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Fragments of textiles from different cultures and centuries, featuring intricate patterns and historical significance.

Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 216629
Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 216629
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Valance (Mostra) 18th century Greek Islands, Dodecanese, Kos. Valance (Mostra) 227553Fragment Italian, Venice or Turkish ca. 1500Fragment. Culture: German. Dimensions: Overall: 29 x 19 1/2 in. (73.7 x 49.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Length. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 45 x W. 25 3/4 in. Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 16th century Italian, Venice or Turkish. Fragment 226569Sash. Culture: Polish, Kobylka. Designer: François Selimand (1778-1789). Dimensions: L. 88 1/2 x W. 12 inches (224.8 x 30.5 cm). Date: ca. 1778-89. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment. Dimensions: H. 12. 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 216629Carriage cloth 18th century British. Carriage cloth. British. 18th century. Wool, silk, metal thread. Textiles-EmbroideredChair Cover unknown. Chair Cover 445944Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 44 1/4 x W. 16 inches (112.4 x 40.6 cm). Date: 1550-99. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 226994Fragment late 16th century Spanish or Italian. Fragment 220097Padded Case 19th century Japan. Padded Case 70584Cover 18th century. Cover. 18th century. Cotton. Attributed to Iran. Textiles-Painted and/or PrintedPiece French, Lyons 18th-19th centuryPiece 19th century Japan. Piece 67929Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 226723Brocade ca. 1600. Brocade 447418Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443390Piece ca. 1500 Italian. Piece 222377Skirt panel first half 18th century French. Skirt panel 227740Printed piece ca. 1830-35 British. Printed piece. British. ca. 1830-35. Cotton, roller-printed. Made in EnglandPiece Japan. Piece 67954Textile Fragment 18th-19th century. Textile Fragment. 18th-19th century. Linen, silk; plain weave, embroidered. Attributed to possibly Caucasus. Textiles-EmbroideredFragment late 18th century French. Fragment. French. late 18th century. Silk. Textiles-VelvetsChasuble (back) late 17th or early 18th century Italian. Chasuble (back) 461516Piece 1720-25 French, Lyons. Piece 216470Part of Robe 19th century China. Part of Robe. China. 19th century. Silk, metallic thread; on silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-EmbroideredCushion Cover early 19th century. Cushion Cover. early 19th century. Silk, metal wrapped thread; embroidered. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece. Culture: German. Dimensions: H. 30 1/2 x W. 31 inches (loom width) (77.5 x 78.7 cm). Date: 1769. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220443Piece 1715-20 French. Piece 220537Piece 16th century Spanish or Italian. Piece 224456Piece possibly ca. 1780 Spanish. Piece 230841Piece early 18th century Italian. Piece 216889Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223461Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443494Coverlet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 98 1/2 x 89 3/4 in. (250.2 x 228 cm). Date: ca. 1840.This coverlet is woven in two panels and seamed at the center. It has a warp of undyed and light blue cotton and a weft of dark blue, green, and red wool and undyed cotton. The central field shows feather medallions alternating with foliate medallions. The bottom border has a stylized vine motif, and the right and left borders have roses and tulips. Peacocks adorn each of the two corner blocks. Both sides of the coverlet have natural fringe, and there is attached fringe along the bottom edge. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1735-40 French, probably Tours. Piece 226992Towel End 18th-19th century. Towel End. 18th-19th century. Linen, silk, metal wrapped thread; plain weave, embroidered. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece ca. 1745 Italian. Piece 227556Curtain 18th century Greek Islands, Kos. Curtain 221708Piece ca. 1715 French. Piece 227594Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224518Fragment 18th century French. Fragment 216199Praying Stool Cover (Prie-Dieu). France. Date: 1725-1735. Dimensions: 138.4 × 75 cm (54 1/2 × 29 1/2 in.). Wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool yarns in satin and outline stitches; French knots. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Fragment of Shawl 19th century. Fragment of Shawl 447415Chair back and seat cover. Culture: French. Dimensions: W. 48 3/4 x W. 21 7/8 inches (loom width). Date: 1795-99. