Floral Textile Designs

A collection of intricate floral patterns and motifs featuring vibrant colors and detailed designs, highlighting historical embroidery and wall hangings from various cultures.

Leaf with lanes pattern of flowers on Streen Fond, Anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1850 Leaf with vertical job pattern of flower vines on interrupted stripe stock. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Irene Schaefer, Quilted Bedspread, c 1936 Quilted Bedspread

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 1117 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 15.5 × 32.9 cm (6 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

Drawing, Design no. 1878 for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 15.7 × 29.9 cm (6 3/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Front Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 59 × 43.6 cm (23 1/4 × 17 3/16 in.)

Sidewall (England or United States); block-printed on machine-made paper; 33.5 x 20 cm (13 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Frieze (USA); machine-printed paper; 92 x 48 cm (36 1/4 x 18 7/8 in.)

The Tiger Lily, Arthur Wilcock, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, glazed, Glazed chintz with a white ground and large, bold multicolored floral design showing tiger lilies and other flowers. Block printed using twelve colors. Background is printed in a small design of clover leaves., England, 1886, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile, Textile

Design for the corner of a carpet with a rectangular brown midfield, C. Sancourt, c. 1850 - c. 1880 France paper. gouache (paint). graphite (mineral)

Altar front C, by Guardi Francesco, 1780, 18th Century, oil on leather, gilded and silver . Italy, Veneto, Venice, Redentore Church. Detail. Flower decoration bunch of flowers volutes.

Sidewall (France); Manufactured by Zuber & Cie (France); block-printed paper

Frieze, Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, A wavy band of vining poppies () runs through the middle. Blue floral swags above and below. A small band of daisies runs along the bottom edge., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Drawing, Design for Three Woven Flower Boughs; France; brush and gouache on oily tracing paper; 37.9 × 24.9 cm (14 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Steel with printed silk, Dessin Chi -Ki, Wiener Werkstätte, 1920 - 1921 Steel with printed silk. Dessin Chi-Ki, WW no. 00720. On natural fond with blue dots a design of stylized flower or fruit forms and tips in two shades of blue, yellow, salmon, red-brown and green. The steel is glued on cardboard on which the vignette of the Wiener Werkstätte. On the back two color variants with a pink and a beige stock respectively. Vienna silk. cardboard block printing (relief printing process) Steel with printed silk. Dessin Chi-Ki, WW no. 00720. On natural fond with blue dots a design of stylized flower or fruit forms and tips in two shades of blue, yellow, salmon, red-brown and green. The steel is glued on cardboard on which the vignette of the Wiener Werkstätte. On the back two color variants with a pink and a beige stock respectively. Vienna silk. cardboard block printing (relief printing process)

Design for a Fruit Plate 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a Fruit Plate. Anonymous, French, 19th century. 19th century. Brush and yellow, red, green, and gray ink, heightened with white, over graphite.. Drawings

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, map, pencil, drawing, flower, gouache, project

Textile fragment. Textile fragment, embroidery of magnolia on beige background.

Sheet with overall leaf pattern late 18th-mid-19th century Anonymous. Sheet with overall leaf pattern. Anonymous , Italian, late 18th-mid 19th century. late 18th-mid-19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Drawing, Design for a Textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); Made for Fabrique de Fazy aux Bergues; Switzerland; pen and black ink, brush and gouache and watercolor, graphite, on gray laid paper; 47.7 x 34.0 cm (18 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. )

Wild rose in art nouveau patterns for wallpapers, borders and plates. Lithograph by M. P. Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897. Eugene Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the art nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century.

Two vignettes with chinese figures. Pillement, Jean (French, 1728-1808) (designed after) painter c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'9" x W 12'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. Encircled with garlands & on floral ground with hung, ribbon-tied basket of flowers French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 946 French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 25191

Alice Cosgrove, Hooked Rug, 1941 Hooked Rug

Muguet, 1896, Poidevin, A., 1896, Paris, Publisher, Lévy, E., Decoration and ornament, Plant forms

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Applique Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 48.9 x 38.3 cm (19 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, gouache, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Catherine Fowler.

