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Decorative Textile and Paper Patterns

A collection of intricate textile and paper fragments featuring historical designs. Includes floral motifs, geometric shapes, and rich textures from various centuries.

Napkin with pattern of thrown flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1665 - 1675 Napkin from white Linnamast with pattern of stripped flowers and fruits. The running edges with flower patterns. Flanders (Possible) linen (material) damask Napkin from white Linnamast with pattern of stripped flowers and fruits. The running edges with flower patterns. Flanders (Possible) linen (material) damask

Fragment Made 1575-1600 Italy. Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by main warps in plain interlacings .

Leaf with pattern of connected rings in which a saved rosette, anonymous, 1750 - 1900 paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Napkin of Linnendamast with a flower pattern. Napkin of Linnendamast. The field has a mirror pattern from Ijle Volute-shaped flower rinks. The ongoing and lying edges have stylized flowers, rosettes and bows. The napkin has been marked: Crown GS 12 WH.

Piece 18th century Italian. Piece 224544

Book cover with overall circular pattern 18th century Anonymous. Book cover with overall circular pattern. Anonymous , Italian, 18th century. 18th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Bed valance 18th century Greek Islands, Dodecanese, Kos. Bed valance 219711

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223498

Loincloth Panel. Chancay; Peru, Central coast. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 127 x 33 cm (50 x 13 in.). Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Napkin with pattern of thrown flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1665 - 1675 Napkin from white Linnamast with pattern of stripped flowers and fruits. The running edges with flower patterns. Flanders (Possible) linen (material) damask Napkin from white Linnamast with pattern of stripped flowers and fruits. The running edges with flower patterns. Flanders (Possible) linen (material) damask

Fragment (Italy); silk; Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-56-104-a

Blanket, 47 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (120.65 x 82.55 cm), Cotton, China

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: velvet, Maroon velvet in repeated small scale floral pattern against ecru ground., Italy, 16th-17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Band, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, Pattern of scrolling leaves and flowers worked in a number of flat needlepoint stitches and decorated with picots. Finished on three sides with picots., Italy, 17th century, lace, Band

Fragment Made 1801-1900 France. silk, plain compound cloth .

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: double cloth, Fragment of red and white striped floral pattern is arranged diagonally., Iran, 17th century, woven textiles, Textile

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71119

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71168

Fragment (India); silk, metallic

Fragment, Medium: metal wrapped on silk thread Technique: bobbin lace, Fragment has a design of crossing lines with solidly worked lozenges and two scalloped edges in gold and silver color thread., Milan, Italy, 17th century, lace, Fragment

Cushion cover ,, c. 1800 - c. 1950 Tikes pillow cover of linen, white and blue blocked and checked. Netherlands linen (material) Tikes pillow cover of linen, white and blue blocked and checked. Netherlands linen (material)

Band, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added, Dense small scale flowers., Belgium, late 17th century, lace, Band

Fragment. Spain. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 20.3 x 27.2 cm (8 x 10 3/4 in.)Repeat: 5.3 x 5.7 cm (2 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.). Silk, plain weave with paired warp and with two-color supplementary pile warps forming warp floats and uncut voided velvet. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Tabletop Blanket, c. 1850-1860, 38 7/8 x 23 3/16 in. (98.74 x 58.9 cm), Wool; needlework, United States, 19th century

Handdwaal of white linen ,, 1780 White linen handdwaal, peel in crosskeper, marked HW 1. Northern Netherlands linen (material) White linen handdwaal, peel in crosskeper, marked HW 1. Northern Netherlands linen (material)

Ten frameworks with flower ornaments, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1884 - 1952 print Possibly intended for an album. paper flowers ~ ornament

Textile Sample from Sample Book 19th century Japan. Textile Sample from Sample Book 67981

Towel, early 20th century. Spain , early 20th century. Embroidered linen; average: 103.9 x 46.4 cm (40 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.).

Leaf with tendrils with flowers and fruits, with label, anonymous, 1730 - 1780 brocade paper Leaf with tendrils with flowers and fruits, with label. Used as a cover. Germany paper. paint (coating) relief printing

Length ca. 1750-60 British, London, Spitalfields. Length 229752

Overskirt (Urku) Made 1850-1900 Bolivia. Wool, stripes of plain weave and three-color complementary warp weave; joined with darning stitches; edges overcast and interlaced in plain weave . Aymara

Textile Sample from Sample Book 19th century Japan. Textile Sample from Sample Book 68118

Sari, 19th century, L.176 x W.40 in., silk, metal thread, India, 19th century

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67411

Banknote motif: band of lathe work ornament ca. 1824-42 Associated with Cyrus Durand American. Banknote motif: band of lathe work ornament 393954

Printed Cotton Swatches. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 23.1 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward D. Williams.