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1640 French or Italian. Piece 224452Towel Ends 19th century. Towel Ends 445652Sampler 1869 Spanish or Mexican. Sampler 228174Curtain ca. 1810 French. Curtain. French. ca. 1810. Silk, woven. Made in FranceTextile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment. 4th-5th century. Wool, linen; plain weave, brocaded (). Attributed to Egypt. TextilesPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 223736Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443535Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223423Cushion cover () mid-17th century British. Cushion cover (). British. mid-17th century. Silk and purl on satin. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece late 18th century French. Piece 224448Piece mid-15th century Italian. Piece. Italian. mid-15th century. Silk. Textiles-VelvetsPiece 19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). Textiles-WovenSash 18th century possibly Polish. Sash 219012Strikdas van zwarte kloskant met rozetbloem en medaillons.Bow tie from black climbing side: Chantilly side. Long rectangular model, with thickened and rounded ends. Symmetrical pattern with a flower branch in the middle with a large rosette flower with four smaller rosette flowers around it. On the left and right of this two oval medallions between which a flower branch with two excellent rosette flowers. Along the edges two symmetrical dependent acanthus leaves between which half a rosette flower and a decorative tire. The pattern at the ends of the tie consists of a palmet formed by elongated leaves with a console with tulip bouquet above. The motifs are connected by a Maas soil. The motifs are made in the battery and one type of ornamental ground has been used, to run the motifs thicker contour wires.Textile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445872Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443214Piece 1848 French or British. Piece 222056Border Belgian, Brussels ca. 1870 View more. Border. Belgian, Brussels. ca. 1870. Applied. Textiles-LacesPiece 17th century Italian. Piece 227147Bedspread 1650-1700 Italian. Bedspread 219781Piece 1700-1705 possibly Spanish. Piece 213118Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220359Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224350Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 224270Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443283Handkerchief Belgian late 19th centuryPiece 18th century Italian. Piece 213140Stole 17th century Italian. Stole 221408Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223470Piece 1700-1715 Italian. Piece 224074Ornament with candelaber of arabesken and grape roses.Piece 19th century China. Piece. China. 19th century. Silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-WovenPiece late 18th-early 19th century French. Piece 222212The International Exhibition: painted decoration by T. Kershaw, of Baker-street, 1862. 'The decorations by Mr. Kershaw...while they might be more harmonious in colouring are yet of a very satisfactory character. That formed largely of strapwork is in two blue greys and gold, and the other pattern is in red-maroon, green, and low-toned yellow'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.Piece 18th century French. Piece 223300Band 18th century possibly German. Band 215663Bed cover. Culture: Italian, Genoa. Dimensions: Greatest L. 124 x W. 125 inches (315.0 x 317.5 cm) (loom W. 22 inches). Date: 1730-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sleeves (2) first half 19th century Philippine, Manila. Sleeves (2) 221683Fragment 15th-16th century Peru; south coast (). Fragment 307998Japon strip from dick side with the shield-shaped medallions. Japon strip from black climbing side: Chantilly side. Closed motifs are closed on an open mesh fond. Three symmetrical turmbled medallions rise on the nodes of the slippers, which are caught in two pairs of C volutes. Above the slot a large, above the medallions, a small flower tough occurs, with tagged flower leaves as a crowning. The inner edge is decorated with a chain of heart-shaped leaves.Piece 17th-18th century Italian. Piece 216900Strip 17th century Italian. Strip. Italian. 17th century. Cutwork. Textiles-LacesSaddle Rug with Swastikas 18th century China. Saddle Rug with Swastikas 70552Sampler 1789 German. Sampler 228557Fragment late 18th century French. Fragment. French. late 18th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece late 18th century possibly British. Piece. possibly British. late 18th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesBlind 18th century China. Blind. China. 18th century. Lacquered bamboo. BambooPiece ca. 1735 () French. Piece 227822Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif, 18th or early 19th century. Spain, 18th or early 19th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 20 x 23 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.). Though it is a small fragment, this piece of lace is simple and honest in its decorative quality. The focus is on the abstract floral motif, which stands out with its thick darning against the unadorned diamond ground netting.Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 6 1/2 x W. 3 1/4 inches (16.5 x 8.3 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece early 18th century Italian or French. Piece 229145