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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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Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 444104Altar frontal 17th century French or Italian. Altar frontal 222108Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223594Fragment. Dimensions: 18 11/16 in. high 6 15/16 in. wide (47.5 cm high 17.6 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cover 18th century. Cover. 18th century. Silk on cotton. Attributed to Iran. Textiles-EmbroideredBand 16th-17th century. Band 451645Piece ca. 1695 Italian. Piece 223780Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment. 4th century. Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave. Made in Egypt. TextilesBorder 1805-15 French. Border 223211Piece 20th century China. Piece 69874Tablecloth 1815 German. Tablecloth 230835Fan leaf 1882 French. Fan leaf. French. 1882. Bobbin lace, point d'Angleterre. Textiles-LacesSarong (Kain Sudji) 18th century Palembang. Sarong (Kain Sudji). Palembang. 18th century. Silk, metal thread. Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang. Textiles-WovenBorder (From a Cover) Made 1650-1700 Italy. Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn thread work in overcast stitches .Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 224288Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 443760Cope early 16th century British. Cope 468444Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223672Carpet Made 1875-1900 Iran. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as Sehna knots .Fragment 18th century French. Fragment 220123Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 227132Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66906Cover late 17th-early 18th century British. Cover 226460Border. Culture: Italian or Greek. Dimensions: L. 15 1/2 x W. 4 inches (39.4 x 10.2 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Border 16th-17th century Italian. Border 212325Piece ca. 1735 Italian. Piece 228940Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 18 3/8 x W. 20 1/8 inches (46.7 x 51.1 cm). Date: 1823. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century British. Piece 224109Fragment 17th century Portuguese. Fragment 219964Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 5 7/8 x W. 12 inches (14.9 x 30.5 cm). Date: 1865. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cap crown late 18th century French 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 occurs again Square flat, six smaller motifs and four ornaments; Black ornaments. The square and the six smaller motifs are decorated with white tendrils and Schweifwerk on a black surface.Embroidered darning sampler 1865 Dutch. Embroidered darning sampler 228092End of a cover 17th century German. End of a cover 217403Bliżej Kultury unknownLeaf rights, sprinkling in the middle; Frisians with leaf raft, sometimes with children or putts. The Leaf Raft runs out on Both sides in a Double Volute. Shaded Background. One of 11 Sheets.Piece 18th century Portuguese. Piece 227874Fragment 18th century Italian. Fragment 215515Box 17th century Swiss. Box. Swiss. 17th century. Wood, painted. Woodwork-FurnitureBorder 17th century Italian, Genoa. Border 227408Cover 18th century Spanish. Cover 219435Chalice Cover (Italy); linenFragment. Italy. Date: 1675-1700. Dimensions: 26.8 x 12.9 cm (10 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.). Cut velvet. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Border ca. 1867 Verdé, Delisle & Cie.. Border 226967Bedspread 19th century China. Bedspread 68476Fragments (3) 17th century Portuguese. Fragments (3) 223786Tablecloth 17th century Dutch, Haarlem or Courtrai. Tablecloth 227463Dress border 1805-15 French. Dress border 223145Fragment with an Interlace Medalion Bordered by Vine Leaves 3rd-6th century The design on this large roundel is referred to as the knot of Solomon, a motif formed by looped bands that interlace to form a cross. These knots were believed to have apotropaic (from the Greek apotropaios, meaning turning away evil”) powers. They guarded the entrances to rooms in homes and the sanctuary of churches. Examples of the Solomonic knot are found on a variety of domestic and personal goods, such as stoppers for sealing jars and on amulets.. Fragment with an Interlace Medalion Bordered by Vine Leaves 443401Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 444369Scarf end 18th century Greek Islands, Dodecanese, possibly Astypalaia. Scarf end 227643Border 17th century Italian. Border 218139Edging 16th-17th century Italian, Venice. Edging. Italian, Venice. 16th-17th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece ca. 1815 British. Piece 226207Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 228729Piece 18th-19th century China. Piece 69883Floor tile late 16th century Flemish. Floor tile 196218Handkerchief Made 1875-1900 México. White linen with drawn work borders .Cope. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 55 x W. 108 inches (139.7 x 274.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Coverlet Made 1841 Oneida County. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined . James Cunningham (Weaver)Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck 68921Tile 1610-30 Dutch. Tile. Dutch. 1610-30. Tin-glazed earthenware. Ceramics-PotterySleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68611Sample ca. 1830 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219984Fragment. England. Date: 1840-1850. Dimensions: 52.4 × 30.4 cm (20 5/8 × 12 in.)Repeat: 45 × 14.6 cm (17 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Sample ca. 1830 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219988Piece 18th century French. Piece 217875Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443263Tapestry Fragment 10th-15th century Peru; central coast (). Tapestry Fragment 307817Piece late 16th century British. Piece 220679Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224061Fan mid-18th century possibly Dutch. Fan 209945Sample ca. 1850 British or French. Sample 229363Piece 1745-50 French. Piece 223258Bliżej Kultury unknownFragment possibly Irish 19th centuryCover 16th century Italian. Cover 227212Leaf rights, shooting from leaves in the middle and at both ends of the Frisian; Frisians with leaf refrences, sometimes with children or putti.shaded background. One of 11 Sheets.Rank Badge with Crane 19th century China. Rank Badge with Crane 68901Tile first quarter 17th century Dutch. Tile. Dutch. first quarter 17th century. Tin-glazed earthenware. Ceramics-PotteryIndian embroidery in white silk on black net, 1851 - 1853, Day & Son, London. Decorative arts related to the Great Exhibition (1851, London). Lithographs and chromolithographsFragment. Probably central coast, Peru. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 30.5 x 8.9 cm (12 x 3 1/2 in.). Compound weave; All-over design in blue, green, red and yellow. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Retro metal ornament made in 3D graphicsDress border. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 22 1/2 x W. 16 1/2 inches57.2 x 41.9 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Flounce. France. Date: 1690-1710. Dimensions: 65.3 × 299.5 cm (25 3/4 × 117 7/8 in.)Width repeat: 68.3-68.8 cm (26 7/8-27 1/8 in.). Linen, needle lace. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 224248Cope with attached Hood. France. Date: 1725-1750. Dimensions: 279.4 × 132.1 cm (110 1/2 × 52 in.). Brocaded fancy compound satin. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.LACE EDGING FOR UNDERLINEN, NEEDLEWORK, 19th CENTURY EMBROIDERYPocket Book 19th century Japan. Pocket Book. Japan. 19th century. Stamped leather with gilt bronze clasp. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). LeatherworkCeltic ornamentBliżej Kultury unknownThree Galloons Made 1701-1800 Italy. velvet .Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 101 1/2 x W. 23 1/2 inches (257.8 x 59.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Chair seat cover mid-18th century British. Chair seat cover 221890Rectangular edge tile in purple with hinged decor of tulip, with flower of ten oval petals, leaves, type of tulip fawn, yellow pottery, border tile wall tile tile material ceramics earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedRank Badge with Eastern Egret late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Eastern Egret 68936Grate 16th century Spanish. Grate. Spanish. 16th century. Iron. Metalwork-IronCurtain ca. 1870 French or Swiss, probably. Curtain 13670Piece late 18th century French. Piece 224111Retro metal ornament made in 3D graphics