Floral and Decorative Textiles

Detailed textile designs featuring floral and geometric patterns in muted tones, showcasing historical fabric pieces from British and Italian cultures.

Piece late 15th century Italian, Venice. Piece 227207

"Peacock and Dragon". Culture: British, London. Designer: Designed by William Morris (British, Walthamstow, London 1834-1896 Hammersmith, London). Dimensions: L. 52 1/2 x W. 67 1/4 in. (133.3 x 170.8 cm). Manufactory: Morris & Company. Date: designed 1878. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French or Italian. Dimensions: L. 32 1/2 x W. 20 1/2 inches (82.6 x 52.1 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 7 3/4 x W. 6 1/4 inches (19.7 x 15.9 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel 17th century Italian. Panel 229447

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 20 x 10 1/2 inches (50.8 x 26.7 cm). Date: 1774-92. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel Made 1501-1600 Seo de Urgel. .

Piece late 15th century Italian, Venice. Piece 227207

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 64 x W. 21 1/2 inches (162.6 x 54.6 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment of a Hanging. Dimensions: 92 in. high 13.00 in. wide (233.68 cm high 33.02 cm wide). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 21 1/4 x W. 13 3/4 inches54.0 x 34.9 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel or cover. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: H. 67 1/2 x w. 63 inches (171.5 x 160.0 cm). Date: 1715-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 20 1/4 x W. 17 1/2 inches (51.4 x 44.5 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tablecover. Culture: American. Dimensions: 62 x 53 in. (157.5 x 134.6 cm). Maker: Probably Jane Simonton Chapman (born 1794). Date: ca. 1820. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 19 x 18 3/4 in. (48.3 x 47.6 cm). Date: ca. 1765-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 7 1/4 x W. 3 1/2 inches (18.4 x 8.9 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 33 1/2 x W. 7 1/2 inches85.1 x 19.1 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 69 x W. 64 inches (175.3 x 162.6 cm). Date: ca. 1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 1825-35 British. Piece 229325

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 13 x W. 12 inches33.0 x 30.5 cm. Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 x W. 17 inches50.8 x 43.2 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece late 17th century Italian. Piece 216981

Altar frontal 17th-18th century Italian. Altar frontal 227809

Fragment (Border) Made 1650-1700 Iran. Brocaded plain compound cloth, silk and gold wound on yellow silk core .

Hanging 18th-19th century. Hanging. 18th-19th century. Linen; embroidered in cotton. Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 220074

Piece. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: Overall: 75 1/2 x 41 in. (191.8 x 104.1 cm) (loom width 20 3/4 in.). Date: ca. 1715. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece late 17th century Flemish. Piece. Flemish. late 17th century. Wool and linen. Textiles-Velvets

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 20 x 15 3/4 inches (50.8 x 40.0 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 38 1/2 x W. 20 1/2 inches (97.8 x 52.1 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 11 x W. 21 5/8 inches27.9 x 54.9 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel of upholstery silk ca. 1770 Philippe de Lasalle French. Panel of upholstery silk. French, Lyons. ca. 1770. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 18 x W. 15 1/4 inches45.7 x 38.7 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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

Floral Wallpaper. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Length early 18th century Italian Panels such as thiswith its extraordinary patterns in long repeatswere called "bizarre" by the Danish scholar Slomann, who believed they were made in India. Most scholars consider them an exotic phase in the history of European silk weaving.. Length 229271

Hanging. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. 74 x W. 93 1/2 inches (188.0 x 237.5 cm). Date: ca. 1700. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 12 x W. 5 1/4 inches (30.5 x 13.3 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Runner 16th century Italian. Runner 226572

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 16 x W. 10 1/2 inches40.6 x 26.7 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Embroidery. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 41 x W. 23 inches (104.1 x 58.4 cm). Date: 1774-92. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 15th century Italian. Piece 227555

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 22 7/16 x 9 5/16 in. (57 x 23.7 cm). Date: ca. 1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cover. Culture: possibly British. Dimensions: L. 40 1/4 x W. 63 1/2 inches (102.2 x 161.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 32 1/2 x W. 30 inches (82.6 x 76.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (97.8 x 19.1 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Apparel. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: H. 15 1/4 x W. 19 1/4 inches (38.7 x 48.9 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 22 3/8 inches (47.0 x 56.8 cm). Date: 1735-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 20 1/2 x W. 20 1/2 inches (52.1 x 52.1 cm). Date: 1680-1700. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 18 1/4 x W. 12 1/2 inches46.4 x 31.8 cm. Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pictorial print ca. 1785 Oberkampf Manufactory French. Pictorial print 221846

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 30 1/2 x W. 6 1/2 inches (77.5 x 16.5 cm). Date: ca. 1740-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 14 1/4 x W. 17 1/2 inches (36.2 x 44.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: British, London, Spitalfields. Dimensions: a. L . 160 x W. 21 1/2 in. (406.4 x 54.6 cm.)b. L. 113 x W. 21 1/2 in. (287 x 54.6 cm.). Date: third quarter 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit à la duchesse en impériale) ca. 1780-90 Tapestry made at Beauvais As its full-size domed canopy is suspended from the ceiling rather than supported on posts, this tester bed, which bears the stamp of the menuisier Georges Jacob, is a type called lit à la duchesse en impériale. Its original but now fragile hangings, woven in 1782-83 at the Beauvais tapestry manufactory after designs by Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811), have been replaced by modern silk damask, except for the lining of the interior dome. French eighteenth-century beds tended to be lofty, as it was customary to pile them with three or more mattresses filled with straw, wool, horsehair, or feathers. Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) noted in 1766, French beds are so high, that sometimes one is obliged to mount them by the help of steps.”[1The custom of receiving visitors while reposing in a large and elegantly fitted out bed was practiced in France during the eighteenth century mostly by

