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Historical Fabric Pieces

Black and white images of antique textile fragments from various centuries, showcasing intricate historical designs.

Piece 16th century possibly French. Piece 226693
Piece 16th century possibly French. Piece 226693
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Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223554Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223200Piece 18th century French. Piece 224082Piece 16th century possibly French. Piece 226693Fragment 18th century German. Fragment 216608Piece 19th century China. Piece 68503Piece ca. 1760 French. Piece 222916Hanging 19th century China. Hanging 70622Piece 16th-17th century Spanish. Piece 216355Piece 1720-25 French. Piece 220374Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 226939Rug fragments 16th century Spanish. Rug fragments 230823Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 15 1/4 x W. 9 1/2 inches (38.7 x 24.1 cm). Date: ca. 1640. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Flounce (two pieces) early 18th century Flemish. Flounce (two pieces). Flemish. early 18th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece ca. 1730 French. Piece 216197Piece 1650-70 Italian or French. Piece 217300Four Fragments Made 1801-1900 Russia. Brocaded plain compound cloth .Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 226936Piece first half 17th century Italian. Piece 216613Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 216790Textile Fragment 16th-17th century. Textile Fragment 447097Piece 17th century French. Piece 222873Piece late 18th century possibly Italian. Piece 222183Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 216937Piece 18th century China. Piece 69757Piece 18th century French or Italian. Piece 224539Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 21 x w. 5 inches (53.3 x 12.7 cm). Date: 17th-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67973Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220400Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 224579Piece ca. 1720 Northern Italian. Piece 226451Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223657Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 1/2 x W. 9 inches (52.1 x 22.9 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 1740-50 French. Fragment 220202Piece ca. 1775 British. Piece 223335Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216910Piece 18th century French. Piece 223331Chalice veil (part of a set) mid-18th century Italian. Chalice veil (part of a set) 227788Piece 17th century China. Piece 69808Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 213156Piece second half 18th century French. Piece 227820Length of silk with Instruments of the Passion. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: H. 41 1/4 x W. 21 1/2 inches (104.8 x 54.6 cm). Date: ca. 1735. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Tiles ca. 1620 Dutch, Holland. Tiles 196222Polonaise Carpet 17th century. Polonaise Carpet 451148Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style, Chantilly lace - a/. b/, c/, and d/ show design of branches with flowers and leaves rising from scalloped border., France or Belgium, 19th century, lace, FragmentCover late 18th century. Cover. late 18th century. Silk; embroidered. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 19th century Japan. Piece 70424Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443357Lace Pattern ca. 1831 American. Lace Pattern. American. ca. 1831. Cut paper. Made in Massachusetts, United StatesFragment Made 1760-1780 France.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224355Fragment 12th-14th century Chancay. Fragment 308290Piece 18th century Italian. Piece 213170Fragment of a Shoulder Band 5th-6th century. Fragment of a Shoulder Band 443754Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223670Carpet 19th century. Carpet. 19th century. Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile. Attributed to Azerbaijan, Shirvan. Textiles-RugsPiece 18th century French. Piece 224253Bed curtain. Culture: Greek Islands, Cyclades, Pholegandros. Dimensions: L. 118 x W. 77 inches (299.7 x 195.6 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 18th century Spanish. Fragment 213182Fragment late 18th century Spanish (possibly Valencia or Talavera). Fragment 460595Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224064Piece ca. 1830 British. Piece 228880Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224038Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443240Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216912Insertion with Edging Made 1801-1900 Italy. Linen, needle lace worked on a plain weave, cut and drawn work grid; Reticella pattern; edged with bobbin straight lace .Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220138Piece 1705-15 French. Piece 212995One of a pair of sleeves Made 1801-1900 Philippines. .Border late 18th century Philippe de Lasalle French. Border 221795Piece 18th century China. Piece 67898Cover Made 1601-1700 Italy. .Cover Italian 16th centuryCarpet Fragment 9th century. Carpet Fragment 451053Carpet early 17th century. Carpet 451453Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 216424Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223408Chasuble. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 112.8 x 72.7 cm (44 3/8 x 28 5/8 in.). 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. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Fragment of Turban Cloth 18th century. Fragment of Turban Cloth 450638Pieces early 18th century French. Pieces 219895Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 68496Panel 1720-50 China. Panel 70805Piece early 19th century French. Piece 223626Towel End early 19th century. Towel End 443034Handkerchief late 19th century Belgian. Handkerchief. Belgian. late 19th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66875Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 15 x W. 20 1/2 inches (loom width) (38.1 x 52.1 cm). Date: 1725-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bobbin Lace Edging, 18th century. Spain, Seville, 18th century. Lace, bobbin: linen; average: 6.4 x 22.9 cm (2 1/2 x 9 in.).Piece mid-18th century French, Lyons. Piece 227397Strip 17th century. Strip 450705Piece 18th century French. Piece 224112Flounce early 18th century Flemish, Brussels. Flounce 222777Sutra Cover late 17th-early 18th century China. Sutra Cover. China. late 17th-early 18th century. Silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-WovenCover 18th century Spanish. Cover 227927Band 16th century Italian. Band 224293Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220387Length late 18th century Spanish. Length 226203Corporal (). Culture: possibly French. Dimensions: 21 x 22 1/2 inches (53.3 x 57.2 cm_. Date: ca. 1850-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Rank Badge with Golden Pheasant early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Golden Pheasant 68881Piece ca. 1840 British. Piece 221933