European Silk Textile Fragments

Historic silk textiles featuring intricate animal and floral patterns, showcasing rich graphic qualities from various European cultures.

Piece ca. 1500 Italian. Piece 222380

Piece. Culture: German, Schleswig-Holstein. Dimensions: Overall: 26 3/4 x 15 in. (67.9 x 38.1 cm). Date: 18th century.Silk textiles composed of paired animals nestled in dense foliage were woven in Europe before 1400 and were probably inspired by precious Central Asian textiles. These two double cloths 34.41.7 and 09.50.1037 illustrate how the tradition continued, and their graphic quality mirrors that of Brother Rabbit. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Length. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 44 3/4 x W. 20 3/8 inches (113.7 x 51.8 cm). Date: 1700-1733. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61.0 cm). Date: 1735-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 36 x W. 7 inches (91.4 x 17.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 1500-1550 Italian, Florence. Fragment 219006

Rug. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: H. 99 x W. 53 inches251.5 x 134.6 cm. Date: first half 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment (Japan)

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 x W. 21 1/4 inches28.6 x 54.0 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1500 Italian. Piece 222380

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 9 1/4 x W. 7 3/4 inches23.5 x 19.7 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.6 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Template with vertical job pattern, anonymous, 1800 - 1909 Japanese template (Katagami) with a vertical wavy job pattern with flower and lines pattern. Japan paper. silk cutting ornament derived from plant forms

Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 38 1/4 x W. 25 inches (97.2 x 63.5 cm). Date: ca. 1830. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian or Spanish. Dimensions: L. 80 1/2 x W. 21 inches (204.5 x 53.3 cm). Date: 1550-1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Oiseaux et ecureuils' (Birds and squirrels), Jean-Baptiste Huët, (French, 1745-1811), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation, Horizontal arrangement of putti holding fruiting branches of grapes and apples with squirrels and parrots. Sphinx topped by nesting bird feeding its young and vases of flowers on background of a rigid arrangement of leaves. Printed in brown on white and designed for lengths to be sewn together as a straight repeat., Jouy, France, ca. 1806, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragments, Fragments

Elongated scarf of black silk machine side with wine leaves, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1924 Black machine scarf, imitation of Chantilly side. The thicker contour threads have been added by hand. Elongated rectangular model with a straight line of a repeating flower branch in midfield. The flower branch contains three flowers and winding slender leaf branches that fill the midfield. Midfield is framed by long wavy and feathered leaves with a border with wine leaves interspersed with large exotic flowers. The scrap edge stems from the pattern with wine leaves. Europe silk Black machine scarf, imitation of Chantilly side. The thicker contour threads have been added by hand. Elongated rectangular model with a straight line of a repeating flower branch in midfield. The flower branch contains three flowers and winding slender leaf branches that fill the midfield. Midfield is framed by long wavy and feathered leaves with a border with wine leaves interspersed with large exotic flowers. The scra

Print, Print of Over-all Repeat of Stylized Floral Forms; France; woodblock and black ink on paper

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 11 1/4 x W. 6 1/2 inches28.6 x 16.5 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Altar frontal. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. 34 3/4 x W. 77 1/2 inches88.3 x 196.9 cm. Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Textile (China); silk, paper with applied gold foil; Warp x Weft: 25.1 x 8.6 cm (9 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 45 1/2 x W. 24 3/8 inches (loom width)115.6 x 61.9 cm. Date: 1825-35. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Napkin with the child murder in Bethlehem and the flight to Egypt, Quirijn Jansz. Damast (Possible), c. 1600 - c. 1624 Linnamast napkin with the child murder in Bethlehem and the flight to Egypt. Midfield: The symmetrical pattern shows two scenes from bottom to top. 1 The flight to Egypt. 2 The child murder in Bethlehem. Standing edges: some wavy line between which birds, flowers and fruits; Outside of that: blocking edge. Lying edges blocking edge. Haarlem linen (material) damask Linnamast napkin with the child murder in Bethlehem and the flight to Egypt. Midfield: The symmetrical pattern shows two scenes from bottom to top. 1 The flight to Egypt. 2 The child murder in Bethlehem. Standing edges: some wavy line between which birds, flowers and fruits; Outside of that: blocking edge. Lying edges blocking edge. Haarlem linen (material) damask

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 14 1/2 x W. 9 1/4 inches (36.8 x 23.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel for a dress 1850-60 French. Panel for a dress 227251

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 11 x 22 1/2 inches (27.9 x 57.2 cm). Date: ca. 1715 (). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Altar frontal. Culture: French or Italian. Dimensions: H. 30 x W. 49 1/2 inches (76.2 x 125.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 227218

