 102 in. (259.1 cm). Date: probably 18th century.Densely patterned and formally arranged flowers occupy the red ground of this Mughal carpet. The rendering of lotus flowers in various stages of development is distinctly Indian. Scholars have not yet reached a consensus on the date of this work, although certain details in the patterning and technique indicate that it was likely produced in the eighteenth century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Macrame/Lace. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 24.8 x 35.4 cm (9 3/4 x 13 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 17" long; 7 3/4" wide. Medium: gouache and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bertha Semple.Max Fernekes, Friendship Pillow, 1939 Friendship PillowBeverly Chichester, Doll Bed Applique Patchwork Quilt, c 1937 Doll Bed Applique Patchwork QuiltOrnament 5th-6th century. Ornament 445698Trimming (France); silkBook Cover (Italy); silk, metal thread, paperScarf 19th century. Scarf 119238Trimming (Russia); linen (white thread), silk (black, yellow, blue thread), cotton (red thread)Sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, satin, stem and knot stitches on plain weave, Cross borders containing geometric and floral patterns, alphabets, numerals; in panel are two medallions with initials 'MDF' and 'ISG' and the date '1757.' Also features Crucifixion, Pascal Lamb, St. George and the Dragon and various animals., Germany, 1757, embroidery & stitching, SamplerParallel of historical ornament, Gothic II , Architectural decorations & ornaments, Capitals Columns. Louis Prang & Company CollectionSampler, Rosanna K. Johnsons, American, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross stitches on plain weave foundation, A very stylized strawberry vine border on three sides encloses scattered motifs and a house. Signed: Rosanna K. Johnsons Work in the 11 year of her Age 1820, Pennsylvania, USA, 1820, embroidery & stitching, SamplerRank Badge (China); silk, metallic yarnsPiece Japan 18th-19th century View more. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenSampler, Trntie Doddes, Medium: silk embroidery and linen overcasting on linen Technique: cross, back and eyelet and overcasting stitches on plain weave, Ten alphabets, some very elaborate and detached motifs. Hemstitching on three sides., Friesland, Netherlands, 1777-78, embroidery & stitching, SamplerDorothy Lacey, Caswell Carpet, c 1936 Caswell CarpetBrocade Kerchief. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 54.8 x 45.7 cm (21 9/16 x 18 in.) Original IAD Object: 31" square. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Angelo Bulone.Charlotte Angus, Pennsylvania German Show Towel, 0 Pennsylvania German Show Towelfan with the colors of the Spanish flag fan with the colors of the Spanish flag Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23027596Crazy Quilt, c. 1885, Catherine McDonald McMurtrie; Artist: Jennie McMurtrie Moore, American, 1828 - 1903, 71 1/2 x 63 in. (181.61 x 160.02 cm), Silk; pieced and embroidered; quilted, United States, 19th century, Crazy quilts were very popular during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. They were made from bits and pieces of silk and velvet fabrics and further embellished with decorative embroidery. These quilts present a sampling of the wide variety of 'fancy' fabrics available at the end of the nineteenth century. This quilt was made by the grandmother and great-grandmother of the donor and they personalized it with the inclusion of familiar images and family names.9 of Nooses, from The Cloisters Playing Cards. Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm). Date: ca. 1475-80.The Cloisters set of fifty-two cards constitutes the only known complete deck of illuminated ordinary playing cards (as opposed to tarot cards) from the fifteenth century. There are four suits, each consisting of a king, queen, knave, and ten pip cards. The suit symbols, based on equipment associated with the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses. The value of the pip cards is indicated by appropriate repetitions of the suit symbol. The figures, which appear to be based on Franco-Flemish models, were drawn in a bold, free, and engaging, if somewhat unrefined, hand. Their exaggerated and sometimes anachronistic costumes suggest a lampoon of extravagant Burgundian court fashions. Although some period card games are named, it is not known how they were played. Almost all card games did, however, involve some form of gaDarning Sampler (Germany); linen, wool, cottonTextile Fragment 8th-9th century Byzantine. Textile Fragment 