Historical Textile Fragments

A variety of textile fragments showcasing intricate patterns and embroidery from different cultures and eras, reflecting historical craftsmanship in fabric art.

Hanging, mid 19th century, H.87-1/4 x W.57-1/2 in., Silk, cotton; ikat, embroidery, Uzbekistan, 19th century

Hanging, mid 19th century, H.87-1/4 x W.57-1/2 in., Silk, cotton; ikat, embroidery, Uzbekistan, 19th century

Tapestry fragment probably woven under the direction of Willem de Pannemaker Flemish ca. 1550

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment yellow samiet with blue and white pattern of circle medallions and parrots. Fairly shaped fragment yellow samiet with blue and white pattern. Horizontal and vertical courses. Circular medallions set. Form a grid of squares. The larger circle medallions show two mirrored parrots with thrown heads on a stylized tree of life, the other circular medallions a lotus flower. The fields within the squares are filled with tracing work with stars and crosses. The Samiet consists of two parts of which the pattern does not connect. The fragment is stuck on cardboard.

Sidewall. Date/Period: 1840-1860. Sidewall. Machine-printed on cotton rag paper. Author: UNKNOWN.

Fragment , Rade de Cherbourg (Port of Cherbourg); Northern France; linen warp, cotton weft; Warp: 86cm (33 3/4in.) Weft: 47cm (18 1/2in) (selv. at left).; Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-228

Kolderka królowej Marysienki Oriental wall hanging the 'Quilt of Queen Marysienka'. Date/Period: Second half of 17th century. Decorative Arts. Atlas silk, silk embroidery thread. Height: 2,900 mm (114.17 in); Width: 2,210 mm (87 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 74r) 1608 Sigismundus Latomus German Published by Sigismundus Latomus, Frankfurt a.M.Illustrated and hand-colored title page, 94 pages of designs for lace and embroidery.. Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 74r). 1608. Woodcut. Sigismundus Latomus (German, active 1599-ca. 1627) , Frankfurt am Main

Long cushion cover ca. 1600 British This is one of the most popular Elizabethan embroidery designs; it appears in numerous variations on caps, bodices, skirts and cushions. The motifs were derived from pattern books, herbals, and samplers.. Long cushion cover 228955

"Flower Garden" designed 1879 Designed by William Morris British. "Flower Garden". British, Merton Abbey, Surrey. designed 1879. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill foundation, Fragment of cut multicolored velvet with two columns of staggered skirted figures inside ovals of silver metallic thread., France, late 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Textile Fragment mid-17th century. Textile Fragment. mid-17th century. Silk and metal yarns; cut voided velvet. Attributed to India. Textiles-Woven

Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 21r) 1608 Sigismundus Latomus German Published by Sigismundus Latomus, Frankfurt a.M.Illustrated and hand-colored title page, 94 pages of designs for lace and embroidery.. Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 21r) 685061

Przeszo Przyszoci unknown

Tapestry with golden lions and palmettes, 1200s or earlier. Central Asia. Silk, gold thread; tapestry weave; overall: 63.5 x 34.7 cm (25 x 13 11/16 in.); mounted: 73.7 x 45.7 cm (29 x 18 in.).

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: woven, White ribbed silk ground with incomplete large-scale floral design brocaded in blue, green, and rose., Italy, 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Drawing, Floral field and border; France; white on glazed paper

New Künstlichs Modelbuch (Page 20 recto) 1600 Bernhard Jobin Swiss Published by Bernhard Jobin, Strassburg ().Illustrated title page, poem (2 pages), and 45 pages of designs.. New Künstlichs Modelbuch (Page 20 recto) 680456

Book cover with overall floral and dot design 19th century Anonymous. Book cover with overall floral and dot design. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Fragment of embroidery unknown

Towel, Medium: linen Technique: embroidery using raised knotted stitch, Rectangular white panel or 'paño de ofrenda' embroidered on four sides with bands of scrolling shapes., Spain, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Towel

Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave, Natural cotton plain cloth ground. Design in natural and brown on red ground arranged horizontally. Upper border torch-like motifs and stylized foliate forms. Center highly conventionalized uprights from lotus motifs. Below, arabesque, foliage., India, 15th-16th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Tapestry Fragment, 700-1370s. Peru, North Coast, Lambayeque (Sicán) people. Camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave; overall: 40 x 16.2 cm (15 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.); mounted: 49.5 x 16.2 cm (19 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.). The prominent figure duplicated on this brightly colored fragment is known today simply as a Lord,” a term that reveals uncertainty about his identity but confidence in his prestige, conveyed in part by his elaborate headdress. Whether a king or a deity, he was crucially important to the north coast Lambayeque (lahm-buy-yek-kay) (Sicán) people, who portrayed him repeatedly in many media and objects. The geometric motif that repeats in the nine central squares is unidentified.