Textile (China); silk

Panel, Medium: Technique: satin and stem stitch embroidery, Piece of panel with embroidery and drawnwork in alternating rows. The embroidery shows a bird on a vase of flowers, lions, flowers and small motifs in satin and stem stitches. Edged on three sides with bobbin lace and hemstitched on fourth side., Salamanca, Spain, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Panel

Eva Wilson, Rug, c 1938 Rug

Sidewall, Machine-printed and embossed, Full width, giving one and one-half repeats of an all-over pattern of dense foliage with clusters of cherries and other fruit, in colors of diminished intensity, against a blue-black field, the leaves outlined in neutral tan. Paper embossed in raised vertical strokes, set in chevron bands. (Cheviot paper)., France, 1875-85, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Frieze, Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, Machine-printed paper, Horizontal repeat of large and small Art Nouveau inspired blossoms. Each frilly blossom grows from a stem, is framed by undulating leaves and sprouts a cloud of smaller green flowers. A wavy pattern of colorful, interwoven linework follows the bottom edge of the panel. Thin outlines of the blossoms and linework border appear to be off register, but this may be a purposeful design choice. An allover grid pattern formed of dashes and broken lines give the panel the appearance of a woven textile. This design was printed in shades of green, blue, magenta and tan on a beige background., New York, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Wall Paper. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 22" repeat. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Knapp.

Mina Lowry, Wallpaper, 1935 1942 Wallpaper

Valentine mid 19th century Esther Howland. Valentine. Esther Howland (American, Worcester, Massachusetts 1828-1904 Quincy, Massachusetts). mid 19th century. Collage, colored papers, lace paper, chromolithographed die-cut scraps

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white, blue gouache on glazed tracing paper; 35.9 × 32.2 cm (14 1/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

. Silk embroidery on linen background with design made of symmetrical ornament of flowers and leaves. England, probably Embroidery Society, ca. 1890. framed.

Pictorial print ca. 1790 Bromley Hall. Pictorial print. British, London. ca. 1790. Cotton. Textiles-Printed

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Michael Lauretano, Free Hand Wall Decoration, 1935 1942 Free Hand Wall Decoration

Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Pine Branches, Cherry Blossoms, and Geometric Abstracted Tortoise Shell Pattern. Japan, Edo period( 1615-1868), 18th century. Textiles. Silk figured satin (rinzu), stenciled imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko shibori), silk-and gilt-paper-wrapped silk embroidery

Wallpaper Sample Book Morris & Company (London, England, 1875 - 1940). Wallpaper Sample Book, before 1917. Printed paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm). Decorative Arts before 1917

Border, Block-printed on handmade paper, Border is vertical. Center panel has bunch of roses alternating vertically with branch of apple blossom tied with pale pink ribbon. Small white-edged bands at right and left have small sprigs, buds and flowerlets in vertical columns. Printed on green ground., France, 1770, Wallcoverings, Border

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, A desnely scalloped strip, framed at the inside by a row of hands, is shown along the edge. Two different kinds of ornamentations are suggested alternatively for the scallops. A row of scallops of various heights and with floral decoration rises from the strip. Flower boughs grow from some of the intervals between scallops., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Border (USA); block-printed; 50 x 15 cm (19 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1780/85. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79098-20 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

Drawing, Textile Design: Delft; Designed by Valerie Wieselthier (Austrian, 1895-1945); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 6.7 × 20.3 cm (2 5/8 in. × 8 in.) Mat: 31.4 × 44.1 cm (12 3/8 × 17 3/8 in.)

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Textile Design with Paisley Motifs and Garlands of Berry Sprays and Stylized Flowers mid-19th century Designed by H. Minder, fils French Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group purchased from Harvey W. Brewer in 1968. The design consists of two paisley motifs separated by vertical garlands of berry sprays. The garlands contain stylized blueberries, rosettes of pink color, stylized leaves of yellow and green color, and offsetting stylized wheat ears colored with yellow and pink. The paisley shapes are colores with pink and carmine, their frames decorated with stylized leaves colored with bright tones of yellow and green. The paisley shape on the left contains palmettes of pink color, flanked by leaves of green color, and decorated with blue accents and pearls of white color. The paisley motif on the right contains rosettes of different forms executed with bright tones of yellow, blue, green, and pink. The design also contains a horizontal garland in the bottom, con

Board 2: Large flowers F�lix Bracquemond (1833-1914). Board 2: large flowers. Strong water on Japan Verged. 1866. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Plate from Marans, France, with botanical illustration within a floral border. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.

