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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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Sample ca. 1840 French, Mulhouse. Sample 220016st, castle - interior views - Schweizerhof - Imperial Treasury - secular treasury - Reichskrone, Josef Wlha -, photographerRank Badge with Wild Goose late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Wild Goose 68913Tablecloth 1609 Flemish or Dutch. Tablecloth 221518Harp panel 18th century French. Harp panel. French. 18th century. Wood, painted. WoodworkPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 223752Brocade Fragment 12th-15th century Chimú. Brocade Fragment. Chimú. 12th-15th century. Camelid hair, cotton. Peru. Textiles-WovenHinge 1700-1800 American. Hinge 4304Maniple ca. 1720 Italian, Venice. Maniple 227797Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443465Windowpane 1833-36 Manufactured by Wheeling Flint Glass Works. Windowpane. American. 1833-36. Pressed glass. Made in Wheeling, West Virginia, United StatesSet of three hooks for espagnolettes 18th century French. Set of three hooks for espagnolettes. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzeTextile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 444102Fragment Made 1701-1800 France. Cotton, plain weave; block printed .Band. Probably central coast, Peru. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 74.9 x 11.4 cm (29 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.). Compound weave; warp: s-spun yellow, red, purple and fine natural thread tightly S-spun in wool or alpaca. Weft: s-spun natural cotton. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Furniture Hardware 1670-1870. Furniture Hardware 4252Textile Fragment 8th century. Textile Fragment 451493Fragment of a Shoulder Band 5th century. Fragment of a Shoulder Band 443818Bliżej Kultury unknownChair seat early 19th century Possibly Beauvais. Chair seat 229699Fragment Made 1875-1900 France. .Panel 18th century French. Panel. French. 18th century. Oak. WoodworkSampler 19th century Italian. Sampler. Italian. 19th century. Silk on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredWaist and kerchief (four pieces) Philippine 19th centuryBorder Made 1725-1775 England. Linen, bobbin part lace .Bench 1850-60 American. Bench. American. 1850-60. Cast iron. Made in United StatesBed Valance Made 1875-1900 United States. .Square. Dimensions: 8 1/16 in. high 8 11/16 in. wide (20.5 cm high 22 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lindo - Piatti di Lindo , Plates Tableware, Antiquities. Nicholas Catsimpoolas CollectionBorder Made 1830-1840 France. Silk, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with weft-float faced 3 1 plain and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts .Band 4th-5th century. Band 445931Gift Cover (Fukusa). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: W .18 1/2 in (46.9 cm); H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm). Date: 17th-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sleeve Band late 19th century China. Sleeve Band 70246Banner late 18th century French. Banner 25829Square 19th century. Square 445316Example of Ottoman art patterns applied on metalsFragment 14th century. Fragment 450801Rectangular stove tile. unknown, factoryCover 19th century. Cover. 19th century. Cotton, silk. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-LacesDouble Comb with Lakshmi () 17th-18th century Sri Lanka. Double Comb with Lakshmi () 38355Border (Italy); linenSet of three balustrades 18th century British. Set of three balustrades 196881Baluster with Panel designed for the Schlesinger and Mayer Store (now Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company), 1899-1904. George Grant Elmslie (American, 1871-1952). Cast iron; overall: 89.2 x 24.8 cm (35 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.).Close-up of a door detail, Los Angeles, California, USASampler 19th century German. Sampler. German. 19th century. Linen on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredBand (Italy); linenRank Badge with Bear early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Bear 69782Bookcase ca. 1710 British. Bookcase 211382Chest Front 15th century French. Chest Front 462787Bliżej Kultury unknownEmbroidered darning sampler 1793 Dutch. Embroidered darning sampler. Dutch. 1793. Silk on cotton. Textiles-EmbroideredOne of a Set of Twelve Chair Strips 18th-early 19th century China. One of a Set of Twelve Chair Strips 70433Beaker (Reichsadler Humpen) 1587 Bohemian. Beaker (Reichsadler Humpen). Bohemian. 1587. Enameled glass. GlassMorocco Fès Qarawiyin Mosque Plate 45. Swaan, Wim. 1967 or earlier Photographic production materials for Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat is a small portion of Wholecloth coverlet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 93 1/4 x 87 3/4 in. (236.9 x 222.9 cm). Date: ca. 1830.This coverlet consists of four panels of green printed cotton stitched together. Two are full panels, each measuring twenty-five inches selvedge to selvedge. The piece has no filling, backing, or binding. The top and bottom edges of the corner ends of the piece are partially machine stitched, and one side is unfinished and has a torn edge. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Standing panel with tiles from Seville and Talavera; Exhibition tiles from own ownership. .Clock art in the house of the photographer