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Decorative Silk Fabrics

Textiles featuring vibrant floral patterns and intricate designs, showcasing historical silk and cotton materials from various periods.

Fragment, Medium: silk; tempera Technique: painted on plain weave, Textile fragment. Cream-colored (originally white) silk with design painted in polychrome tempera. Design of vertical repeat of flower wreaths and garlands, held in place by ribbons, and with birds and insects scattered through the spaces., China, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment
Fragment, Medium: silk; tempera Technique: painted on plain weave, Textile fragment. Cream-colored (originally white) silk with design painted in polychrome tempera. Design of vertical repeat of flower wreaths and garlands, held in place by ribbons, and with birds and insects scattered through the spaces., China, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment
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Europe, France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone. Aix-en-Provence. Textiles, Cours Mirabeau Market.Tile field, six tiles, fruit decor, yellow, green and blue on white, with fruit bowl, corner motif lily, tile field wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware iron glaze metal, baked 2x glazed paintedFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Border fragment of a toile de gêne or mezzaro with trees and animals. Above narrow decorative border are tree branches with sprigs of berries. Factory mark is printed along bottom selvage and reads: 'Fco Michele Speich, Cornigliano.', Italy, 1825-1850, printed, dyed & painted textiles, FragmentGobelin cover of the seat seat; PO PO. 18th century (1750-00-00-1780-00-00);gobelinySleeve Decoration; silk, cottonFragment, 1800s. China, 19th century. Silk; overall: 26.1 x 22.3 cm (10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.).a floral montage,Bag, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Bag of white cotton printed with a basket of fruit and flowers on each side, with a strawberry vine border and a narrow egg-and-dart border. Drawstring top with silk cord and tassel., France, late 18th century, costume & accessories, BagFragment (Japan)Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed, with blue applied by brush, on plain weave, Fragment with two offset rows of fruit-like motifs on a fishscale lattice, on a white ground with black picotage., France, 1750-1800, printed, dyed & painted textiles, FragmentFloral ornament greeting card vintage style. Vector illustration. Greeting card with floral ornamentSampler, Medium: silk and metal Technique: embroidered, Flowers, butterfly, basket of flowers, urn, and architectural elements of classical ruins, temples, etc. Three bows holding grain and a rake, an arrow and a wreath, and cornucopia with flowers. Sampler reads: 'A growth on time - motion study.', Germany, 18th or 19th century, embroidery & stitching, SamplerEmbroidery, 19th century. Small stitch floral composition.Woman's Envelope Bag. probably United States, first quarter of the 19th century. Costumes; Accessories. Silk satin with silk embroidery, silk plain weave ribbon embroidery, and glass beadsFragment multicolored silk, anonymous, c. 1740 - c. 1760 Fragment multicolored silk tissue. A pink soil has a swinging strap with a side pattern and flower branches (rosette branches). With the tire, a tire winds multicolored flower branches. Netherlands (possibly) silk Fragment multicolored silk tissue. A pink soil has a swinging strap with a side pattern and flower branches (rosette branches). With the tire, a tire winds multicolored flower branches. Netherlands (possibly) silkStill life with flowers, anonymous, c. 1855 - c. 1870 stereograph photographic support. cardboard albumen print cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowersOnly leaf of a pouch of ivory -colored satin, on which green branches and pink flowers, anonymous, c. 1880 - c. 1890 Only leaf of a pouch of ivory -colored satin, on which green branches and pink flowers and buds in aquarel in aquarel. The leaf is omboard with a braided tresband on white side and gold thread, with a tire in V-shape at the bottom and where the tires cross a bow. The tire continues in a handle at the top. In a tunnel along the upper edge is a reinforced strip. Netherlands (possibly) whole: Silk. board:. Decoration: Watercolor (Paint) braiding Only leaf of a pouch of ivory -colored satin, on which green branches and pink flowers and buds in aquarel in aquarel. The leaf is omboard with a braided tresband on white side and gold thread, with a tire in V-shape at the bottom and where the tires cross a bow. The tire continues in a handle at the top. In a tunnel along the upper edge is a reinforced strip. Netherlands (possibly) whole: Silk. board:. Decoration: Watercolor (PaintTextile Sample Book 1850-1900 B.B. & H. French. Textile Sample Book. French, Lyons. 