Leaves with treings with ornaments with flowers and fruits, Georg Christoph Stoy, 1703 - 1750 brocade paper Leaf with lanes with tifles with ornaments with flowers and fruits, used as a cover. Augsburg paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornaments ~ art

Border. Egypt, probably Akhmin. Date: 401 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: 19.1 x 7.6 cm (7 1/2 x 3 in.). Wool and linen, slit tapestry weave. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment of the Border of a Velvet Carpet, 16th century. India, 16th century. average: 30.5 x 17.2 cm (12 x 6 3/4 in.).

Cope, hood and orphrey, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidery on supplementary warp pile (velvet) with gold brocading, Gold brocaded red pile velvet in a pomegranate design. Orphrey of gold couched with multicolored silks show eight saints. Faces of saints are an applique of silk embroidery. Hood, in the same technique as orphrey, shows the Annunciation., Spain, 16th century, costume & accessories, Cope, hood and orphrey

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66333

Fragment. Europe. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: . Cotton and silk. Origin: Europe. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Silk and Gold Textile, 1360-1400. Italy, last third of the 14th century. Lampas weave, silk and gold thread; overall: 26.7 x 33.2 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/16 in.). Lucca, Venice, Florence, Bologna, and Genoa are known to have been the principal silk weaving cities in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is not possible, however, to distinguish which silks were woven in each city. Silks like these were sold to royalty, nobility, and churches throughout Europe by Italian merchants in Bruges, Antwerp, Paris, London, and Avignon.

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper; 15.8 × 34.5 cm (6 1/4 × 13 9/16 in.)

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment of a Coat early 14th century The repeated Arabic inscription in thuluth script is translated as "Glory to our master the Sultan alMalik alMu’ayyad." This probably refers to the Rasulid sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud ibn Yusuf (r. 1297-1321), indicating that this is one of the many objects manufactured in Egypt for the Yemeni sultans, either as diplomatic gifts or special commissions. Several other fragments of this textile survive, and their shapes suggest that they once formed a coat.. Fragment of a Coat 455299

Textile (Japan)

Sampler (Spain); silk, linen; Frame H x W x D: 94.6 × 45.1 × 1.9 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 3/4 in.)

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Horizontal Border, Pattern of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper, laid down on paper; 17.8 × 31.8 cm (7 in. × 12 1/2 in.)

Brocade. Dimensions: H. 59 in. (148.9 cm)W. 28 1/4 in. (71.8 cm). Date: ca. 1600.During the seventeenth century, rows of flowering plants became fashionable designs for textiles in Iran, India, and Turkey. In this early example, a design of undulating white stems (originally silver) and branches of roses, irises, and other flowers are set against a background of gold. Safavid weavers of this period were particularly adept at creating the sense of a continuous composition out of repeating design units and Safavid textiles were among the finest and most popular fabrics sold locally and on the international market. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment Made 1450-1500 Italy. Silk, plain weave with supplementary silk facing wefts, secondary binding warps tying supplementary gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk patterning and brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet .

Roller-Printed Glazed Chintz with Flower and Vase Design, 1800s. England, 19th century. Roller printed cotton; overall: 258.3 x 92.6 cm (101 11/16 x 36 7/16 in.).

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, silvered, varnished, Large floral bouquet within framework of strapwork. Strapwork includes motifs of quatrefoils and trellis design., Belgium, 1700, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Textile, Birds, Dragon, and Palmette Motives 13th-14th century Italian. Textile, Birds, Dragon, and Palmette Motives 468120

. Spray or tablecloth of painted and painted sites with the arms of the Burmania family, with diagonally in the corners of midfield vases with flowers and in the edges swinging blooming branches, which originate from vases in the corners.

Fragment of a Hanging 18th century Textile panels such as this with borders on three sides were joined and hung vertically as curtains. Many of them were finely embroidered and were intended to adorn beds, specifically those in bridal chambers. Typically the design of these panels is a vertical row of five or more floral medallions running down the center.. Fragment of a Hanging. 18th century. Linen, silk. Attributed to North Africa. Textiles-Embroidered

Garden Carpet. Dimensions: Rug: H. 223 1/2 in. (567.7 cm)W. 95 in. (241.3 cm). Date: ca. 1800.The earliest Persian garden carpets date from the seventeenth century. This example from Kurdistan or northwestern Iran dates from about 1800. The composition comprises two repeats of the classic Islamic garden plan, known as "Four Gardens" (Chahar Bagh). It shows a wide central stream of water intersected by narrower courses, all of them enlivened by fish. The units separated by the streams represent ornamental pools or flowerbeds, and the composition as a whole abounds with flowering plants, shrubs, and trees. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment of a Bed Curtain, 1700s. Greece, Crete, 18th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 49.2 x 51.5 cm (19 3/8 x 20 1/4 in.).

Leather (Holland); leather, silvered, painted and varnished; 127.5 x 106.5 cm (50 3/16 x 41 15/16 in.); 1913-34-3

Drawing, Floral field and border; France; white on glazed paper

Sampler. Date/Period: 1826. Sampler. Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation. Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation. Height: 470 mm (18.50 in); Width: 460 mm (18.11 in). Author: Sarah C. Neal.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Tunic. Wari; Peru, south coast, Nazca Valley, Atarco. Date: 600 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: 102.6 × 113 cm (40 3/8 × 44 1/2 in.). Cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave; neck and armholes finished in wool (camelid) in overcast stitches; seams joined with wool (camelid) in darning stitches. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: WarI.

Leaf with tendrils with flowers and fruits, brocade paper, Catalog reference, Haemmerle 166, collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228, collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2760, Leaf with tendrils with flowers and fruits. Numbered at the bottom: No. 14., publisher: Johann Wilhelm Meyer (mentioned on object), Augsburg, 1740 - 1780, positive relief print in gold on multi-colored paper, paper gold-colored metal leaf paint, relief print, height 314 mm (complete sheet) × width 382 mm, ornament derived from plant forms

Front endpaper, pastedown.. Prints. 1837 - 1842. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Painting , Germany , Munich, Lithography, German

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Lozenge framework formed of foliate scrolls, with small beaded circular motif at points of intersection, enclosing elliptical paterae. Formerly used as a book cover., USA, 1800-1810, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Large Leaf Verdure with Proscenium, Animals, and Birds. Southern Netherlands. Date: 1525-1550. Dimensions: 523.2 x 288.9 cm (206 x 113 3/4 in.). Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave. Origin: Southern Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Applique Coverlet. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 40.7 x 34.3 cm (16 x 13 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 97" x 99". Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jules Lefevere.

Sidewall sample, Machine-printed on paper, Fragmentary wallpapers from sample book, including aesthetic-style and Anglo-Japanesque designs., 72 pages of samples., USA, 1880-90, Wallcoverings, Sidewall sample

Leaf with flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and fruits. Used as a cover. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). Textiles-Woven

Sidewall (possibly Flanders); leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Fragment, 1800s. India, 19th century. Brocade; silk and metal; overall: 30.8 x 21 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.).

Wall Hanging, late 1700s-early 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Silk; satin weave ground with supplementary silk weft wool; overall: 188 x 378.4 cm (74 x 149 in.).

Panel (France); cotton

Kontusz belt bearing the signature `Jakub Piotrowicz a Constantinopol`, from the collection of the Princes Czartoryski Museum of Kraków ; drawing for the publication: `Starodawne pasy polskie przedstawione staraniem i nakładem Dominika Jeżewskiego, malowa. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painter

Piece ca. 1700-1715 Italian. Piece 223109

The Story of Judah and Tamar, 1595, Tapestry, one of a set of eight

Fragment of red and yellow brocatel with a pattern of a circumferential crown from which flowers rise. Fragment or canvas of red and yellow satin brookat, with scarce blue, with pattern of cartouche formed by Sphinxen. Three flour branches from crown. All over volutes.

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered of Woven Horizontal Border; France; brush and light blue, white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 18 × 26.6 cm (7 1/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Fragment, 1800s. China, 19th century. Silk; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

Leaf with tibaries with flowers and fruits, Johann Wilhelm Meyer, 1740 - 1780 brocade paper Leaf with tibaries with flowers and fruits. Numbered at the bottom: No. 14. Augsburg paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Sampler (England); silk embroidery on linen foundation

Fragment, 1700s. China, 18th century. Brocaded satin, silk; overall: 34.9 x 32.7 cm (13 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.).

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 30.8 x 19.2 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)Repeat: 11.1 x 13.7 cm (4 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain weave by main warps. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Towel, c. 1500. Italy, Perugia , late 15th-early 16th Century. Cotton; overall: 108 x 52.1 cm (42 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.).