Boetticher Carl (1806-1889), various decorations, fabrics, wallpaper (1844): Detail. Pencil watercolored on paper, 52.3 x 35.3 cm (including scan edges) Boetticher Carl (1806-1889): Verschiedene Dekorationen, Stoffe, Tapeten

Design for a Printed Textile: Floral Border with Islands on a Lake. Date/Period: Ca. 1801. Drawing. Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on blue laid paper. Author: Louis-Albert DuBois.

Menu Card Decorated with Bamboo and Flowers Christopher Grant La Farge (American, 1862-1938). Menu Card Decorated with Bamboo and Flowers, ca. 1880. Watercolor, black ink and metallic paint on very thin card stock, 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm). Created for use as calling cards, place cards, or menu cards, these charming items indicate how the Japan craze” permeated all facets of artistic production. Grant La Farge’s familiarity with Japanese motifs (such as Mount Fuji, chrysanthemums, and bamboo shoots) undoubtedly came from his family. His father, the artist John La Farge, embraced Japanese aesthetics in his own art and also collected and published widely on Japanese art; Grant La Farge’s mother, Margaret, was the grandniece of Commodore Matthew Perry. American Art ca. 1880

Boucheron, Etui Perrocouts et Poupecillons (main title), 1945. Ink and gouache on the front, ink and pastel fat on the back on layer. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Embroidery, 16th century, England, maker unknown. Bequest of Mrs E.G. Elgar, 1945.

Textile. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 33.2 x 38.4 cm (13 1/16 x 15 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: E. A. Smaller.

Sheet with overall floral and dot pattern 19th century Anonymous. Sheet with overall floral and dot pattern. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66855

Maud Schmid, Linen Square, c 1936 Linen Square

Wall attenuation of lamp axle with turtle pigeon pattern. Wall attenuation, consisting of a lamp axis. Tilth deaf pattern.

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 21.2 × 43.9 cm (8 3/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: blue resist on plain weave, Fragment shows a central vertical column and scalloped pedestals with a lace-like design, tassels and cords. With two birds and flowers., France, mid-18th-mid-19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Vegetal motif associated with a Latin cross an eagle and the eagles Guillaume Boichot (1735-1814). Vegetal pattern associated with a Latin cross an eagle and the eagles. Feather and ink from China on brown paper, 1735-1815.

Drawing, Wallpaper Design; Austria; brush and gouache, graphite on white paper; 34.5 x 23.4 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Textile Length. Jean Revel (France, 1684-1751). France, Lyon, 1733-1739. Textiles; panels. Silk plain weave with warp-patterning and silk discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning (brocade)

Sidewall; machine-printed ; Overall: 441.5 x 56 cm (14 ft. 5 13/16 in. x 22 1/16 in.)

Sidewall - Sample, Fruit; Designed by William Morris (British, 1834-1896); Manufactured by Jeffrey & Company (United Kingdom); Made for Morris & Co. (United Kingdom); block-printed paper

Frieze, Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, Machine-printed paper, On a gray ground, with green bands containing two white ribbons in arc form bearing pink flowers and green leaves., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Drawing, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle; France

Chinoiserie painting at the mountain palace, crocodile hunt

Length of Textile, 1723-1774. France, 18th century, Period of Louis XV (1723-1774). Brocade; silk and metal; overall: 109.9 x 54.3 cm (43 1/4 x 21 3/8 in.).

