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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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Fragment 17th century Italian. Fragment 216493Altar Frontal ca. 1500 Spanish. Altar Frontal 468553Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 20 x W. 19 1/2 inches (50.8 x 49.5 cm). Date: 1819. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Dress border. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 17 1/8 x W. 6 1/2 inches43.5 x 16.5 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sampler 1818 Italian. Sampler 228328Cover 18th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. 18th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesTextile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443509Handle from a knife, decorated with leaf vines, 1500 - 1600 print The decoration consists of a straight middle stem with small side shoots. Germany (possibly) paper engravingStrip 18th century Russian. Strip 215500Detail of lace. Unknown maker, FrenchPair of panel ornaments French 17th-18th century View more. Pair of panel ornaments. French. 17th-18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzeApron 16th century Italian. Apron 226033Coverlet Made 1841 United States. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined .Piece 18th century China. Piece 69810Cover. Culture: Southern German. Dimensions: L. 55 x W. 24 1/2 inches (139.7 x 62.2 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Banner dated 1652 Dutch. Banner 25655Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 65879Sample ca. 1840 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219997Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68675Border 1804-14 French. Border 222138Piece ca. 1725 probably Italian or Spanish. Piece 227865Cushion Cover for Chair late 18th century China. Cushion Cover for Chair 68433Strip early 19th century British. Strip 222059Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 19 1/2 x W. 21 (49.5 x 53.3 cm) (loom width). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bedspread Made 1701-1800 India. Embroidered with silk .Mourning handkerchief, Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style Label: silk bobbin lace, Black handkerchief with a sheer center center field and a deep border of black Chantilly-style lace. A large flower with leaves marks the four corners and the center of each side. Between are rows of scallops and small sprigs of flowers., France or Belgium, 19th century, lace, Mourning handkerchiefFries with tailpiece gretches, leaf out of the episode "Zierhat Boichengen. Completed by Johann Halueren Goltschmidgel". Gift by Justus BrinckmannHandkerchief Made 1850-1900 France. .Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223708Piece ca. 1710 Italian. Piece 227524Saddle Rug with Butterflies 19th century China. Saddle Rug with Butterflies 70562Sample ca. 1830 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219987Cushion Cover for Chair Back China. Cushion Cover for Chair Back. China. Silk, metallic thread; on silk; lined with silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-95). Textiles-EmbroideredStar-Shaped Tile 13th century. Star-Shaped Tile 450443Fragment late 18th century French. Fragment. French. late 18th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223548Bobbin Lace Panel, late 17th century. Flanders, late 17th century. Lace, bobbin; average: 26.1 x 49.2 cm (10 1/4 x 19 3/8 in.).Bliżej Kultury unknownMedallion (one of a pair) 17th century Spanish or Italian. Medallion (one of a pair) 212482Bloem tussen twee vogels; Friezen met vogels en gestileerde bladranken.In the middle a large flower, seen from top, surrounded by flower drinks and left and right a bird. Leaf 10 from series of 12 sheets with designs for goldsmiths.Woman's Informal Robe with Pattern of Begonias late 19th century China The begonia pattern of this informal robe was woven in subtle shades of gray on a bright yellow ground. The piece still possesses its original sleeve, neck, and hem bands, which also feature a begonia pattern in shades of gray but on a dark gray ground.. Woman's Informal Robe with Pattern of Begonias. China. late 19th century. Silk tapestry (kesi). Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Costumes-TapestriesPiece 20th century China. Piece 69875Robe, Birthday or Ceremonial China. Robe, Birthday or Ceremonial 69949Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228424Marblehead, 169 Washington Street, wallpaper, Jeremiah Lee house , Houses, Interiors, Wallpapers, Lee, Jeremiah, 1721-1775. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionFragment of Border 19th century. Fragment of Border. 19th century. Linen, silk; plain weave, embroidered. Attributed to Morocco, Sale. Textiles-EmbroideredReticule late 18th century British. Reticule 219437Lace 1845 William Henry Fox Talbot British. Lace 289186Textile; silkHandkerchief Made 1850-1875 Belgium. Linen, plain weave; edged with cotton and linen, mixed lace known as Brussels application lace bobbin and needle laces applied to machine-made net .Woven coverlet fragment 1841 Harry Tyler. Woven coverlet fragment 17714Napkin 1848-52 French. Napkin 222565Mouchoirs (Volumes I and II) Made 1801-1900 France. Kerchief or shoulder scarf swatches; cotton, plain weave, printed; total of swatches Volume I 108; Volume II 112 .Pair ofDishes. Maker, probably by: Boston and Sandwich Glass Works, American, 1826-88Bedcover Made 1790-1810 United States. Cotton .Leaf vank with three shoots, 1500 - 1600 print Flat decoration. The middle dash rises straight up the center, the other two shoots are bent and cross each other and the middle stem at about three -quarters of the leaf. One of 6 magazines. Germany (possibly) paper engravingWalter W Jennings, Lace Trim, 1935 1942 Lace TrimFrame consisting of two vertical panels and two Frisians; Lists with leaf refrences, candlestick poles, vases with flowers and flowers. Frame printed of four logs. There is a vase with flowers on Frisian at the bottom. The lists are largely variants or copies late sixteenth century French and Flemish prints. All picture frames were used to illustrate a Bible.One Leaf of a Book Cover One Leaf of a Book Cover, 19th century. Lacquer on papier mché, 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (15.9 x 26.0 cm). Arts of the Islamic World 19th centuryPiece early 18th century Spanish. Piece 217094Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant late 18th century China. Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant 68870Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 14 3/4 x W. 16 1/8 inches (37.5 x 41 cm). Date: 1790. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 18th-19th century. Textile Fragment 445658Sheath with a warrior at the top. Krijgsman with a shield and a sword over his shoulder. The lower part is decorated with leaf raft. Shaded background. Obachiep-sided copy to the upper part of a print of monogrammist IB (see Orn Cat I-401).Anefo photo collection. Embroidery Old No. 20. 12 December 1945Ornament French 18th century View more. Ornament. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzeSalem, objects, mirror, Florentine, from Italy about 1855, sent by Edward Silsbee to C.H. Allen , Mirrors. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionRank Badge with Silver Pheasant late 19th century China. Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant 68917Set of three swags French 18th century View more. Set of three swags. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzeRank Badge with Wild Goose mid-18th century China. Rank Badge with Wild Goose 69785Fragment. France. Date: 1766-1789. Dimensions: 42.7 × 46.5 cm (16 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.)Weft repeat: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Rank Badge with Egret late 18th century China. Rank Badge with Egret 68940Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68665Sampler. Austria. Date: 1827. Dimensions: 187 × 22.5 cm (73 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.). Wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross and tent stitches. Origin: Austria. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Rank Badge with Golden Pheasant first half 20th century() China. Rank Badge with Golden Pheasant 70262Rank Badge with Wild Goose late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Wild Goose 69789Pillowcase 18th century German. Pillowcase. German. 18th century. Linen, filet. Textiles-LacesSleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68699Devil's Darning Needles or Devil's Hair or Love Vine or Traveller's Joy or Virgin's Bower or Virginia Virgin's Bower or Wild Hops or Woodbine or Clematis virginiana, vintage engraving. Old engraved illustration of the Devil's Darning Needles.