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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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Kerchief (Pañuelo) first half 19th century Philippine. Kerchief (Pañuelo) 226238Towel end. Culture: Danish. Dimensions: L. 39 x W. 28 1/2 inches (99.1 x 72.4 cm). Date: 1838. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Scarf from dick edge with kashmir spring motifs. Scarf of black climbing side: Chantilly side. There is a double-sided symmetrical design on a coarse and empty ground ground. At each end a pair of spring or palm motifs such as Kashmir-Shawls, who with their top voluten a medallion carving a few degenert letters L. These show a merchant fond with a rank and blossoms, which accentuate the omnises. Pairs of winding branches, which end up in leaf volutes, grow to the middle, cross each other frequently and form a heart-shaped medallion. The edges are very entitled by weak slopes, including tendrils, S-medallions and flowers with a poisa fond.Piece late 16th century Spanish. Piece 219655Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis) 19th century Lampung. Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis). Lampung. 19th century. Cotton, gold wrapped thread, paillettes. Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung. Textiles-WovenPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223485Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68629Sampler Italian 18th centuryRank Badge with Quail late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Quail 68900Millefleurs ground. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co.Shawl Made 1830-1850 India. Interlocking twill weave; embroidered; pieced .Square 18th century. Square. 18th century. Linen; embroidered in silk. Attributed to Algeria. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223193Chasuble 18th century possibly Bohemian. Chasuble 229688Cover early 17th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. early 17th century. Embroidered net. Textiles-LacesPassementerie 17th century Italian. Passementerie 215143Openwork Headband 12th-15th century Chancay. Openwork Headband 310700Fragment. Dimensions: H. 38 in. (96.5 cm)W. 19.75 in. (50.2 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1680-1700 Italian. Piece 223743Textile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445645Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220439Piece last quarter 18th century French. Piece 220382Napkin. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 40 x W. 32 1/2 inches (101.6 x 82.6 cm) (loom width). Date: 1852-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220511Fragment of Needlepoint (Cutwork) Lace, 17th century. Italy, 17th century. Lace, needlepoint: linen; average: 8.3 x 17.9 cm (3 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.).Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444193Piece 17th century Italian or Spanish. Piece 221787Lappets (2) late 17th century Franco-Flemish 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 Morris, then curator of the textile department. Miss Newbold's name occPiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66877Shoulder Cloth (Selendang) 1700-1730 Sumatra. Shoulder Cloth (Selendang) 307891Pall (chalice cover) 17th century Italian, Venice. Pall (chalice cover) 212492Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223682Towel End early 19th century. Towel End 443086Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223437Border Made 1865-1885 Belgium. Cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as Valenciennes with a square Valenciennes mesh ground .Chalice veil 17th century Italian. Chalice veil 212774Tiles first quarter 17th century Dutch. Tiles 196290Piece 18th century French. Piece 223311Fragment. Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm)W. 19 in. (48.3 cm). Date: late 11th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment of a Sleeve 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Sleeve 443912Fragment of a Tunic 5th-6th century. Fragment of a Tunic 443859Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443507Rank Badge with Peacock late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Peacock 68872Piece second half 18th century French. Piece 230922Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 11 1/2 x W. 10 1/2 inches (29.2 x 26.7 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bliżej Kultury unknownSample early 19th century French. Sample 224052Cover. Dimensions: L. 54 in. (137.2 cm)W. 52 in. (132.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece early 19th century China or Japan. Piece 67897Fragment. France. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 45.1 × 25.4 cm (17 3/4 × 10 in.). Silk, plain compound cloth. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Napkin. Culture: French. Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 16 inches (41.9 x 40.6 cm). Date: 1848-52. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.France, Salomon, Bernard, Flat decorations with white moresques and arabesques on a black background, Arabesques with a four-petalled flower in the middle, print, ornament print, prints, Oval with white morocco and arabesques on a black background, In the middle is aPiece British 19th century View more. Piece.Ornament Italian, Venice 19th centuryBorder 18th century French. Border 227687Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220454Chasuble 18th century Italian or Central European. Chasuble 227577Fragment late 18th century French. Fragment 220121Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223447Knife lever decorated with volutes of leaf vines, c. 1500 - c. 1600 print The leaves curl themselves for a straight stem in the middle. Germany (possibly) paper engravingPiece last quarter 18th century French. Piece 220278Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220384Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 22 x W. 19 1/4 inches (55.9 x 48.9 cm). Date: second quarter 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Shawl Sample early 19th century. Shawl Sample 447758Veil. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 58 x W. 20 inches147.3 x 50.8 cm. Date: ca. 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Template with flour between wavy lines, anonymous, 1800 - 1909 Japanese template (Katagami) with a pattern of a stylized flower between vertically wavy lines. Japan paper. silk cutting flowers ~ ornamentCover 16th century Italian. Cover 227804Chasuble ca. 1500 Rhenish. Chasuble. Rhenish. ca. 1500. Silk, metal thread on silk, linen. Textiles-Costumes-EcclesiasticalBorder 17th century Italian. Border 219887Embroidered darning sampler 1829 Dutch. Embroidered darning sampler 228089Cap crown early 18th century French. Cap crown 218990Double-Sided Comb 18th century Sri Lanka. Double-Sided Comb 38386Altar Frontal Made 1701-1800 Italy. .Towel early 17th century Italian. Towel 229258Bag. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 15.2 x 8.85 cm (6 x 3 1/2 in.). Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Sample. Culture: American. Dimensions: Dimensions unrecorded. Maker: Merrimac Mills. Date: 1825-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment. Dimensions: 8 7/8 in. high 8 15/16 in. wide (22.5 cm high 22.7 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 223994Bedcover (Pineapple Quilt) Made 1847-1857 United States. Applique, green and red on 21 blocks and quilting done in floral designs and square diamonds .Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224537Fragment 17th century Southern German. Fragment 216503Fragment. Italy. Date: 1601-1650. Dimensions: 21.8 x 21.1 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.). Silk, cut, uncut, and voided velvet against plain weave foundation. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Coverlet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 60 x 57 1/2 in. (152.4 x 146.1 cm). Maker: Possibly Nancy Parker (1749-1848). Date: ca. 1814. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Objects, wallpaper, various designs, from Samuel Fowler house, Danversport, 166 High Street , Wallpapers, Fowler, Samuel, 1776-1859. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionCollection Dutch Heidematschappij. Ringel spinner. undatedLock 18th century Italian. Lock 187278 Italian, Lock, 18th century, Silver, 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (7.3 x 4.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 (91.1.1156)Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443898Textile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). Textile Swatches, 1948-1959. silk; metal, (a) - (e): 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (21.6 x 11.4 cm). 1948-1959Fragments. Probably central coast, Peru. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: a: 33 x 26.7 cm (13 x 10 1/2 in.) b: 63.5 x 26.7 cm (25 x 10 1/2 in.). Plain cloth with interlocking tapestry. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Book clasp 17th century possibly French. Book clasp 192393Disk 19th century China. Disk. China. 19th century. Nephrite. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). JadeStrip early 18th century British. Strip. British. early 18th century. Wool on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredTextile Fragment 18th century. Textile Fragment. 18th century. Silk. Attributed to Iran. Textiles-WovenCoverlet Made 1825-1835 United States. Cotton and wool, composite point twill weave (multiple shaft); two loom widths joined .Border 16th century possibly German. Border 221170Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66693Border late 18th century Flemish. Border. Flemish. late 18th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223380Fragment of Shoulder Band 3rd-4th century. Fragment of Shoulder Band 444001Bliżej Kultury unknown