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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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Textile Fragment 2nd-3rd century. Textile Fragment 443934Lace, 1800s, Milan, maker unknown. Gift of Mrs G. Acland Allen, 1955.Sample early 19th century French. Sample 223135Three blocks with Moresken, surrounded by an edge of Moresken and Arabesken; White moresken on a black fond. There are two posts between the blocks. From series of 9 sheetsHandkerchief Made 1825-1875 France. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with cotton .Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216932Cope second half 16th century Spanish. Cope 222961Square. Dimensions: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm)W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sample. Culture: American. Dimensions: Dimensions unrecorded. Maker: Merrimac Mills. Date: 1825-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Border 17th century Italian. Border. Italian. 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesTextile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 443360Handkerchief Made 1801-1900 England. Cotton, plain weave .Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 228813Tapestry Fragment 10th-15th century Peru; south coast. Tapestry Fragment 307815White House furniture and furnishings. White House furnishings. Antique lace. White House, Washington, D.C.Handkerchief Made 1801-1900 England. Cotton, plain weave .Musical stone China. Musical stone. China. Nephrite, olive-brown. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-95). JadeRuth M Barnes, Coverlet (Section), c 1940 Coverlet (Section)Girdle pendant China. Girdle pendant. China. Jade. Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) or later. JadeFlounce. Italy, Milan. Date: 1701-1725. Dimensions: 46.4 x 336 cm (18 3/8 x 132 1/4 in.)Width repeat: 54.5 cm (21 1/2 in.). Linen, bobbin part lace (made in large sections). Origin: Milan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Fragment. Dimensions: 3 3/4 in. high 3 3/4 in. wide (9.5 cm high 9.5 cm wide). Date: 6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Handkerchief Made 1825-1875 France. Linen, plain weave; embroidered .Stole French 19th centuryKerchief (Pañuelo) first half 19th century Philippine. Kerchief (Pañuelo) 226236Rectangular purple border tile, surrounded decor, surrounded column, with dark purple parallel lines as border decoration, yellow pottery, edge tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedShaker rug bindings , Textiles, Rugs, Shaker textile fabrics. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph CollectionManiple late 18th century Chinese, for European market Though Jesuit priests were received at the Chinese court with great appreciation of their learning and courtesy, a misunderstanding occurred between the Pope and Emperor Kang-his toward the end of the latters life. By the second half of the eighteenth century, Christian services were forbidden in China and vestments such as these were made only for a market outside China.. Maniple 229409Kloskant dress strip with ferns, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1855 Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On an empty mesh stock there is a closed edge with scoops, filled with a garland of flowers and leaves. On the intersections there is a small shell with a hanging rose, above which a striker bouquet rises from four large fern leaves and a flower branch, which extends to the top edge. Here a horizontal climbing window with hanging twigs runs, while on the field above the large shell of this climbing crank a large bouquet depends, among other things with a tulip. France (possibly) silk bobbin lace Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On an empty mesh stock there is a closed edge with scoops, filled with a garland of flowers and leaves. On the intersections there is a small shell with a hanging rose, above which a striker bouquet rises from four large fern leaves and a flower branch, which extends to the top edge. Here a horizontal climbing window with hanging twigs runs, while on Book Cover (Two Flower Vases) 1656 Sébastien Leclerc I French. Book Cover (Two Flower Vases) 386302Unknown, Child in Cart, c. 1860, ambrotype.Master IB, Sheath with Venus and Eros Sheath with Venus and ErosAmulet 18th century China. Amulet 60642Woman's wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ) Yorùbá , unknown maker's mark. Woman's wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ), 20th century. Commercial cotton cloth, synthetic indigo dye, 68 5/8 × 78 × 1/16 in. (174.3 × 198.1 × 0.1 cm). Àdìrẹ is a Yorùbá textile whose patterns are made through resist dyeing. The àdìrẹ technique used to make this wrapper is àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ, wherein female artists paint cassava flour paste on fabric, preventing certain areas from soaking in blue indigo dye. This cloths name is Olókun, identifiable in part by the motif of a circular “stool” surrounded by “leaves.” As goddess of the sea, Olókuns domain is the source of wealth, lending the cloth the associated meaning “life is sweet.” Other àdìrẹ employ tie-and-dye techniques (àdìrẹ oníko), where raffia ties hold small stones or seeds in place to cover areas of the fabric during dyeing, resulting in àdìrẹ eléso patterns. One such àdìrẹ oníko was incorporated underneath a panel in the featured egúngún (see photograph). Arts of Africa 20th cTextile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443364Textile Sample Book 1840-60 French. Textile Sample Book 229338A pair of foot operated levers used for powering a bicycle or other vehicle propelled by legs. Made up of rubber, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories - 1900Fragment. Dimensions: 18 3/16 in. high 10 3/8 in. wide (46.2 cm high 26.4 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Exhibition.Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century, Koniba Diarra from village of Kolokani, 55.5 x 39 in. (141.0 x 99.1 cm), Cotton; stripwoven, mudcloth (bogolanfini); dyed, Mali, 20th centuryFragment. Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Shaker rug bindings , Textiles, Rugs, Shaker textile fabrics. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph CollectionFragments. Possibly Chancay; Possibly central coast, Peru. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: a: 36.8 x 3.8 cm (14 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)b: 24.1 x 3.8 cm (9 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.). Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th century possibly Italian. Piece. possibly Italian. 18th century. Silk on cotton. Textiles-EmbroideredDragon Robe 19th century China. Dragon Robe 70635Greek Ornament and Etruscan OrnamentStrip 16th-17th century Italian. Strip 215442Godard etching of Alencon, vintage engraving. Godard etching of Alencon, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673286Purse 19th century China. Purse. China. 19th century. Silk, metallic thread. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-EmbroideredStole. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 98 1/2 inches250.2 cm. Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan Case with Citron, Tripod and Lotus 18th-19th century China. Fan Case with Citron, Tripod and Lotus 54418Vase China. Vase 48704Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67385Rectangular edge tile in purple with sling decor of speckled tulip, flower with ten triangular petals, leaves, type of tulip fawn, yellow pottery, border tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedFragment of a Border Made 1701-1800 Italy. .Fan Made 1860-1880 France. Carved and pierced bone sticks with black satin mount; painted with floral decoration and decorated with applied Brussels lace motif; pearl rivet, black gilt tassel .Portfolio stand and cover 20th century (wood core); 17th and 19th centuries (textiles) American, United States (New York ). Portfolio stand and cover 460339Openwork shawl 2nd-early 4th century Roman Period. Openwork shawl 548291Loincloth Fragment. Chancay; Peru, Central coast. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 44.5 x 29.9 cm (17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.). Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 224545Cope ca. 1500 Italian, Florence. Cope. Italian, Florence. ca. 1500. Silk and metal-wrapped threadTextile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444317Chair Cover. Produced by William Baumgarten and Company (active 1893-1912); Woven by Jean Foussadier (1850-1923); United States, New York, New York. Date: 1894. Dimensions: 52.3 x 55.8 cm (20 1/2 x 22 in.). Cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave. Origin: New York City. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: W. Baumgarten and Company.Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck 68950L'Abreuvoir (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1795-1810 France. Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed mordant; dyed . Jean Baptiste Huet (Designer)Italian ornamentRank Badge with Crane 19th century China. Rank Badge with Crane 68909Keyhole escutcheon French 18th century View more. Keyhole escutcheon. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzePoll photo collection. Reporting Marie Chauvel. Jewelry made from glass from the fa. Marie Chauvel Décoration. June 1936. France, ParisPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223744Sarkis Erganian, Coverlet, c 1940 CoverletIncense box 1840 Yusetsu Banko Japanese. Incense box. Yusetsu Banko (Japanese,). Japan. 1840. Faience decorated in red, blue and green (Banko ware). Edo period (1615-1868). CeramicsChess and goose game board 18th century probably Moroccan. Chess and goose game board 201468Set of six bolt plates French 18th century View more. Set of six bolt plates. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt Bronzeblur in iran antique carpet textile handmade beautiful arabic ornamentSleeve piece 18th century Italian, Venice. Sleeve piece 219948Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443480Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444246Sampler 19th century German. Sampler. German. 19th century. Silk on wool canvas. Textiles-EmbroideredSampler 19th century Italian. Sampler 228327Vase with a lute on either side and a trumpet, anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba. vase ~ ornamentOrnament, Medium: warp: S-spun linen; wefts: S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (slit tapestry) with supplementary weft wrapping Label: plain woven linen inwoven with wool slit tapestry, leaf with stem rising out of the top and thebottom, Egypt, 3rd-4th century, woven textiles, OrnamentHole in Textile Cut Hole in Textile Cloth Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 7970659Fragment of a Tunic 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Tunic 443793