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Historic Textile Fragments

Collection of textile fragments from various historical periods, featuring intricate patterns and designs significant to their cultural origins.

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 227489
Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 227489
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Fragment Made 1575-1600 Italy. silk .Textile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 445743Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 227489Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 86 x W. 19 1/2 inches (218.4 x 49.5 cm) (loom width). Date: ca. 1715. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece French 19th centuryPiece 1805-15 French. Piece 223630Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224536Piece ca. 1725 () possibly Spanish. Piece 227386Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223245Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223263Cover 18th century. Cover 444431Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223445Fragment (From a pillowcase) Morocco. Silk embroidery on plain cream-colored cotton cloth. Stitch Holbein stitch over four threads, stem stitch, satin stitch, star stitch; buttonhole stitched edges .Bliżej Kultury unknownFragment. Spain. Date: 1675-1700. Dimensions: . Brocaded fancy simple satin. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Priest's Robe (Shichijō) ca. 1775 Japan. Priest's Robe (Shichijō) 68413Fragment 18th century Indian, for European market. Fragment 222692Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 68493Piece early 17th century Italian. Piece 222635Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223515Piece. Culture: Italian or Spanish. Dimensions: L. 24 X W. 14 inches (61.0 x 35.6 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment of a Sleeve. Dimensions: 8 7/8 in. high 9 5/16 in. wide (22.5 cm high 23.7 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224067Piece 18th century French. Piece 216807Border 16th century Italian. Border 222989Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece. Spanish. 16th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenSash 1780-94 Leo Madjarski. Sash 219026Table cover 1760-70 French. Table cover 227857Piece 1745-50 French. Piece 224405Pieces 18th century possibly French. Pieces 222199Towel End early 19th century. Towel End 443013Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224513Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 19 x W. 11 1/4 inches48.3 x 28.6 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Paros. Fragment 221737Length late 19th century China. Length 70087Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443573Piece 1750-75 French. Piece 220241Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 222988Piece 1780-90 French. Piece 224314Piece 16th-17th century Italian or Spanish. Piece 220704Cover ca. 1720-1730 Italian, Venice. Cover 227853Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443967Barbe early 18th century Italian. Barbe 212908Altar cloth early 16th century Italian, possibly Sicily. Altar cloth 221184Cover or Hanging mid to late 15th century Italian. Cover or Hanging 461248Carpet 18th century. Carpet 448417Cover 16th century Italian. Cover. Italian. 16th century. Linen, cutwork. Textiles-LacesFragment; linen; Bequest of Marian Hague; 1971-50-235Fragment (Border). Iran (Persia, Isfahan). Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 4.1 x 22.8 cm (2 5/8 x 9 in.). Brocaded compound cloth. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece early 18th century French. Piece 217059Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 227491Piece 18th century French. Piece 224016Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 224437Piece 16th-17th century Spanish. Piece 213146Strip 16th century Italian. Strip 217748Piece 18th century French. Piece 224399Fragment. Dimensions: 4 7/16 in. high 3 3/4 in. wide (11.2 cm high 9.5 cm wide). Date: 6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Chair Strip 18th century China. Chair Strip. China. 18th century. Velvet / Cut velvet. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-VelvetsSampler 1852 German. Sampler 228597Bed curtain 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Bed curtain 227635Carpet 18th century. Carpet 447507Shawl Made 1870-1879 India. Wool, woven of multicolored threads; embroidered border .Piece 1705-15 French. Piece 217049Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66870Covers (set of three). Culture: British. Dimensions: .2, .3: L. 33 1/2 x W. 31 inches (85.1 x 78.7 cm);.4: L. 34 x W. 30 inches (86.4 x 76.2 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 17th-18th century China. Piece 69770Border 18th century Bohemian or Slovak. Border 217262Sash 18th century possibly Polish. Sash 219013Textile Fragment late 11th century. Textile Fragment. late 11th century. Cotton and silk. Attributed to Egypt, Fustat. Textiles-WovenPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 220415Piece early 17th century Italian. Piece 226502Fragment of a Border Made 1855-1875 France. Silk, plain weave; with supplementary patterning warps forming cut pile (velvet); and self-patterning wefts which tie with supplemenatry binding warps in twill weave in pattern areas; alternating bands of velvet and patterned design .Embroidered darning sampler late 18th century German. Embroidered darning sampler 217877Two volutes of leaf raft, shooting from both ends of the Fries. The Volutes cross each other at the top, slightly right from the middle, and are bound with ribbons. Shaded background. Copy of RP-P-OB-8151.Piece 18th century French. Piece 223995Flounce mid-18th century Flemish, Brabant. Flounce 227543Book Illustration, A Book of Hand-woven Coverlets, SunriseDress border. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 21 1/2 x W. 13 inches54.6 x 33 cm. Date: 1805-15. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 16 1/4 x w. 4 3/4 inches (41.3 x 12.1 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 228779Altar frontal 17th century Italian or Spanish. Altar frontal 227768Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66912Piece 1805-15 French, Lyons. Piece 226365Tamari and Ivy onPpine-bark Lozenges, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Handballs (temari) are an old craft used in handball games. They are highly valued gifts, symbolizing friendship, and loyalty. Stylized ivy, shown in a circular motif, is placed on pine-bark lozenges. Silk threads have been added to support the stencil structure. The overall condition of the stencil is in tattered shape. There are many holes within the stencil., Japan, mid 18th - early 19th century, textile designs, Katagami, KatagamiPiece 17th century Italian. Piece 224066Handkerchief Made 1801-1900 India. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk .Strip 16th century Italian. Strip 218600Cover 17th century Spanish. Cover 227772Handkerchief Belgian, Brussels late 19th centuryBliżej Kultury unknownUshtak Type. Dimensions: L. 57.5 (146.05 cm)W. 40.5 in. (102.87 cm). Date: ca. 1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Border Made 1501-1600 Italy. Linen, darned netting or filet .Hanging early 16th century Italian or Spanish. Hanging. Italian or Spanish. early 16th century. Embroidered net. Textiles-LacesTen designs for jewelry, 1695 print Nine designs are only represented for half. Page 14 from series of 17 sheets. paper engravingBedcover Made 1840-1860 Pennsylvania. . Rebexy Gray HamiltonPiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66517Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223643Piece 18th century French. Piece 216806Border Made 1701-1800 Italy. Silk, bobbin straight lace with cloth work .Piece early 17th century French. Piece 221642