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Historic Tapestries and Textile Designs

Exquisite tapestry and textile pieces from various periods, featuring intricate floral patterns, landscapes, and ornamental borders with rich detailing.

Garden park with peacock and peahen in tree with bridge beyond. unknown c. 1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'6" x W 6' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236488-0236490, 0236512
Garden park with peacock and peahen in tree with bridge beyond. unknown c. 1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'6" x W 6' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236488-0236490, 0236512
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Landscape with heron, rabbits, swan. unknown c. 1660-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4'7" x W 20' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Buildings in R middle ground Fragment of tapestry; borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 10967
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Abruzzo Pescara Penne Palazzo Vescovile, Museo61. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture; architectural sculpture (detatched); sculpture. Post-medieval: Sculpture, painting, architectural sculpture (detached), altar cloth: objects from Penne and Loreto Apruntino. 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.
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Umbria Perugia Gubbio S. Secondo. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the polygonal apse of trefoiled arches and cloister portals. Interior views include frescoes of the Life of St. Sebastian in the Cappella di Sebastiano o Panfili (15th century); votive frescoes of the Madonna and Child; paintings of the Death of St. Joseph and the Martyrdom of S. Secondo; a painted crucifix; and stucco work and paintings in the Salone Zucchari (which are missing their negatives). In the Medieval core collection are details of an 8th-century altar--the sole remains of the abbey church S. Donato di Pulpiano. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: 1982. 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 M
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Illusionist painted wetting ribs and vegatile motifs. Ceiling painting. Lime colors and tempera partially. 1510. Görlitz, residential company Untermarkt 5, treasury
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Embroidered portrait of Queen Anne of Great Britain first quarter 18th century British. Embroidered portrait of Queen Anne of Great Britain 229050
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Cluny Museum, Carved ivory plaques, vintage engraving. Cluny Museum, Carved ivory plaques, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673719
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Sampler. Culture: German or Austrian. Dimensions: H. 20 7/8 x W. 15 5/8 inches (53 x 39.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Panel with trophy representing Africa ca. 1780-85 French The panels are each carved with a trophy comprising arms and armor suspended from a tasseled ribbon: in antiquity, military victories were commemorated with a display of arms captured from enemy troops and hung on a tree or temple. Oak branches are added to the martial symbols on 07.225.100a. Laurel branches, a laurel wreath and a standard with SPQR (short for Senatus Populusque Romanus or the Senate and the Roman People) above a portrait of a Roman emperor or general are added to the arms and armor on 07.225.100b. The shield with the horse on this panel and the one with a lion on the other, symbolize Europe and Africa respectively, and suggest an originally larger ensemble of woodwork with references to the four continents, a popular decorating theme during the eighteenth-century. Stripped of their original paint layer, these carvings may have served as door or shutter panels.This pair of panels was once part of the model collec
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05/13/1920. Madrid. Fan Exhibition. Famous fan and sketch of it painted by Fortuny.
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Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 10 1/2 x W. 3 3/4 inches (26.7 x 9.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Fragment Made 1601-1700 Germany. brocaded linen .
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Elongated rug from bobbin with sailing ships and a man next to a lighthouse, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1949 Elongated rug of natural-colored bobbin, very gross side in the technique of Duchesse side. Pattern of two sailing ships and a steamboat at sea. In the middle a man is standing on a deck next to a lighthouse. Fish swim in the sea and birds fly in the air. Very coarse square braiding ground. Used . bobbin lace Elongated rug of natural-colored bobbin, very gross side in the technique of Duchesse side. Pattern of two sailing ships and a steamboat at sea. In the middle a man is standing on a deck next to a lighthouse. Fish swim in the sea and birds fly in the air. Very coarse square braiding ground. Used . bobbin lace
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Fragment. Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Panel late 18th century German. Panel. German. late 18th century. Glass. Glass-Painted
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Campania Caserta Sessa Aurunca S. Pietro (Duomo)9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture (c. 1103), architectural sculpture, pavement (12th century), pascal candle, baptismal font with re-used Roman fragments. Post-medieval: Frescoes (13th century) Baroque interior (c. 1758), sculpture Object Notes: Site restored 1980 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.
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Fan Made 1825-1875 Italy. Painted paper mount with color lithograph of figures; sticks and guards pierced and carved mother-of-pearl .
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Tapestry Fragment with Plumed Figure. Culture: Chimú. Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/8 in. (13.65 cm). Date: 12th-15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Henkelkrug mit Segelschiffen; Badewanne.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection