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Historical Textile Fragments

Various textile fragments dating from the 17th to 19th century, showcasing intricate patterns and historical craftsmanship.

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 224500
Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 224500
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Fragment ca. 1700 Spanish or Portuguese. Fragment 216367Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 226578Sash 1778-89 Manufactured by François Selimand. Sash. Polish, Kobylka. 1778-89. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenPiece 1760-70 French. Piece 224500Textile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445691Piece mid-16th century Spanish. Piece 226370Pillowcase 18th century Greek Islands. Pillowcase 212264Quilt 1790-95 British. Quilt 219121Cover 18th century Spanish. Cover 219434Piece late 18th century French. Piece 222292Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66879Piece 17th-18th century Italian. Piece 224490Piece ca. 1725-30 French. Piece 217021Piece 18th century French. Piece 223329Piece ca. 1705-1710 Italian, Venice. Piece 222300Chasuble Made 1501-1600 Italy. Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and silvered-metal strip supplementary facing and some supplementary patterning wefts; tapes of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, inner tape plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; edge tape plain weave self-patterned by warp and weft floats; lined with linen, plain weave; glazed .Piece mid-15th century Italian, Venice. Piece 227213Sutra Cover 16th century China. Sutra Cover 50544Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 16th-17th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenSleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68613Altar frontal early 17th century Italian. Altar frontal 226547Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223444Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 31 x W. (loom) 30 3/4 inches (78.7 x 78.1 cm). Date: ca. 1795. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Tile 1640-60 Dutch. Tile 196258Piece early 17th century Italian. Piece 220069Piece 1720-30 French. Piece. French. 1720-30. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 34 1/4 x W. 13 inches87.0 x 33.0 cm. Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sampler Dutch 1736-37Openwork Headband 12th-15th century Chancay. Openwork Headband 310697Textile Fragment early 19th century. Textile Fragment 447908Piece ca. 1720 () Italian. Piece 214342Band. Dimensions: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1650-70 Italian. Piece 219356Piece 18th century French. Piece 224006Piece late 18th century German. Piece 216202Chair seat mid-18th century French, German or Spanish. Chair seat 230898Rug late 19th century China. Rug 68436Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 34 x W. 21 3/8 inches (loom width)86.4 x 54.3 cm. Date: second half 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Coverlet 19th century China. Coverlet 70425Panel ca. 1725 Italian, Venice. Panel 227295Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220438Piece 1760-70 Spanish. Piece 223351Panel 17th century British or Italian. Panel 230880Handkerchief 17th century Italian, Venice. Handkerchief. Italian, Venice. 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesFragment of an Ornamented Band 7th-10th century The leaf-shaped medallions and palmettes on this colorful band continued to be used in the post-Byzantine period in Egypt and recall the more naturalistic vegetal forms seen on earlier textiles. Orange borders studded with colorful gems create the illusion of a band. The stylized forms and bright hues of this fragment suggest a date early in the Islamic period. It is probably a band (clavus) from a tunic, the standard dress in the Mediterranean world.. Fragment of an Ornamented Band 445699Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223242Piece ca. 1740 French. Piece 229277Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 15 3/4 x W. 10 3/4 inches (40.0 x 27.3 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1810-15 British. Piece 229318Sampler 1803 Austrian or German. Sampler 228686Fragment. Dimensions: H. 65 in. (165.1 cm)W. 32.00 in. (81.3 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Strip 17th-early 18th century Italian or Spanish. Strip 221652Piece Russian 18th-19th centurySash 1780-94 Leo Madjarski. Sash 222688Piece 18th century French. Piece 223272Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224032Piece ca. 1700 Italian or Spanish. Piece 223741Textile Fragment 5th century. Textile Fragment 443351Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 18 x W. 17 inches (45.7 x 43.2 cm). Date: 1811. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Tablecloth 17th-18th century Italian and Flemish. Tablecloth 228820Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 6 x W. 14 inches (15.2 x 35.6 cm). Date: 1769. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 16th-17th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenTablecloth 1852-70 French. Tablecloth 201707Textile Fragment 6th century. Textile Fragment. 6th century. Wool, linen; tapestry weave. Attributed to Egypt. TextilesAltar Frontal Made 1601-1700 Italy. .Chair Strip 18th century China. Chair Strip 68581Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 11 x W. 7 inches (27.9 x 17.8 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443229Sash ca. 1778-89 Manufactured by François Selimand. Sash 219014Fragment of a Sleeve 4th century. Fragment of a Sleeve 443849Scarf ca. 1870 French, Chantilly. Scarf 227256Border early 16th century French. Border 212328Piece early 18th century French or Spanish. Piece 217192Saddle Rug with Floral Roundels 19th century China. Saddle Rug with Floral Roundels 70563Sampler 19th century Spanish. Sampler 227996Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224324Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 15 3/8 x W. 14 inches (39.1 x 35.6 cm). Date: 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style, Black 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, FragmentPiece of Cloth for Kimono with Pattern of Stylized Rosettes 19th century Japan. Piece of Cloth for Kimono with Pattern of Stylized Rosettes 45406Textile Fragment 16th-17th century. Textile Fragment 447098Sampler 1786 Dutch. Sampler 228142Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 1/4 x W. 9 1/2 inches (51.4 x 24.1 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1680-1700 French. Piece 220269Three-leaf screen with floral arabesques and centered with bouquets of flowers. unknown unknown Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Jacques Seligmann & Co.Piece 18th century China. Piece 67891Cushion Cover. Date: ca. 1299-1923. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Band 3rd-4th century. Band 445780Fragment. Dimensions: 8 11/16 in. high 8 11/16 in. wide (22.1 cm high 22 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bedcover Made 1750-1800 Spain .Piece ca. 1835 possibly Austrian. Piece 224132Piece 18th century Spanish. Piece 227054Piece 18th century French. Piece 224003Piece 1816-20 British. Piece 227312Sutra Cover 16th century China. Sutra Cover 53760 China, Sutra Cover, 16th century, Silk, Overall: 14 1/4 x 5 in. (36.2 x 12.7cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1946 (46.186.60)Strip 18th century Flemish, Brussels. Strip 218158Fragment of a Band 6th-7th century. Fragment of a Band 445769Piece. Culture: Italian or Spanish. Dimensions: L. 71 x W. 41 inches (180.3 x 104.1 cm). Date: late 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment; silkTextile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443287Sash 18th century Polish, Sluck. Sash 222968