474216Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67377Civil Rank Badge, 20th century, 11 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (28.26 x 29.53 cm), Silk, embroidery, metallic thread, China, 20th centuryDarning Sampler, Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted running (pattern darning) stitches on plain weave foundation, Sixteen squares of pattern darning and mending., Northern Germany, late 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Darning SamplerBedcover (Crazy Quilt) Made 1885 United States. Silk and cotton, pieced plain, twill, satin and satin damask weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts; some self-patterned; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, cut voided velvet, and uncut voided velvet; some painted or warp painted (chinÈ); some watered (moirÈ); appliquÈd with silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with silk and silk chenille yarns in buttonhole, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, stem and straight stitches; edged with silk, 2 1 twill weave; backed by cotton, 2 1 twill weave .Livery trimming, Medium: silk Technique: velvet, Design of a sailing ship in white and black on a red ground, a band showing three fleur-de-lys in yellow on blue ground, and a crown in black and white on a yellow ground., France, 18th century, trimmings, Livery trimmingParlor Throw. American, possibly Illinois. Date: 1876-1900. Dimensions: 161.3 x 187.3 cm (63 1/2 x 73 3/4 in.). Pieced, embroidered and painted "crazy" quilt; dyed and printed silk plain, satin, pile and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk and metallic embroidery threads; paint. Origin: Illinois. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Fragment (France); Manufactured by Haussmann; Made by Haussmann, Jordan Hirn et Comp.; cottonSampler 19th century probably Dutch. Sampler 228545Vase of Flowers Unknown. , ca. 1830. Paint (tempera) on paper, Sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 3/4 in. (24.9 x 19.7 cm). American Art ca. 1830 Ornaments from Mummy-cases in the British Museum and the Louvre, mostly composed of the lotus flower. Date: 1868Sutra Cover. China. Date: 1590-1599. Dimensions: 34.1 × 12.2 cm (13 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)Weft repeat: 7.8 cm (3 1/8 in.). Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, wrapped over cardboard; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.CASULLA DE TERCIOPELO BORDADA. Location: MUSEO DE CACERES / PALACIO DE LAS VELETAS. CACERES. SPAIN. SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).Fukusa (Gift Cover) Made 1801-1900 Japan. Pattern side silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); corners silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper-strip wrapped cotton, tubular 1 1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton fringe tassels .Tapestry; Oskar Potocki studio (Buczacz; Tkacka Studio; 1879-1913); around 1894 (1890-00-00-1939-00-00);Young Poland (style), Makaty Buczackie, modernism (style), geometric ornaments, plant ornaments, decorative fabrics, interior design, purchase (provenance)Pillow cover, Medium: linen, cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Unfinished pillow cover from an embroidery kit. The design has two concentric circles of orange and yellow squares as well as four larger green and blue circles containing six orange and yellow squares capped by a green triangle. Blue 'lollipop' forms extend from the central circular design and the green and blue circles. Three corners have printed information about the design., USA, ca. 1912, embroidery & stitching, Pillow coverWeaving thread in process, Kutch, Gujarat, India Copyright: xDxShah/DinodiaxPhotoxSutra Cover. China. Date: 1590-1599. Dimensions: 35 × 12 cm (13 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)Repeat: 11.4 × 5.6 cm (4 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.). Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 satin interlacings; label: silk, plain weave; painted with ink; mounted over paper. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Carpet late 18th century. Carpet 456981Handkerchief Made 1790-1800 England .Fragment of funerary pall, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Fragment with zig-zag band of Kufic inscription., Near East, possibly 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment of funerary pallDado (France); block-printed on joined sheets; a) Overall: 88 x 53 cm (34 5/8 x 20 7/8 in.) b) Overall: 17.5 x 52 cm (6 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.)George V Vezolles, Shaker Rug, 1935 1942 Shaker Rug