Loan silkedamast with a design of switched grid work and lantern ornament ornament. Loan silkedamast with a dessess of switched grid work in golden yellow on golden yellow fond "on which" courses with an ornament of lanterns in green, brown, orange and purple with silver white and red accent. Oriental textile.

Fragment (Japan)

Hip cloth; Kain Songket, Saput. Hip cloth with mill wiek motif and bird figures.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66275

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 72057

Book cover with blue and yellow cross pattern 19th century Anonymous. Book cover with blue and yellow cross pattern. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71222

Greek Ornament and Etruscan Ornament

Katagami, Blossoms; Japan; cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread

Kloskant Albesto smoke with diamond -shaped cartouches and canopies, anonymous, c. 1690 - c. 1709 Albound smoke of natural -colored bobbin: Flemish Guipure. The symmetrical ornament consists of two staggered rows of diamond -shaped cartouches interspersed with a palm shape surrounded by garlands and covered by canopy on a surface of flakes. On the scalloped lower edge palmets and C-shapes. Flanders (Possible) linen (material) bobbin lace / Flemish guipure lace Albound smoke of natural -colored bobbin: Flemish Guipure. The symmetrical ornament consists of two staggered rows of diamond -shaped cartouches interspersed with a palm shape surrounded by garlands and covered by canopy on a surface of flakes. On the scalloped lower edge palmets and C-shapes. Flanders (Possible) linen (material) bobbin lace / Flemish guipure lace

Ceremonial Baby Carrier, 26 1/2 x 25 in. (67.31 x 63.5 cm), Cotton, silk; needlework, China

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71224

Priest's Robe (Shichijō) 15th century Japan. Priest's Robe (Shichijō) 68321

Dying template katagami; Dese from the most ornamental squares and belts; 19th/20th century (1868-00-00-1912-00-00);Drabik, Cezary (Fl. Ca 1960 - 1980) - collection, geometric motifs, katags, templates, Japanese art, purchase (provenance)

Paper tag label

Piece. Culture: Spanish or Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 24.8 cm). Date: ca. 1660. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment, Medium: Technique: printed, 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Book cover with overall purple stripe pattern 19th century Anonymous. Book cover with overall purple stripe pattern. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Sidewall, Fiber composition, tung oil, Imitation leather. Closely spaced small fans turned in different directions. They are decorated with flowers, stripes and lattice designs. Fans are the color of the ground: brownish-yellow; and the apparent ground of dark brown is actually a choke., Japan, ca. 1885, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Piece 19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Towel, Medium: cotton, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft looping; embroidered, White solid looped uncut towel except at the ends, where on a border of plain weave is embroidered, in gold, a serpentine stem with five-pointed leaves and small flowers. Scalloped fringe on ends., Turkey, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Towel

Fragments; wool, linen

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71736

Sleeve Band (China); wool on cotton

Length of Textile, 1774-1793. France, 18th century, period of Louis XVI (1774-1793). Plain cloth, warp brocade; overall: 82.1 x 38.8 cm (32 5/16 x 15 1/4 in.).

Celtic ornament

Souvenir of Józef Czapski Curtain to the Window

Fragment late 16th century Italian. Fragment 230236

Greek Ornament and Etruscan Ornament

Fragment 15th century Italian. Fragment. Italian. 15th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Flounce Made 1701-1750 Italy. Linen, bobbin part lace; continuous clothwork tapes .

Granite -Ring Roiebelmarmer in Gray, Brown and Yellow, Anonymous, 1700 - 1850 marbled paper paper. paint (coating) shell marbled paper

Compiled group portrait of members of the Assembée Nationale of 1873, François Marie Louis Franck, c. 1868 - in Or Before 1873 photograph France photographic support albumen print anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. politician, e.g. party leader. Lower House, Parliament, Chamber

Rood-wit geblokt gordijn.Curtain of red-white checkered silk with a straight top. At the rear at the top a coarse linen edge with copper rings. A string is attached to a curtain ring at the end.

Variations on a Theme, 1958, Anni Albers,rayon, linen, cotton, plastic, Bauhaus.

