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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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Piece of a dress border first half 18th century Italian. Piece of a dress border 227810Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenFragment. Dimensions: 4 9/16 in. high 2 3/4 in. wide (11.6 cm high 7 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment Made 1701-1800 Iran. Brocaded plain simple satin, silk, gold wound on yellow silk core, silver wound on white silk core .Bed curtain 17th-18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Bed curtain 227636Fragment (Band). Lambayeque; Probably north coast, Peru. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 69.9 x 8.3 cm (27 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.). Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 224311Carpet 19th century. Carpet 447478Dress border. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 22 x W. 14 3/4 inches55.9 x 37.5 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68643Skirt, 20th century, 44 1/2 x 52 1/2 in. (113.03 x 133.35 cm), Cotton, Mali, 20th centuryPiece early 19th century French. Piece 223623Cap band late 18th-early 19th century German or Swiss. Cap band 216986Sample 18th century French. Sample 224114Fragment of a Band 6th century. Fragment of a Band 443752Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223354Sampler 1860 German. Sampler 228593Strip 18th century French. Strip 218289Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border 223146Sampler 19th century Austrian. Sampler 228156Dishes (set of3). Maker, probably by: Boston and Sandwich Glass Works, American, 1826-88Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223369Saddle Rug 19th century China. Saddle Rug 70560Piece 19th Century Japan. Piece 68494Shaker 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 17th century Italian or Spanish. Piece. Italian or Spanish. 17th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenPiece 1735-1740 Italian. Piece 227527Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220437Altar cloth ca. 1600 Italian, Abruzzi. Altar cloth 221181Fragment 17th century Italian, Venice. Fragment. Italian, Venice. 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesCover 17th century. Cover 448948Cover. Dimensions: H. 31 1/2 in.(80 cm)W. 31 1/2in. (80 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sutra Cover with Lotus Scroll 16th century China Sutras printed in the accordion-fold format were often encased by covers wrapped in decorative silks. Covers both protected the sacred words and presented the sutras in beautiful envelopes that signaled the importance of the contents within. These examples from the sixteenth century indicate the variety of sutra cover motifs, including some seemingly irrelevant to Buddhist philosophy, such as dragons, phoenixes, or the character shou, meaning longevity. Sutra Cover with Lotus Scroll 39922Piece 17th century Italian, probably Sicily. Piece 226973Rank Badge with Crane mid-late 18th century China. Rank Badge with Crane 69790Cope 17th century Italian. Cope 229166Textile Fragment 5th century. Textile Fragment 443970White House furniture and furnishings. White House furnishings. Antique lace. White House, Washington, D.C.Counterpane, Bolton type ca. 1800-1830 British, probably This hand-loom-woven white cotton bed cover was made in one piece. The design is picked out in raised loops of heavy cotton weft threads. The heavy pattern wefts are in a 1:z proportion to the lighter-weight main wefts. The small central eight-pointed star is surrounded by various borders. The piece is self-fringed on all four sides.. Counterpane, Bolton type 13627Fragment of a Sleeve 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Sleeve 443895Handkerchief Made 1875-1900 France. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in back, buttonhole, eyelet, overcast, and padded satin stitches; couching; edged with cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as Valenciennes .Piece late 18th century French. Piece 224266Edging Flemish late 18th century View more. Edging. Flemish. late 18th century. Bobbin lace, Brussels bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesPiece 1848 British. Piece 222055Fragment 1775-80 French. Fragment. French. 1775-80. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedHandkerchief with needle lace border Belgian late 19th century View more. Handkerchief with needle lace border. Belgian. late 19th century. Linen, needle lace. Textiles-LacesPiece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 37 1/2 x W. 19 inches (loom width)95.3 x 48.3 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Border 18th century Flemish. Border 226034Chalice veil 17th century Italian. Chalice veil 221178Piece late 16th-early 17th century Italian. Piece 227202Piece 18th century French. Piece 213181Neckpiece early 18th century Italian, Venice. Neckpiece. Italian, Venice. early 18th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesJoined Fragments 14th century. Joined Fragments 450505Textile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 444117Cover 18th century. Cover. 18th century. Silk on cotton. Attributed to Caucasus. Textiles-EmbroideredSampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 15 1/2 x W. 8 3/4 inches (39.4 x 22.2 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 222987Piece late 18th century French. Piece 220713Bliżej Kultury unknownSampler 18th century Scottish, Linlithgow. Sampler. Scottish, Linlithgow. 18th century. Silk on wool. Textiles-EmbroideredRug China. Rug 69747Rug mid 18th-early 19th century China, Turkestan. Rug. China, Turkestan. mid 18th-early 19th century. Silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Kangxi period (1662-1722). Textiles-RugsPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 223296Sampler 19th century Spanish. Sampler 228183Fragment of a Shoulder Band 3rd century. Fragment of a Shoulder Band 443878Sampler 1811 Dutch. Sampler 228040Jacket Lining 19th century Japan. Jacket Lining. Japan. 19th century. Silk; gold on salmon silk / Compound,weft patterning. Textiles-CostumesTextile Fragment 9th-10th century. Textile Fragment 448125Band 11th-12th century. Band 448098Rank Badge with Wild Goose late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Wild Goose 68941Fragment. Dimensions: 9.75 in. high 9.75 in. wide (24.76 cm high 24.76 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67591Rug fragment 16th century Spanish. Rug fragment 221489Sleeve () early 19th century Hungarian, Kalotaszeg. Sleeve (). Hungarian, Kalotaszeg. early 19th century. Wool on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 1760-70 French. Piece 227917Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 21 x W. 21 inches (loom width)53.3 x 53.3 cm. Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Edging early 19th century French. Edging 222519Pair of panel ornaments 18th century French. Pair of panel ornaments. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzeTextile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443482Pieces (3) 18th century German. Pieces (3) 216514Valance ca. 1765 American. Valance 14180Towel End 19th century. Towel End 445916Fragments. Chancay; Peru, Central coast. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: a: 62.2 x 22.9 cm (24 1/2 x 9 in.)b: 63.5 x 26.7 cm (25 x 10 1/2 in.)c: 22.2 x 19.1 cm (8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)d: 61 x 26.7 cm (24 x 10 1/2 in.). Cotton and camelid wool; plain weave edged in slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 65030Floor tile Flemish late 16th centuryPiece 1830 or 1860 () French. Piece 219124Fragment of a Tunic 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Tunic 443851Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443282Storage Bag early 19th century. Storage Bag 447497Sampler 18th century German. Sampler 217901Fragment. France or Italy possibly for the Portuguese market. Date: 1706-1718. Dimensions: 180.3 × 109.4 cm (71 × 43 1/16 in.)Repeat: 34.2 × 17.9 cm (13 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.). Silk, and silvered- and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary patterning wefts, and self-patterned by areas of plain weave. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Set of four chutes French 18th century View more. Set of four chutes. French. 18th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzePair of frames French 19th century View more. Pair of frames. French. 19th century. Gilt bronze. Metalwork-Gilt BronzeStrip early 17th century French. Strip. French. early 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesWholecloth whitework quilt. Culture: American. Dimensions: 96 x 94 5/8 in. (243.8 x 240.3 cm). Maker: Maria Kellogg Richards. Date: ca. 1805.The top of this white quilt is made of tightly woven cotton, while the backing fabric is of a coarser woven cotton. The tape binding is probably handwoven. The decoratively patterned areas are stuffed with wool. The piece is quilted with a central squared medallion that has a pineapple at each of the four corners. The feather-vine border terminates in the mid-point of each of the four sides with a flower tied with a bow. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sample early 19th century French. Sample 223137Piece possibly French 18th centuryPiece 1735-40 French. Piece 220351Piece 18th century French. Piece 230866Altar Cloth Japan. Altar Cloth 68387