Servet puts David in Abigaïl, Anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1624 Linnamast napkin with David and Abigaïl. Midfield: David and Abigaïl. Running edges: leaf and flower vines and birds; Outside of that: blocking edge. North Netherlands linen (material) damask Linnamast napkin with David and Abigaïl. Midfield: David and Abigaïl. Running edges: leaf and flower vines and birds; Outside of that: blocking edge. North Netherlands linen (material) damask

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 39 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches (101.0 x 108.0 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 21 1/2 x W. 10 3/4 inches (54.6 x 27.3 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment. France. Date: 1701-1725. Dimensions: 64.8 × 24.1 cm (25 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.). Silk. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: L. 88 x W. 64 inches (223.5 x 162.6 cm). Date: ca. 1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Leaves that sprout at both ends of Frisian, 1500 - 1600 print The leaf vines form volutes towards the middle that cross each other. Shaded background. One of 11 magazines. Germany (possibly) paper engraving

Panel of Velvet 15th century Italian. Panel of Velvet 463692

Woven Bedspread. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 45.4 x 37.2 cm (17 7/8 x 14 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 82" long; 106" wide. Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elizabeth Valentine.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 39 1/2 x W. 21 1/4 inches (100.3 x 54.0 cm) (loom width). Date: 1735-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Umbria Terni Collescipoli S. Maria Maggiore8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (15th century); Baroque interior (c. 1688); frescoes (c. 1690). In sacristy treasury: metalwork (13-16th century) Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: February 6, 1986. General Notes: Re material in treasury, Hutzel refers reader to Terni-Narni Catalogue Should treasury be noted in location field German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Panel (Pillar Print) Made 1701-1800 England. Cotton, plain weave; roller and block printed; painted . Stead McAlpin & Co. (Manufacturer)

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 11 3/4 x W. 9 3/4 inches29.8 x 24.8 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.1 cm (12 x 9 1/2 in.). Brocaded silk. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 15 x W. 11 1/2 inches (38.1 x 29.2 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1720 Italian. Piece 227818

Leaf raft shooting at both ends of the Frisian; Frisians with leaf refrences, sometimes with children or putti.The Leaf ranks formed to the center or voltes that cross ether other. Shaded Background. One of 11 Sheets.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 11 x W. 6 1/2 inches27.9 x 16.5 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 39 1/2 x 22 in. (100.3 x 55.9 cm). Date: 1730-35. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sutra Cover with Clouds and Dragons 16th century China. Sutra Cover with Clouds and Dragons. China. 16th century. Plain weave silk with supplementary weft patterning. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Textiles-Woven

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil. Japan. 19th century. Paper, silk. Stencils

Piece 18th century () French. Piece 223298

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 10 1/2 x W. 10 inches26.7 x 25.4 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Curtain. Culture: Greek Islands, Kos. Dimensions: L. 98 x W. 68 inches (248.9 x 172.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cushion Cover (Made from a Woman's Dress). England. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 73.9 × 61.5 cm (29 1/8 × 24 1/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in Algerian eye, back, buttonhole, open buttonhole filling, chain, double running, overcast, plaited braid, and square open work stitches; laid work, couching and woven wheels; spangles. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67262

Piece mid-18th century Italian. Piece 226513

Panel. Culture: Russian. Dimensions: L. 38 3/4 x W. 20 1/2 inches (98.4 x 52.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. Italy. Date: 1401-1425. Dimensions: 147 x 50.8 cm (57 7/8 x 20 in.)Repeat: 28.9-29.2 x 19.6 cm (11 3/8-1/2 x 7 3/4 in.). Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment of a tablecloth of Linnendamast with a performance: History of Susanna; Edge with musicians and women. On panel.

Hanging 17th-18th century Spanish. Hanging 228774

Flounce. France. Date: 1701-1725. Dimensions: 63.2 × 319.5 cm (24 7/8 × 125 3/4 in.)Height repeat: 68.1 cm (26 3/4 in.). Linen, needle lace. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches9.5 x 10.8 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: possibly Austrian. Dimensions: L. 16 x w. 15 3/4 inches (40.6 x 40.0 cm). Date: ca. 1835. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hanging 18th century. Hanging 450570

Grounds of Hampton Court; Nouveux Liure de Greteres. Plan of a quarter of the garden with richly decorated grounds and basins with fountains.