Fragment; cotton

Large cover or Hanging late 18th century Spanish, possibly Valencia or Talavera. Large cover or Hanging 461416

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223513

Fragment (China); silk; vegetable fiber

Fragment Swedish, Dalarna 19th century

Baptismal veil of application side with lining. Babies veil of natural colored application side of Batist applicated on machining tulle, Carrickmacross side. Pattern of thin curly flower and leaf stamps. Scalloped edge of Rococo cartouches with different filling patterns in goal stitches. The veil is lined with a cream-colored silk.

Chinese ornament

Textile Sample from Sample Book 19th century Japan. Textile Sample from Sample Book 68170

Gladys C Parker, Woven Bedspread, c 1936 Woven Bedspread

Textile Swatch , 1950s to 1960s. Silk, 22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm). 1950s to 1960s

Textile; cotton, silk, metallic thread

Steel bobbin with Mechelen soil, anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1899 Steel or short piece of a strip of natural -colored bobbin side: Mechelen bastard. Coming from a lifted side school in Turnhout. Turnwood cotton (textile) bobbin lace / Mechlin (lace) Steel or short piece of a strip of natural -colored bobbin side: Mechelen bastard. Coming from a lifted side school in Turnhout. Turnwood cotton (textile) bobbin lace / Mechlin (lace)

Cap crown, Medium: linen Technique: lace of early premade tape with needle work fillings, edged on three sides with bobbin lace, Design of cap crown with premade tape forming loops and filled in with needle work stitches. The tape loops are held together with needle stitches and the cap crown is edged on three sides with bobbin lace., Burano, Italy, 18th century, lace, Cap crown

Shawl (France); wool

Fragment, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (early Valencienne ground), Straight-edged fragment with a Valenciennes ground in a large, solidly massed floral design., Netherlands, late 17th century, lace, Fragment

Sample 1883-1900 American. Sample 14026

Lines Damast servet met the initial "sth" chris lebeau (passibly), c. 1920 Linen Damas napkin with the initials "STH" (hunting lock St Hubertus). Eindhoven linen (material) damask Jachthuis Sint-Hubertus Linen Damas napkin with the initials "STH" (hunting lock St Hubertus). Eindhoven linen (material) damask Jachthuis Sint-Hubertus

Anonymous, bartender brooch (main title), 1927. Graphite, ink and gouache on Gray Carton A. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Cravat 17th century Italian or Flemish. Cravat 222769

Fragment (Italy); silk

Textile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). Textile Swatches, 1948-1959. 72 silk; 28 metal, a-h: 11 x 3 1/2 in. (27.9 x 8.9 cm). 1948-1959

Napkin of cotton damask with coat of arms Hotel Normandie (), E.J.F. van Dissel & Zonen, c. 1871 - c. 1971 Napkin of yellow cotton damask with the weapon of Hotel Normandie (). Towing yellow, chain white. Eindhoven cotton (textile) damask Napkin of yellow cotton damask with the weapon of Hotel Normandie (). Towing yellow, chain white. Eindhoven cotton (textile) damask

Leaf with job pattern of round motif with cross between cubes, anonymous, 1750 - 1900 Leaf with job pattern from round motif with cross between blocks with point stock. paper. lacquer (coating) block printing (relief printing process) ornament ~ round and curved forms

Textile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). Textile Swatches, 1948-1959. 42 polyamide; 31 Rayon; 19 acetate; 8 metal, (a) - (e): 9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.7 cm). 1948-1959

Part of a QuiltedPetticoat. Maker, possibly by: Mary Fish Silliman, American, 1736-1818

Textile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). Textile Swatches, 1948-1959. 46 Nylon; 25 Acetate; 16 Rayon, 13 metal, (a) - (e): 9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.7 cm). 1948-1959

Fragment, 1100s-1300s. India. Cotton: plain cloth, resist dyed; overall: 17.8 x 26.1 cm (7 x 10 1/4 in.).

Carved Wood Book Cover. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 5/8" wide; 7 3/16" long. Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Natalie Simon.

Woman's wedding veil (Abochhini), 19th century, Cotton, silk, embroidery, Pakistan, 19th century, Abochhini (womens wedding shawl) embroideries were created by women of all faiths (Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh) in the northern Punjab and Sindh regions of the subcontinent, now divided by India and Pakistan. Treasured heirlooms and a source of a womans personal wealth, abochhinis were often given along maternal lines at rites of passage, such as marriage and birth.

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