Sampler, Sarah Phillips, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidery on plain weave, Alphabets and numerals with horizontal geometric borders, and at the bottom a hillock with trees and deer; stylized running vine border., England, 1742, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67534

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 16 × 26.2 cm (6 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Hanging, Medium: wool, silk, cotton Technique: pieces of fulled plain weave sewn together using stem stitches to form foundation; stem stitches attach a plied cord on the front; chain stitch for design done with a hook; borders embroidered as one continuous strip and later assembled, Vertical rectangular hanging embroidered to illustrate events in a heroic legend - possibly that of Rustam the Slayer of a Dragon - in a multicolored central panel on a red background. Curving vine floral borders on four sides on a black background. Wide outer border with isolated plant forms growing out from the center on a red background., Iran, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Hanging

Drawing, Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache, graphite on glazed tracing paper; 17.6 × 32.2 cm (6 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Textile, Medium: Technique: plain weave with complementary wefts and inner warps (taquete), Fragment of a pattern featuring courtly entertainment with man seated on throne, two male servants, bowls of fruit or sweetmeats, and a dancer. An interior setting is indicated by pillars and drawn back curtains. Sad colors in roses and blue on what was once a gold background., Iran, 1800-1900, woven textiles, Textile

Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 86r). Dimensions: Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (11.5 x 17 cm). Publisher: Sigismundus Latomus (German, active 1599-ca. 1627) , Frankfurt am Main. Date: 1608.Published by Sigismundus Latomus, Frankfurt a.M.Illustrated and hand-colored title page, 94 pages of designs for lace and embroidery. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Valance (Detail). Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 38.1 x 55.7 cm (15 x 21 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 114" long; 10 1/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marion Gaylord.

Textile Fragment ca. 1540 This velvet fragment is said to have once formed part of the interior of a tent used by Kara Mustapha Pasha during the second Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683. The tent probably was captured from the Turkish army as war booty. These types of Safavid velvets were also used for furnishings, cushions, and ceremonial robes, and were produced in a royal workshop in Tabriz. The Safavid court favored figurative velvets that depicted hunting, a recreational passion of Persian royalty, or, in some cases, scenes from poetic texts. This fragment features a recurring motifa young hero hurling a rock at a dragon, watched by two birds on a nearby tree.. Textile Fragment. ca. 1540. Silk; cut and voided velvet with continuous floats of flat metal thread. Attributed to Iran. Textiles

Sidewall (USA); block-printed on handmade paper; 44 x 28 cm (17 5/16 x 11 in.)

Drawing, Design for a Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 43.1 × 31.7 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Ornament (Gammadion and Segmentum) from a Tunic, 500s. Egypt, Antinoë , Byzantine period, 6th century. Tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament; wool; overall: 28 x 23.6 cm (11 x 9 5/16 in.).

Design for Woven Shawl with Indianizing Motifs, Brush and watercolor on oily tracing paper, Details of a design for woven shawl with Indianizing motifs, including paisley. Decoration consists of stripes. The two broadest stripes are decorated with rinceaux of the same design but of different colorings of the blossoms and buds. Only these are shown in the left stripe. The narrow stripes beside the broad ones show rosettes alternating with indistinct motifs. At right follows a stripe with a rinceau with many blossoms of various sizes. The stripe is framed by two narrow ones with leaves on waved stems., France and Scotland, mid- 19th century, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Piece 18th-19th century China (). Piece. China (). 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

. This tapestry symbolizes the power of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. Surrounded by abundant plants and flowers, a crowned double-headed eagle bears his coat of arms. Charles was ruler, among others, of Austria, Hungary, Sicily, Spain, Burgundy, and the Low Countries. Until his abdication in 1555, he was the most powerful man in Europe. Such tapestries were probably used on festive occasions.

Fragment (Dress Fabric). Italy. Date: 1601-1625. Dimensions: 27.3 × 9.7 cm (10 3/4 × 3 13/16 in.). Cisele voided cloth velvet. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment (Japan)

Design for Woven Shawl with Paisley Motifs, Brush and gouache on brown oiled translucent paper, A paisley motif, also referred to as a Persian cone, is formed by flower blossoms of various sizes and colors (pink, red, yellow, blue) and a few green leaves and stems. A red rectangular base decorated with flowers is at the bottom center of the composition. Beside the motif, a cluster of flowers and two red blossoms appear; a flower garland and a red blossom are at the right top. The lower right part of the design appears unfinished, with some of the flowers only outlined in white., France, 1825-50, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Piece 15th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 15th century. Silk. Textiles-Velvets

Kurdyban

Fragment (Japan)

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