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Historic Textile Patterns

Vintage fabric pieces showcasing intricate floral designs from various historical periods, including European and Asian origins.

Cover 1825-30 British. Cover 219677
Cover 1825-30 British. Cover 219677
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Piece ca. 1750 French or Italian. Piece 224380Cover 1825-30 British. Cover 219677Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67944Square 18th century. Square 448179Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 70408Piece 18th century French. Piece 215647Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches54.6 x 29.2 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sampler 18th century French. Sampler 228696Scarf 18th century. Scarf. 18th century. Linen; embroidered in silk and gold thread. Attributed to Algeria. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 7 1/2 x W. 3 1/2 inches (19.1 x 8.9 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1730-35 French. Piece 226305Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66891Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223702Sutra Cover 16th century China. Sutra Cover 50504Piece 1830s-40s French or British. Piece 229667Piece 18th century French. Piece 224245Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 216956Textile Fragment early 19th century. Textile Fragment 443092Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223655Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444192Piece second half 15th century Italian, Venice. Piece 227184Piece ca. 1740 French. Piece 223259Piece 18th century French. Piece 224361Length of velvet late 15th century Italian or Spanish. Length of velvet 219758Sleeve band () 18th century Central European. Sleeve band () 216795Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223372Piece 18th century French. Piece 221858Piece ca. 1831-51 British. Piece 221916Length of silk with Instruments of the Passion ca. 1735 Spanish. Length of silk with Instruments of the Passion 226545Cover or scarf 18th century Spanish or Portuguese. Cover or scarf 219689Table cover 15th century () Italian. Table cover 219683Barbe. Culture: British, Honiton. Dimensions: L. 48 x W. 4 1/2 inches121.9 x 11.4 cm. Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Panels (2) 18th century Spanish. Panels (2) 228875Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 226508Headdress (Fontange). Culture: possibly Flemish. Dimensions: L. 60 x W. 8 inches (152.4 x 20.3 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Carpet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 188 x 224 in. (477.5 x 569 cm). Maker: Ann Moore; Sophia Moore; Harriett Hicks. Date: 1808-12. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment of a Sleeve 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Sleeve. 3rd-4th century. Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave. Attributed to Egypt. TextilesTextile Fragment early 19th century. Textile Fragment 443047Piece ca. 1835-40 British. Piece 221915Scarf ends 18th century Greek Islands, Dodecanese, Astypalaia. Scarf ends 227644Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223506Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443498Insertion Made 1750-1825 Italy. Linen, bobbin straight lace; foundation of linen, plain weave; embroidered in hem stitch .Piece 17th-18th century Italian. Piece 224489Chair seat 1804-14 French. Chair seat 222213Piece 1720-25 French. Piece 219695Fragment 1800-1850 French. Fragment 222684Sampler 19th century Austrian. Sampler 228150Coverlet, Lilies of France pattern with Eagle and Liberty borders 1838 Peter Sutphen van Doren Undyed cotton and dark blue wool are woven together to form this coverlet. The field has repeating floral medallions, and the border has emblematic eagles in tassel-and-swag borders, with LIBERTY woven forward and in reverse above each of their heads. The coverlet is woven in two panels and seamed at the center. It is unfringed.. Coverlet, Lilies of France pattern with Eagle and Liberty borders 13632Cover. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 238 x 94 cm (93 3/4 x 37 in.). Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 217211Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223684Piece 18th century French. Piece 223990Square. Dimensions: H. 44 in. (111.8 cm)W. 47 in. (119.4 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Border; linenFragment 17th century Spanish. Fragment 222640Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 1/2 x W. 18 1/2 inches52.1 x 47.0 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223535Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223658Piece Japan 19th centuryFragment (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1800 Iran. .Piece 18th century French. Piece 227488Piece 1725-30 French. Piece. French. 1725-30. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenSampler 19th century Austrian or German. Sampler 228690Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223668Fragment of Shoulder Band. Dimensions: 14.25 in. high 4.00 in. wide (36.19 cm high 10.16 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sleeve Fragment with a Band with Fish and Blossoms 7th-10th century This sleeve fragment illustrates many of the characteristics associated with early Islamic textiles found in Egypt. Symmetrically arranged between two plain, dark bands, delicately colored fish, leaves, and buds form a lozenge pattern around a central rosette set within a gemmed roundel and a repeating pattern of stylized trees. The structured sprinkling of flora (generally buds and leaves) and fauna is referred to as a "scattered" motif. Like the weft-patterned, applied border, here with chevrons, the scattered motif became popular toward the end of the sixth and seventh centuries.. Sleeve Fragment with a Band with Fish and Blossoms 443653Pall (chalice cover). Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: L. 5 1/2 x W. 5 1/2 inches (14.0 x 14.0 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Handkerchief. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 19 x W. 19 inches48.3 x 48.3 cm. Date: mid-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Exterior view of the cassette all Agemina, vintage engraving. Exterior view of the cassette all Agemina, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674088Fragment 17th century Southern German. Fragment 217804Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67966Shawl 19th century. Shawl 447319Fragment. Dimensions: 5 7/8 in. high 2 3/4 in. wide (15 cm high 7 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1745-50 French. Piece 224367Border or valance 18th century Indian. Border or valance 230870Border tile early 17th century Flemish, Antwerp or Dutch. Border tile 196207Cover Made 1701-1800 Italy. .Piece 1735-40 French. Piece 227863Border. France, Valenciennes. Date: 1715-1725. Dimensions: 6 x 124.6 cm (2 3/8 x 49 in.)Width repeat: 11.5-11.8 cm (4 1/2-5 1/8 in.). Linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes" with a five hole mesh ground. Origin: Valenciennes. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443536Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 216947Bobbin Lace Sample ca. 1812 American. Bobbin Lace Sample 14125Veil 18th century. Veil. 18th century. Linen. Attributed to Iran. TextilesLinnamast napkin with design "roosters", Chris Lebeau, c. 1900 - c. 1925 Linnamast napkin with roosters (design 512 from Chris Lebeau). Eindhoven linen (material) damask Linnamast napkin with roosters (design 512 from Chris Lebeau). Eindhoven linen (material) damaskFragment of Rug Border 18th century China, Turkestan. Fragment of Rug Border. China, Turkestan. 18th century. Foundation: cotton warp and weft; silk, metallic thread. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-RugsBorder Made 1801-1900 England. Cotton, plain weave, glazed, roller printed .White House furniture and furnishings. White House furnishings. Antique rug. White House, Washington, D.C.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 213203Border Fragment 12th-14th century Chimú. Border Fragment 308091Sample, Medium: silk, steel beads Technique: embroidered on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet), Green velvet with an incomplete small scale floral embroidery design in cut steel beads., USA, late 19th century, embroidery & stitching, SampleFragment 17th-18th century Greek, Crete. Fragment 219567Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 227963Fragment of Needlepoint (Cutwork) Lace, 16th century. Italy, Venice, 16th century. Lace, needlepoint: linen; average: 18.5 x 23.9 cm (7 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.).Bodice sleeve first half 19th century Philippine. Bodice sleeve 221472Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223360Fragment of a Hanging 18th century. Fragment of a Hanging. 18th century. Silk on linen; embroidered. Attributed to Algeria. Textiles-EmbroideredPall (chalice cover) 17th century Italian, Venice. Pall (chalice cover) 212492Valance of an altar frontal 17th century Spanish. Valance of an altar frontal. Spanish. 17th century. Embroidered net. Textiles-LacesPillowcase early 17th century Italian. Pillowcase. Italian. early 17th century. Cutwork, bobbin lace. Textiles-Laces