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Historic Textile Patterns

Black and white images of vintage textile pieces from various centuries, featuring intricate floral and damask patterns indicative of European craftsmanship.

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223324
Piece 18th century French. Piece 223324
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Piece 17th-18th century possibly French. Piece 227470Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 216904Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223312Fragment 18th century German. Fragment 216428Piece 18th century French. Piece 223324Piece ca. 1745 French. Piece 217158Piece ca. 1715 Italian. Piece 222651Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224450Piece 1765-70 French. Piece 223180Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 34 3/4 x W. 15 3/4 inches (88.3 x 40.0 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Coverlet or hanging 16th-17th century Italian, Sicily. Coverlet or hanging 222178Piece 18th century French. Piece 220547Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 224471Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223362Furniture Cover for Throne 18th century China. Furniture Cover for Throne 69045Piece 16th century Italian, Venice. Piece 227217Piece 18th century Russian. Piece 219797Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 220104Sutra Cover 17th century China. Sutra Cover 69850Piece 1775-85 French. Piece 221982Sash 18th century Polish. Sash 219018Piece ca. 1720 Italian or French. Piece 227840Piece 18th century French. Piece 223290Piece ca. 1720 French. Piece 217088Scarf 18th century. Scarf 448581Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68739Chair Strip China early 18th centuryPiece 17th century Italian. Piece 224068Panel China. Panel 68787Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece. French. ca. 1750. Silk. Textiles-WovenStrip 17th century French. Strip 218250Sample End Of Lappet; linen; 1933-1-179Piece 1735-40 Italian. Piece 227406Piece ca. 1770 French. Piece 216879Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67304Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224019Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223993Textile Sample Book 19th century French. Textile Sample Book 229346STAMPED LEATHER HANGINGS, BY LEAKE, THE GREAT EXHIBITIONSample; linen; Bequest of Marian Hague; 1971-50-443-aLappet (one of a pair) third quarter 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 NewbolBand 4th century. Band 445930Millefleurs ground with central armorial medallion flanked by two trees. unknown c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'10" x W 22'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Kaiser Wilhelm I coll., Potsdam Palace, Germany. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. 5/25/1949; sold to American Foreign Trade 6/26/1969.Piece ca. 1770-80 French, Lyons. Piece 223062Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224319Chasuble fragment. Culture: Italian, possibly Lucca. Dimensions: 47 1/2 × 28 in. (120.7 × 71.1 cm). Date: ca. 1400. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Insertion ca. 1700 Flemish. Insertion 227547Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border 223148Piece 1720-30 French. Piece 213186Piece French, Lyons 18th-19th centuryPiece 18th century French. Piece 223313Piece 18th century French. Piece 224505Piece 18th century French. Piece 224522PlateBag. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment Made 1601-1625 Italy. brocaded silk .Piece ca. 1760 () French. Piece 224377Border 18th century French. Border 219680Piece 18th century French. Piece 224083Piece 18th century () possibly French. Piece 224302Fragment of a Cover or Blanket with Ornamental Square Featuring Flowers and Animals 5th-6th century This colorful, coarsely woven tapestry panel features a large lotus blossom framed by lions, dogs, and flower baskets separated by scrolling vines. Such panels segmented into zones seem to have adorned cushion covers.. Fragment of a Cover or Blanket with Ornamental Square Featuring Flowers and Animals 443328Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Gr. L. 46 x Gr. W. 31 inches (116.8 x 78.7 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment (Border). Italy. Date: 1620-1639. Dimensions: 21.8 x 41.5 cm (8 5/8 x 16 3/8 in.)Edge width repeat: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)Lowest edge width repeat: .9 cm (3/8 in.)Heading height: .4 cm (1/8 in.)Body height: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)Loweredge height: .3 cm (1/8 in.)Lowest edge height: .6 cm (1/4 in.). Linen, needle lace with needle made tapes. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 223287Field of flowers. unknown c. 1650-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 3'4" x W 9'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Dutch Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Henry E. Huntington, 3/28/1917 SS 4088. French & Co. purchased from B. C. Foy, 6/27/1942; sold to Mr. A. Nystad 1/25/1961 42191. Netherlands, South Holland, Delft, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof.Piece of Cloth for Bedding with Pattern of Bamboo 19th century Japan. Piece of Cloth for Bedding with Pattern of Bamboo 45409Border. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 18 1/2 x W. 3 inches47.0 x 7.6 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224033Textile Fragment 18th century. Textile Fragment 447405Set of a Settee and Chair Cover Made 1800-1825 France. Silk, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1 3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts .Band 3rd-4th century. Band 443393Piece ca. 1733 French. Piece 226363Border 16th-17th century Italian. Border 215412Grille 15th-16th century European. Grille. European. 15th-16th century. Iron. Metalwork-IronPiece 1760-70 French. Piece 217191Piece ca. 1750-60 Italian, Venice. Piece 219966Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67951Fragment of Scarf 18th century. Fragment of Scarf. 18th century. Silk, gold thread. Attributed to Morocco. Textiles-WovenStrip ca. 1850 possibly French. Strip 221561Length 17th century Japan. Length 70230Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66916Chasuble Made 1601-1700 Italy. Silk, plain weave; silk couching; silk and gilt-metal strips, plain weave tape; edged with gilt-metal strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tape .Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 220092Carpet. Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: L. 103 1/4 x W. 101 3/4 inches262.3 x 258.4 cm. Manufactory: Savonnerie Manufactory (Manufactory, established 1626; Manufacture Royale, established 1663). Date: late 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Border 17th century Spanish or Swiss. Border. Spanish or Swiss. 17th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesSleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68609Valance early 18th century Chinese, for European, possibly Dutch, market. Valance 229249Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 38 x W. 21 inches (loom width) 96.5 x 53.3 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1735-45 French. Piece. French. 1735-45. Silk. Textiles-WovenCushion Cover 18th century China. Cushion Cover 69906Sleeve Ruffle. Belgium, Ghent. Date: 1880-1889. Dimensions: 10.1 x 32 cm (4 x 12 5/8 in.)Width repeat: 16.1 cm (6 3/8 in.). Cotton, bobbin part lace. Origin: Ghent. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Bowl 1830-45 American. Bowl. American. 1830-45. Lacy pressed glass. Possibly made in Midwest, United States; Possibly made in New England, United StatesSkirt fragment 18th century French. Skirt fragment 221877White-ground Kuba Rug late 19th century. White-ground Kuba Rug 447471Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220460Flounce Made 1701-1725 Flanders. Linen, bobbin part lace .Cover early 19th century. Cover 450999Fragment of Shoulder Band 5th-6th century. Fragment of Shoulder Band 444199Chair Strip with Cranes and Lantern 17th century China This chair strip was appropriate for multiple occasions. Textiles with lantern patterns were frequently used as seasonal decorations for celebrations of the annual Lantern Festival, which occurs on the night of the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. The generally auspicious crane motif is associated with both longevity and career success. It also serves as the symbol for the highest rank of civil officials.. Chair Strip with Cranes and Lantern 65648Stole Made 1870-1889 France. Silk, Pusher machine lace imitation of Blonde Matte bobbin lace .