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Elegant Textile Patterns

Richly textured fabric pieces with floral and historic designs from various centuries, showcasing artistic textiles in monochrome.

Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 223182
Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 223182
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Piece early 19th century Russian. Piece 222645Piece late 18th century French, Lyons. Piece 226378Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216353Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 223182Piece ca. 1650 Spanish. Piece 219842Piece 16th century possibly Spanish. Piece 224498Piece 18th century French. Piece 223759Piece 1720-25 French. Piece 217159Piece ca. 1725-30 French, Lyons. Piece 216466Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 224378Furniture Cover for Table () early 19th century China. Furniture Cover for Table () 69905Napkin 1852-70 French. Napkin 222981Chasuble 18th century Italian. Chasuble 227895Pillowcase 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Pillowcase 221731Chasuble Made 1475-1500 Italy. Silk, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; Orphrey silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; edged with gilt-metal strip and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, plain weaves self-patterned by main warp floats .Fragment of a Hanging 18th century. Fragment of a Hanging. 18th century. Linen. Attributed to Algeria. Textiles-EmbroideredTextile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445708Panel. Italy or Spain. Date: 1601-1625. Dimensions: 120.8 x 51.9 cm (47 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.). Silk and silver gilt strips, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224458Border for Altar Cloth Made 1601-1700 Italy. .Piece ca. 1770 French. Piece 224322Piece ca. 1735 () French. Piece 220604Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223597Towel End early 19th century. Towel End 443093Pieces (2) Russian 19th centuryMarblehead, 169 Washington Street, wallpaper, Jeremiah Lee house , Wallpapers, Lee, Jeremiah, 1721-1775. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionCarpet 18th century French. Carpet 229127Quilt. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 45 x W. 37 inches (114.3 x 94.0 cm). Date: 1790-95. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1780-90 French. Piece 223181Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220371Fragment. Culture: Italian. Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 219619Piece 18th century French. Piece 216737Piece 18th century French. Piece 224002Piece 1780-90 French. Piece 227526Openwork Headband. Culture: Chancay. Dimensions: Length 37-3/4 in.. Date: 12th-15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223665Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220339Fragment 17th century Italian or Spanish. Fragment. Italian or Spanish. 17th century. Metal thread, bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 223755Tablecover ca. 1820 Probably Jane Simonton Chapman. Tablecover 14138Chasuble 1725-30 Italian. Chasuble 227573Piece 18th century French. Piece 224335Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223691Tablecloth 1795 possibly British 1795 was the year in which the number of stars in the United States flag was raised to 15. Tennessee entered the Union as the 16th state in 1796.. Tablecloth 230834Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220427Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220416"Marasali" Shirvan Prayer Rug. Dimensions: H. 57 5/16 in. (145.5 cm)W. 39 3/16 in. (99.5 cm). Date: dated A.H. 1223/ A.D 1808/09. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223662Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216715Panel 17th century Italian. Panel. Italian. 17th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-VelvetsWoven silk upholstery for a chair ca. 1770 Philippe de Lasalle French. Woven silk upholstery for a chair 222971Bliżej Kultury unknownIrregular piece early 19th century French. Irregular piece 230906Table cover early 17th century possibly French. Table cover 227746Fragment. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (29.2 x 29.2 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68659Piece 18th century French. Piece 224358Altar cloth. Culture: Italian, Genoa. Dimensions: L. 57 x W. 30 inches (144.8 x 76.2 cm). Date: second half 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Carpet with Tree and Bird Design late 16th century. Carpet with Tree and Bird Design 446959Dress border 1805-15 French. Dress border 223144Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223510Carpet second half 16th century. Carpet. second half 16th century. Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile. Attributed to present-day Afghanistan, Herat. Textiles-RugsPiece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220346Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224516Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple Made 1675-1725 France. Silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; watered (moirÈ); underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips, spangles, pieces, and wire, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (file and frisÈ), in laid work, couching, padded couching, and French knots; edged with gilt-metal-strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tapes .Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style, Chantilly lace - a/, b/, c/, and d/ show design of branches with flowers and leaves rising from scalloped border., France or Belgium, 19th century, lace, FragmentStrip ca. 1800 Danish, Tønder. Strip 222122Fragment (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1800 Iran. .Piece 1750-60 French. Piece. French. 1750-60. Silk. Textiles-WovenTowels 15th-16th century Italian, Perugia. Towels. Italian, Perugia. 15th-16th century. Linen and cotton. Textiles-WovenLandscape beyond flowering plants. unknown c. 1650-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'7' x W 5'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co.Sutra Cover China 16th centuryChair seat cover first half 18th century French. Chair seat cover. French. first half 18th century. Wool and silk on canvas. Textiles-EmbroideredPhelonion. Culture: Russian. Dimensions: Gr. L. 53 1/2 x Gr. W. 79 1/2 inches (135.9 x 201.9 cm). Date: 1877. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 217215Towel 15th-16th century Italian, Perugia. Towel 229454Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 216880Hanging late 18th-early 19th century China. Hanging 70546Cover (baptismal veil ()) 16th century Italian, Siena. Cover (baptismal veil ()) 219562Sampler 1776 Dutch. Sampler 228421Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220418Phelonion 1877 Russian. Phelonion. Russian. 1877. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenKlöppelarbeitenBed cover ca. 1826 British. Bed cover 218874Bookbinding 1776 French. Bookbinding 221445Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223522Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224062Cover 18th-early 19th century. Cover. 18th-early 19th century. Silk, metal wrapped thread; embroidered. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredMat 16th 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 again in connectPiece ca. 1725 Italian or Spanish. Piece 227532Cover Made 1701-1800 Italy. .Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66011Strip 16th-17th century Italian, Sicily. Strip 220086Man's Shoulder or Hip Cloth (Hinggi) ca. 1900 Sumba. Man's Shoulder or Hip Cloth (Hinggi). Sumba. ca. 1900. Cotton. Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, East Nusa Tenggara. Textiles-WovenFragment with Hook Pattern. Culture: Ica. Dimensions: Overall: 5 x 16 1/4 in. (12.7 x 41.28 cm)Other: 5 in. (12.7 cm). Date: 10th-15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Altar frontal early 17th century Italian. Altar frontal 226495Border 18th century possibly German. Border 214938Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 10 x W. 9 1/2 inches (25.4 x 24.1 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 220555