1850-1900. Silk. Textiles-Sample BooksSampler, 1906, by Mrs Emma Lieber. Gift of Erna and Hilda Lieber, 1987.Purse, Medium: silk, metal, glass and ceramic beads Technique: beaded crochet, Large bag of solid beadwork, with a multi-colored floral wreath on each side. Silver-gilt clasp and chain; lined with silk crepe., Germany, 1855-65, costume & accessories, PurseHorn & Hardart. 1940. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book DivisionHand Sketched Doodle Design Elements on Crumpled PaperFragment mid-18th century German. Fragment 217327Fan-shaped Christmas and New Year cards decorated with leaves and flowers.. Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Decoration and ornament , Plant formsBorder, Block-printed on paper, Green and black strapwork., France, ca. 1840, Wallcoverings, BorderSidewall - Fragment (USA); machine-printed; 16 x 11 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)White side of Damask Fair with embroidery of winding ribbons, flowers and grapes ,, 1700 - 1800 Damask exhibition with a rococo pattern of winding ribbons, flowers and grapes. The embroidery has a pattern of a burning heart around which ranks and flowers in the corners. The rear is made of silver brocade. France Back: Brocade (textile). whole: Silk. decoration: embroidering Damask exhibition with a rococo pattern of winding ribbons, flowers and grapes. The embroidery has a pattern of a burning heart around which ranks and flowers in the corners. The rear is made of silver brocade. France Back: Brocade (textile). whole: Silk. decoration: embroideringClose-up of a floral pattern carved on a wooden surfaceabstract floral frameValentine - Mechanical - cluster of lace paper, die cuts ca. 1875 Anonymous, British, 19th century. Valentine - Mechanical - cluster of lace paper, die cuts. Anonymous, British, 19th century. ca. 1875. Glossy open-work lace paper, gilding, chromolithographed die-cut scraps, blue stringPiece (one of twelve) Greek 19th century View more. Piece (one of twelve). Greek. 19th century. Silk, needle lace. Textiles-LacesFragment (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1900 Iran. Brocaded plain simple twill, silk .Pattern of pots with different plants, Anonymous, 1860 - 1930 decorated paper Japan Japanese paper (handmade paper). paint (coating) color woodcut ornament derived from plant forms. potted plantsAlois E Ulrich, Coverlet, 1938 CoverletGa zka lilac, gala sek; Beyer, Henryka (1782-1855); after 1810 (1800-00-00-1855-00-00);Bersohn, Mathias (1823-1908) - collections, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, flowersGift BoxOrnaments from a Persian manufacturer's pattern book in the South Kensington Museum Date: 1868Pattern of pots with different plants, Anonymous, 1860 - 1930 decorated paper Japan Japanese paper (handmade paper). paint (coating) color woodcut ornament derived from plant forms. potted plantsSleeve, Medium: silk Technique: compound weave, printed by engraved roller, Sleeve of a dress of printed silk fabric, ivory with loosely drawn flowers in purples and greens., USA, 1836-40, woven textiles, SleeveTextile Sample Book 1895 possibly French. Textile Sample Book. possibly French. 1895. Silk. Textiles-Sample BooksColourful orange and blue Chinese embroidered silk garment for sale, ChinaWedding invitation card with flowers. Vector illustrationTropicana Gift Shoppe, Gibsonton, Florida , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesRuth M Barnes, Mitts, c 1937 MittsEmbroidery, Germany 19th century. Beginner's work, embroidered in woollen cross-stitch on etamine, signed and dated by the maker, Anna Thiers, 1859.Sleeve Band, 1880-1940. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49). Silk, embroidery; overall: 82.3 x 9.5 cm (32 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.).Vanity Case (Compaq), with finger ring. French, made in Paris, 1926 for Lacloche Frères by Strauss, Allard & Meyer. Gold with black jadeite and chalcedony. Set with diamonds, lapis lazuli, turquoise, malachite, rhodonite and mother of pearl. Gold, platinum, enamel (to imitate lapis lazuli) and diamondsCoverlet Made 1849 Ohio. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed . George Heilbronn (Weaver)Germany, Baden-Wurttemburg, Karlsruhe, ZKM, Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, modern art museum in former WW1-era munitions factory, collection of art made from WW1 artillery shellsEmbroidered message on a wall hanging, Sweden.Embroidery, Germany 19th century. Bunch of roses, poppies, lilies and cornflowers in a vase embroidery design.