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71651

Fragment; silk

Panel. England. Date: 1701-1725. Dimensions: 61 × 80.1 cm (24 × 31 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; backed with linen, plain weave; quilted with silk in backstitch; cotton batting. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Millefleurs ground with vase, birds and lions. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 8'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Vase of foliage & flowers surrounded by 2 birds & 2 lions (L & R BRD) abstracted & elongated vine-scrolls; (UPR BRD) abstracted vine-scrolls Probably woven in Oudenaarde. Bottom border missing. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 34474-c Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236830-0236835, 0184420

Ornamental motif, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 print paper ornaments ~ art

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (24.8 x 29.2 cm). Date: 1750-75. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Border of woven silk 1770-80 Philippe de Lasalle French. Border of woven silk 227483

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 32 x W. 18 inches (81.3 x 45.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (42.5 x 24.8 cm). Date: 1705-15. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment (Border). Iran (Persia, Isfahan). Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 16.9 x 28 cm (2 5/16 x 11 in.). Brocaded compound cloth. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woven silk early 17th century Italian. Woven silk 223745

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil 70173

Napkin, Medium: linen Technique: 4&1 satin damask, Large white damask napkin commemorating the marriage of Louis XIV and Marie-Therese in 1660., Belgium, after 1660, woven textiles, Napkin

Panel ca. 1735-45 Spanish. Panel 227456

Panel (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1900 Iran. Silk .

Square. Iran (Persia, Kashan). Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 14.3 × 13.3 cm (5 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.). Brocaded plain compound satin, silk and gold wound on yellow silk core. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Panel 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Panel 222546

Stencil Japan. Stencil 70018

Napkin with Abraham sacrifice. Napkin of Linnendamast with the sacrifice of Abraham. Midfield: Sacrifice of Abraham. Standing and lying edges: stacked flower and leaf ornament and birds; Beyond: Block edge. Corners: Tudorroos.

Panel, late 16th century, 67 5/8 x 25 1/4 in. (171.77 x 64.14 cm) (irregular), Silk, cotton, metallic thread; voided velvet on gold ground, Turkey, 16th century

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 224434

Pieces (2). Culture: German. Dimensions: a) L. 14 5/8 x W. 9 inches (37.1 x 22.9 cm)b) L. 11 x W. 9 1/2 inches (27.9 x 24.1 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 8 1/2 in. (50.8 x 21.6 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel 16th century Chinese, for Portuguese market. Panel 222304

Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band. China. 19th century. Silk, metallic thread; on silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-Embroidered

Piece 16th-17th century Spanish. Piece 216409

Sidewall - Fragment (possibly USA); block-printed on machine-made paper; 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Katagami Stencil used in the Japanese craft of making paper stencils for dyeing textiles. It is designated as one of the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan. The art is traditionally centred on the city of Suzuka in Mie Prefecture.

Napkin with a hunting scene, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1649 Napkin from white Linnamast with a hunting scene. Midfield: mirrored pattern of fruit tree, hunter with spear, plant; walled city, dog, kneeling hunter with gun, palm tree; Fontein consisting of basin with water birds, pelvis and four spuwers, two standing birds, four birds in flight, deer, weighted, surrounding unicorn, oak tree; deciduous tree, dog; Fruit tree, deer, two dogs, hunter with spear. Standing edges: winding tendrils with flowers and leaves; Outside of that checkerboard pattern. Rolzoom. Kortrijk (Possible) linen (material) damask Napkin from white Linnamast with a hunting scene. Midfield: mirrored pattern of fruit tree, hunter with spear, plant; walled city, dog, kneeling hunter with gun, palm tree; Fontein consisting of basin with water birds, pelvis and four spuwers, two standing birds, four birds in flight, deer, weighted, surrounding unicorn, oak tree; deciduous tree, dog; Fruit tree, deer, two dogs, hunter wit

Wall or Pillar Panel. Italy, Venice or Florence, 1480-1500. Textiles; panels. Silk velvet with gold metal thread

Fragment. France or Italy. Date: 1625-1675. Dimensions: . Silk. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Campania Caserta Roccamonfina Santuario di Maria SS. dei Lattani08. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (15th century). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, frescoes, painting German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Piece. Culture: French. Date: 1735-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 62 1/2 x W. 25 inches158.8 x 63.5 cm. Date: 1872-86. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 24 1/4 x W. 11 inches61.6 x 27.9 cm. Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bird (Formerly a Curtain). Designed by William Morris (English, 1834-1896); Produced by Morris & Company, 1875-1940; Woven at Queen Square or Merton Abbey Works; England, London or Surrey, Wimbledon. Date: 1878. Dimensions: 213.5 × 197.3 cm (84 1/8 × 77 5/8 in.)Repeat: 57.1 × 42 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.). Wool, plain weave double cloth of three complementary sets of warps and wefts. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Panel. France. Date: 1700-1720. Dimensions: 93.2 × 94.1 cm (36 5/8 × 36 7/8 in.)Warp repeat: 73.8 cm (29 in.). Silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacings and self-patterned by areas of plain weave. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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