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Historic Textile Artifacts

A collection of intricate textiles from various eras, featuring floral patterns, complex weaves, and rich textures in muted tones.

Shrub Carpet early 18th century. Shrub Carpet 447534
Shrub Carpet early 18th century. Shrub Carpet 447534
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Piece early 16th century Italian. Piece 227236Bed valance 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed valance 219713Carpet Made 1690-1700 Northern France. Linen and wool, plain weave with three-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; four panels joined .Piece late 16th century Spanish. Piece 220495Altar Cloth ca. 1580 Japan. Altar Cloth 68333Shrub Carpet early 18th century. Shrub Carpet 447534Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 12 1/4 x W. 9 1/4 inches (31.1 x 23.5 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece late 17th century French. Piece 217047Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 216545Fragment. Dimensions: 22 1/2 in. high 5 13/16 in. wide (57.2 cm high 14.7 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fruit and flowers. unknown c. 1576-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'6" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Oblong arrangement of fruit & flowers surrounded by floral garland (BRD) bouquets of fruit & flowers French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive 15194 32176Piece Japan 19th centuryRug late 18th century Spanish. Rug 221794Band. Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm). Date: 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 16th century Spanish. Fragment 220106Cushion cover late 18th century French. Cushion cover 227838Piece 16th century French. Piece 223722Cap crown. Culture: Flemish. Dimensions: L. 8 1/4 x W. 6 1/2 inches (21.0 x 16.5 cm). Date: mid-18th century.The Metropolitan Museum's great lace collection was started when the Museum became the first among American museums to organize a permanent collection of lace with the acceptance of the McCallum Collection in 1879 and the bequests of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Mrs. Augustus Cleveland, and Mrs. A. W. Winters shortly thereafter. In 1893 a loan collection of antique laces shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was assembled by a committee of New York women headed by Catharine Augusta Newbold. About 1900 Miss Newbold arranged and labeled an exhibition of laces and linenworks lent to the Metropolitan Museum by Mrs. James Boorman Johnstone and the Misses Johnstone. "Her scholarly knowledge of lace technique enabled the Museum for the first time to offer a comprehensive display of lace illustrating its historical development," wrote Miss Frances MorrisPiece 17th century Italian. Piece 216605Piece 18th century French. Piece 224090Sash ca. 1778-89 François Selimand. Sash 226560Length of velvet 15th-16th century Italian or Spanish. Length of velvet 229287Band 16th century Italian. Band 216499Piece 1680-1700 French or Spanish. Piece 217281Fragment. Dimensions: 7 1/2 in. high 4 5/16 in. wide (19 cm high 11 cm wide). Date: 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 16th century. Silk and linen. Textiles-WovenSash 18th century Russian or Polish. Sash 219024Sample first half 19th century French. Sample 219315Piece early 19th century French. Piece. French. early 19th century. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedPanel 17th century China. Panel. China. 17th century. Silk. Textiles-VelvetsPortion of a dress border 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Portion of a dress border 221725Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67974Fragment. Culture: French. Date: 1770-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Length of furnishing fabric 1804-14 French. Length of furnishing fabric 197810Fragment 18th century British. Fragment 221192Cover late 18th century. Cover 448940Textile Fragment 5th century. Textile Fragment 444264Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220390Piece 18th century French. Piece 224359Piece 1600-1650 French. Piece 222255Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece 16th century Italian. Piece 226993Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223660Chair Strip early 18th century China. Chair Strip 70343Piece 18th century French. Piece 224473Textile 18th-19th century Japan. Textile. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. TextilesPair of lappets early 18th century French. Pair of lappets 222830Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis) 19th century Lampung. Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis). Lampung. 19th century. Cotton, sild. Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung. Textiles-WovenCoverlet ca. 1875 Chinese, for European market. Coverlet 229515Piece 18th century French. Piece 218628Sutra Cover 18th century China. Sutra Cover 72246Apparel 16th century possibly French. Apparel 222603Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223438Piece. Culture: Chinese, Macao, for Iberian market. Dimensions: L. 41 1/2 x W. 10 inches (105.4 x 25.4 cm). Date: second half 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Printing Block Made 1701-1800 France. .Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223347Piece early 17th century Spanish. Piece. Spanish. early 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesFragment. Dimensions: 10 1/16 in. high 3 9/16 in. wide (25.6 cm high 9 cm wide). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 28 1/2 x W. 17 3/4 inches72.4 x 45.1 cm. Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment Made 1850-1900 Italy. Silk, silvered-strip-wrapped-silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in weft-float faced twill interlacings (woven on loom with Jacquard attachment); two selvages present .Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 219958Piece ca. 1720 () French. Piece 216477Piece 18th century French. Piece 224120Cover ca. 1730s French, possibly Lyons. Cover 461577Band 16th-17th century Italian. Band 215403Brocade Fragment early 16th century. Brocade Fragment 447096Valance 19th century India. Valance 69963Piece early 19th century French. Piece. French. early 19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece 18th century French. Piece 224250Fragment early 17th century Spanish. Fragment 220103Fragment of a Hanging. Dimensions: H. 94 in. (238.8 cm)W. 13 in. (33 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1760 French. Piece 216566Back of a chasuble. Culture: Italian, possibly Florence. Dimensions: L. 54 1/2 x W. 14 inches (138.4 x 35.6 cm). Date: 15th-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66001Fragment of a Band. Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1720 Italian. Piece 227377Strip 16th-17th century Italian. Strip 215415Piece of silk shirt 1775-1824 Portuguese. Piece of silk shirt. Portuguese. 1775-1824. Silk. Textiles-WovenCoverlet Made 1832 United States. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined . David D. Haring (Weaver)Fragment of a Band 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Band 445733Book binding Book binding, mid-19th century. Lacquer, paper mache, 4 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (12.1 x 20.6 cm). Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th centuryTextile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445893Portion of a dress border 1726 Greek Islands, Crete. Portion of a dress border 221721Piece ca. 1700 () Spanish or Portuguese. Piece. Spanish or Portuguese. ca. 1700 (). Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenPiece 18th century French. Piece 224352Sampler 18th century possibly Dutch. Sampler 222524Piece 1730-35 French. Piece 216460Square 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Square 221729Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 34 1/8 x W. 19 1/2 inches (86.7 x 49.5 cm) (loom width). Date: 1775-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 224371Strip 19th century China. Strip. China. 19th century. Indigo; cotton. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-Painted and PrintedPortion of Needlepoint (Cutwork) and Bobbin Lace Flounce (Taglia tela), early 16th century. Italy, early 16th century. Lace, needlepoint and bobbin: linen; average: 19.1 x 25.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.).Needlepoint (Cutwork) Lace Insertion, 16th century. Italy, Venice, 16th century. Lace, needlepoint: linen; average: 9.6 x 24.5 cm (3 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.).Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223502Scarf end 18th century French. Scarf end 221512Sample early 19th century French. Sample 223130Fragment mid-18th century Portuguese. Fragment 221977Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224477Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis) 19th century Lampung. Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis). Lampung. 19th century. Cotton, gold wrapped thread, silk, paillettes. Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung. Textiles-WovenPiece 18th century French. Piece 224118