Lace Design 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Lace Design. Anonymous, French, 19th century. 19th century. Pen and ink with wash. Drawings

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, map, pencil, drawing, flower, gouache, project

Wallpaper Sheet from a Set of Ten Wallpaper Sheets, c. 1864-1892, William Morris, British, 1834 - 1896, 41 x 22 in. (104.1 x 55.88 cm) (sheet)46 x 27 in. (116.84 x 68.58 cm) (outer frame), Color lithograph, England, 19th century

Drawing, Design for a Woven or Embroidered Vertical Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper; 13.2 × 6.5 cm (5 3/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

Wallpaper Sample Book Morris & Company (London, England, 1875 - 1940). Wallpaper Sample Book, before 1917. Printed paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm). Decorative Arts before 1917

Tile with pomegranate design, c. 1875, Minton and Company, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, est. 1793, 6 x 6 x 7/16 in. (15.24 x 15.24 x 1.11 cm), Glazed earthenware, England, 19th century

Valentine 1850-70 Anonymous. Valentine. Anonymous. 1850-70. Cameo-embossed, open-work lace paper, colored paper, ink

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 65773

Ray Holden, Stencilled Wall, c 1936 Stencilled Wall

Flowers and Insects. China, Zhejiang Province, China, Yuan dynasty (1260-1368), 14th century. Paintings. Hanging scroll; ink and mineral colors on silk

Poppies. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Color and gold on paper. Date: late 17th-late 19th century. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Is it Weakness thus to Dwell (valentine) 1845-1855 England. Collaged elements on color lithograph on embossed off-white wove paper . George Kershaw

Chrysanthemums. Date/Period: From 1600 until 1630. Painting. Color on paper. Height: 1,307 mm (51.45 in); Width: 559 mm (22 in). Author: Master of I-nen Seal.

Sampler (USA); Embroidered by Elizabeth Jane Alden (American); silk embroidery on linen foundation

Paris, Guérinet, Armand, Photographic reproduction of a decorative pattern with flowers and leaves, recto, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 10, height 247 mm, width 182 mm, photographer, 1890 - 1900, photographic paper, albumen print, albumine print, after image of, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher

Valentine 1850-60 Anonymous. Valentine. Anonymous. 1850-60. Cameo-embossed flowers, open-work, gilded yellow-colored lace paper and white lace paper, chromolithography, die-cut golden and silver Dresden scraps, silver paper.

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Unfinished; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; (Left and Top edges): 16.3 × 25.1 cm (6 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.) (Right and Bottom edges): 9.7 × 4.8 cm (3 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Stencilled Floor. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 70.9 x 54.8 cm (27 15/16 x 21 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jerome Hoxie.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Plants in part like calyces and rosettes composed of seven boughs with blossoms alternate upon a crest border. A row of obliquely disposed lace ovoids with beads in the intervals between them and scallops are shown at the bottom., France, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Border, Block-printed and flocked, Horizontal rectangle. Large blue flowers, with green leaves, intertwined with grisaille acanthus rinceau, on red flock ground. Foliate and floral band, in grisaille, along bottom., France, 1825-30, Wallcoverings, Border

Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts). Berlin and Jones; American, 19th century. Date: 1860-1870. Dimensions: 93 x 136 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Berlin and Jones.

Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers, Brush and gouache, graphite on gray paper, Horizontally-oriented diamond shape made of clusters of orange and yellow flowers and green foliage at center of page. Flowers and foliage are somewhat evenly spaced and face various directions. Guidelines in graphite are visible on the page with the diamond bisected horizontally and vertically. On light lavender ground., France, 19th century, wallpaper designs, Drawing, Drawing

Raymond Manupelli, Embroidery Piece, c 1936 Embroidery Piece

Fioringras. Draughtsman: Willem Wenckebach. Dating: in or before 1893. Measurements: h 177 mm × w 81 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Textile, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidery using counted stitches on plain weave, Four rows of 'slips.' Yellow tulips on a cream-colored ground. Two tulips have been cut away., England, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Valentine - My Aim is Your Heart Wood

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co.; machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 91 x 49 cm (35 13/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Corner Motif of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache, graphite on glazed tracing paper; 8.5 × 10.1 cm (3 3/8 in. × 4 in.)

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 29.5 × 43.7 cm (11 5/8 × 17 3/16 in.)

Decorated Initial "D" with Acanthus Leaves from a Choir Book. European. Date: 1300-1399. Dimensions: 108 × 104 mm. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum. Origin: Europe. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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