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 19 3/4 x W. 18 3/4 inches50.2 x 47.6 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 7 x 7 3/4 inches (17.8 x 19.7 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Indischer Tierteppich.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 x W. 13 1/2 inches (50.8 x 34.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sample. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 3 1/8 x W. 2 1/2 inches7.9 x 6.4 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 14 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Set of panels 18th century French. Set of panels. French. 18th century. Carved wood. Woodwork

Panel. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 38 1/4 x W. 35 inches (loom)97.2 x 88.9 cm. Date: ca. 1820s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

"Americana Print: Tango-weed" Textile. Designer: Ralph Barton (American, Kansas City, Missouri 1891-1931 New York). Dimensions: 39 × 27 in. (99.1 × 68.6 cm). Date: 1925. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 65 1/2 x W. 20 3/8 inches (166.4 x 51.8 cm). Date: ca. 1730 (). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 9 x W. 4 inches (22.9 x 10.2 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1765 French. Piece 216554

Fragment. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 27 x 7 in. (68.6 x 17.8 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece Japan Edo period (1615-1868)

Embroidery sample for a man's suit or waistcoat. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 3 1/8 x W. 2 5/8 inches7.9 x 6.7 cm. Date: ca. 1785-1820. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 6 x W. 5 3/4 inches (15.2 x 14.6 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cover early 19th century. Cover 443072

Piece. Culture: Russian, Moscow. Dimensions: L. 59 x W. 20 inches (149.9 x 50.8 cm). Manufacturer: Poliakoff, Moscow. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sample. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 4 1/2 x W. 3 5/8 inches11.4 x 9.2 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel Made 1675-1700 Italy. Silk, damask weave .

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 21 x 14 1/2 in. (53.3 x 36.8 cm.). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Joined Fragments first half 17th century. Joined Fragments 448949

Fragment. France. Date: 1675-1700. Dimensions: . Brocaded satin damask. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: Portuguese. Dimensions: L. 69 x W. 50 inches (175.3 x 127.0 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Garlanded trees and wild flowering plants framing ribbon-suspended basket of flowers. unknown c. 1770-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'9" x W 5'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. John R. DeWitt, received 5/2/1944; sold to Charles L. Belz Esq. 9/8/1947.

Border early 19th century French. Border. French. early 19th century. Cotton. Textiles-Printed

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 18 1/2 x W. 8 1/4 inches (47.0 x 21.0 cm). Date: late 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 11 7/8 x 21 1/4 in. (30.2 x 54 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Orphrey 15th-16th century Italian, possibly Florence. Orphrey 222616

Stencil from Trading Room of the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Designed by Adler and Sullivan American 1893-94 View more. Stencil from Trading Room of the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago. American. 1893-94. Stencil on canvas

Piece 15th-16th century Italian. Piece 224491

Altar cloth. Culture: Italian, possibly Sicily. Dimensions: L. 44 1/2 x W. 71 inches113.0 x 180.3 cm. Date: early 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kloskant dress strip with the shield -shaped medallions, anonymous, c. 1850 Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. Closed motifs are grouped separately on an open mesh stock. On the junctions of the sculptes, three symmetrical shield-shaped medallions rise, which are caught in two pairs of C-volutes. Above the sculpts, a large flower feast is found above the medallions, with cracked petals as a crown. The inner edge is decorated with a chain of heart -shaped leaves. Bayeux (possibly) silk bobbin lace Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. Closed motifs are grouped separately on an open mesh stock. On the junctions of the sculptes, three symmetrical shield-shaped medallions rise, which are caught in two pairs of C-volutes. Above the sculpts, a large flower feast is found above the medallions, with cracked petals as a crown. The inner edge is decorated with a chain of heart -shaped leaves. Bayeux (possibly) silk bobbin lace

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 25 x 17 1/2 in. (63.5 x 44.5 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

India Āgra Taj Mahal Unpublished image 20. Swaan, Wim. 1968 or earlier Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: Delh

Fragment 1750-1850 American. Fragment 13688

Piece. Culture: British, London, Spitalfields. Dimensions: Overall: 18 1/4 x 13 in. (46.4 x 33 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: 21 x 7 1/2 inches (53.3 x 19.1 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment (Dress Fabric). Iran (Persia, Isfahan). Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 34.4 x 10.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.). Silk, brocaded fancy compound satin. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: Portuguese. Dimensions: Overall: 86 x 51 in. (218.4 x 129.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 18th century British. Fragment 221191

Ceiling tiles mid-16th century Spanish, Seville. Ceiling tiles 202492

Sample. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 4 1/2 x W. 2 inches11.4 x 5.1 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Game park with exotic animals. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Parrots, snakes, spotted bird, other animals & male figure in game park landscape (BRD) narrow band with spiral ribbon, flowers leaves Side border from a hanging, made into a narrow hanging. A set of 2 pieces; both pieces may have come from the left & right of a single hanging. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 4301 French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 20185-a Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241469-0241470, 0209503

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71299

Panel. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 78 x 75 in. (198.1 x 190.5 cm). Date: ca. 1735-45. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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