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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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Textile Fragment 11th-12th century. Textile Fragment 453296Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 10 x W. 8 1/2 inches (25.4 x 21.6 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bedcover Made 1701-1800 Portugal. Silk, warp-faced, weft-rib, plain weave; moire finish; embroidered with silk in satin ad stem stitches; borders silk, gauze weave; starched; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; edging attached at all four sides of borders; warp-faced, weft-rib, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; wefts form loop fringe .Cover fragment 16th century Spanish. Cover fragment. Spanish. 16th century. Silk, with gold thread. Textiles-WovenLength 1830 possibly Spanish. Length 229561Quilt (Touching Star) Made 1820-1840 United States. . Almira Dudley Clay (Maker)Chalice veil (Poteriokalumma) 18th century Russian. Chalice veil (Poteriokalumma) 221691Fragment (Border) Made 1701-1800 Iran. Brocaded compound cloth .Fragment 18th century Greek, Crete. Fragment 216404Cover. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 64 x W. 36 inches (162.6 x 91.4 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 16 1/8 x W. 18 inches (41 x 45.7 cm). Date: 1786. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment of Shoulder Band 5th century. Fragment of Shoulder Band 444160Fragment 17th century German. Fragment 216438Jabot Belgian, Brussels late 19th centuryCover 17th-18th century. Cover 450973Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223503Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border. French. early 19th century. Silk and metal thread on silk. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 219613Cover early 17th century Italian. Cover. Italian. early 17th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesTextile Fragment 18th century. Textile Fragment 450665Band 16th century Italian. Band 224333Fragment of a Tunic. Dimensions: 10 5/8 in. high 7 1/4 in. wide (27 cm high 18.4 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 32 1/4 x W. 20 3/4 inches (81.9 x 52.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sample. Culture: French. Date: first half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Shaker knitted rug with braid border. Made by Elvira Hulett, Hancock Shaker Colony , Textiles, Rugs, Shaker textile fabrics. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph CollectionPiece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 3 x 3 1/4 inches (7.6 x 8.3 cm). Date: 1775-1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444084Flounce late 17th century French. Flounce 227652Piece 18th century Spanish, Cuenca. Piece 222318Textile Fragment 6th century. Textile Fragment 444394Square. Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm). Date: 6th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Band 16th century Italian, Greek or Spanish. Band 213098Fragment of Woman's Trousering 17th-18th century. Fragment of Woman's Trousering 447386Fragment Made 1401-1500 Italy. Silk, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with three color supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet .Border 16th century Spanish or Italian Punto in arialiterally, "stitches in the air"is one of the earliest styles of needle lace, which is itself developed from cutwork of primarily geometric design. When lacemakers transitioned to using a foundation of threads laid out according to a pattern drawn on parchment, they were able to incorporate more fluid lines and curves into their designs.. Border 226268Sleeve Band China 19th centuryPiece ca. 1845 British. Piece 226233Flounce. Date/Period: Early 18th century. Flounce. Medium: linen. Technique: needle lace. Author: UNKNOWN.Cushion. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (32.5 x 44.5 cm). Date: 16th or 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223758Mantle 3rd-1st century B.C. Nasca. Mantle 314218Textile Fragment 9th-10th century. Textile Fragment 448120Pillowcase early 17th century Italian. Pillowcase 221189Ornament; Chardon, ch.; around 1850 1890 (1877-00-00-1877-00-00);Edging early 18th century French. Edging 222832Pair of ornaments French 18th century View more. Pair of ornaments. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzePiece mid-18th century French. Piece 221513Border (end of a bridal pillow slip) 18th century German. Border (end of a bridal pillow slip) 216474Tray 1835-50 American. Tray. American. 1835-50. Lacy pressed glass. Probably made in New England, United StatesLappet (one of a pair) early 18th century Flemish. Lappet (one of a pair) 221464Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224029Border early 19th century French. Border 222007Strip 16th-17th century Italian. Strip. Italian. 16th-17th century. Drawnwork. Textiles-LacesBed tent panel 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed tent panel 227587Piece 18th century French. Piece 224326Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223468Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228631Cushion 16th or 17th century Italian. Cushion 460788Border Tile ca. 1885 J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works. Border Tile 571Band Made 1000-1476 Peru. . ChancayMarblehead, 169 Washington Street, wallpaper, Jeremiah Lee house , Houses, Interiors, Wallpapers, Lee, Jeremiah, 1721-1775. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionLACE EDGING FOR UNDERLINEN, NEEDLEWORK, 19th CENTURY EMBROIDERYPiece ca. 1785 French. Piece 222041Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 17 3/4 x W. 18 1/4 inches (45.1 x 46.4 cm). Date: 1798. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border 216296Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 216901Cushion Cover 19th century China. Cushion Cover 68300Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443538Bliżej Kultury unknownBand 16th century Italian. Band 224291Braid Made 1701-1750 Europe. Gold gilt-silver-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace .Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 444074Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443868Sampler 18th century Dutch. Sampler 228045Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck 19th century China. Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck 68956Handkerchief Made 1875-1900 Belgium. Linen, plain weave; edged with mixed lace; bobbin part lace of a type known as Duchesse with inserts of needle lace of a type known as Point de Gaze .Sherd. Culture: China. Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (7 x 6.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Moccasin Slippers (One pair; Uncut) Made 1875-1900 France. Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave .Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 448177Rank Badge with Peacock late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Peacock 68884Piece 18th century possibly French. Piece 225157Textile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 444150Fragment (Border) 1801-1900 Morocco. geometric design in blue silk on white linen .Kloskant dress strip with ferns, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1855 Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On an empty mesh stock there is a closed edge with scoops, filled with a garland of flowers and leaves. On the intersections there is a small shell with a hanging rose, above which a striker bouquet rises from four large fern leaves and a flower branch, which extends to the top edge. Here a horizontal climbing window with hanging twigs runs, while on the field above the large shell of this climbing crank a large bouquet depends, among other things with a tulip. France (possibly) silk bobbin lace Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On an empty mesh stock there is a closed edge with scoops, filled with a garland of flowers and leaves. On the intersections there is a small shell with a hanging rose, above which a striker bouquet rises from four large fern leaves and a flower branch, which extends to the top edge. Here a horizontal climbing window with hanging twigs runs, while on Fifty-five Braid Samples Made 1775-1825 England. Silk, macramÈ .Fragment early 18th century Italian. Fragment. Italian. early 18th century. Needle lace. Textiles-Lacesdecorative frame, vector illustrationFragment. Dimensions: 6 3/4 in. high 3 9/16 in. wide (17.2 cm high 9 cm wide). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223460Chair seat ca. 1810-1820 Possibly Beauvais. Chair seat 229696Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443294Collar for Robe of State 18th-19th century China. Collar for Robe of State 68975Rank Badge with Bats (no insignia) China This rank badge bears no rank insignia, that is, no bird or animal denoting the civil or military rank of the wearer. However, it does have a ring of bats encircling the empty space where the insignia belongs. In China bats were considered an auspicious pattern because the word for "bat" is similar in sound to the word for "happiness".. Rank Badge with Bats (no insignia) 65225Band Fragment 6th-7th century. Band Fragment 445809Bliżej Kultury unknownCope early 16th century Spanish. Cope 222962Imperial Robe 19th century China. Imperial Robe 70215Mat 664-332 B.C. Late Period. Mat. 664-332 B.C.. Fiber. Late Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, MMA excavations, 1929-30. Dynasty 26-30Image of a weapon on a steel beam in the waiting room of the Royal Pavilion of the N.S. station Amsterdam et al. in Amsterdam.Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant 68902