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Historical Textile Fragments

Samples of historical fabric pieces, including intricate designs and cultural motifs from the 16th to 18th centuries, showcasing textile artistry.

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223404
Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223404
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Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 219965Fragment. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 x 15 in. (39.4 x 38.1 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223172Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 10 x W. 8 1/4 inches (25.4 x 21.0 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece late 18th century French. Piece 227841Textile Fragment 18th century. Textile Fragment 443017Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223719Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223404Wholecloth coverlet. Culture: American or British. Dimensions: 93 1/2 x 82 1/4 in. (237.5 x 208.9 cm). Date: ca. 1830.The coverlet top is of a glazed floral chintz; it has a beige ground printed with red, blue, and yellow flowers and green foliage. The back is randomly pieced of two chintzes and two brown and red calicos. A piece of the same chintz used for the top is pieced into the back and is inscribed with the fabric printer's name. The edges of the top and back are bound together with striped tape. The coverlet has no batting between the top and back layers and is not quilted. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Back of a chasuble 15th-16th century Italian, possibly Florence. Back of a chasuble 222609Christening blanket. Culture: British, London, Spitalfields. Dimensions: L. 52 x W. 35 1/2 inches (132.1 x 90.2 cm). Date: ca. 1725. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th century. Silk, metallic thread. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-WovenPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 224407Piece 18th century French. Piece 215648Piece early 17th century Italian. Piece 220075Bed tent panel 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed tent panel 227634Bedspread ca. 1862 American. Bedspread 13567Length 19th century China. Length 70448Flounce Made 1870-1889 France. Silk and mohair, bobbin straight lace; (made in horizontal strips) .Border ca. 1815 British. Border. British. ca. 1815. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedPiece 18th century French. Piece 223765Piece 1892 American. Piece 13784Piece 1730-35 French. Piece 217057Piece third quarter 18th century Italian or Spanish. Piece 227851Cover. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 156 5/8 x W. 34 1/2 inches397.8 x 87.6 cm. Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Length of velvet early 16th century Italian. Length of velvet 227557Fragment 1643-1715 French. Fragment 220191Scarf Irish, Carrickmacross 19th centuryPiece of Cloth for Kimono with Pattern of Round Fans (Uchiwa), Bamboo, and Interrupted Stripes 19th century Japan. Piece of Cloth for Kimono with Pattern of Round Fans (Uchiwa), Bamboo, and Interrupted Stripes 45410Rug 16th century Spanish. Rug 221426Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220326Chalice veil late 17th century possibly Swedish. Chalice veil 227805Piece ca. 1745 French. Piece 224346Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223388Piece 1735-50 French. Piece 217150Piece 18th century probably German. Piece 227891Bedcover (Tulip or Cotton Bolls Quilt) Made 1835-1860 United States. .Portion of a dress border 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Portion of a dress border 221720Band. Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece early 18th century Italian. Piece 224265Piece 18th century China. Piece 67936Fragment 16th-17th century Italian. Fragment. Italian. 16th-17th century. Silk and linen. Textiles-WovenPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223371Fragment. Dimensions: Textile: L. 23 13/16 in. (60.5 cm) W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)Storage mount: L. 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm)W. 11 in. (27.9 cm). Date: 6th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 228780Piece early 19th century French. Piece 223631Piece 1788-90 Chinese, for French market. Piece 220316Piece 18th century French. Piece 224105Piece probably early 19th century French, Lyons. Piece. French, Lyons. probably early 19th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenPiece. Culture: British or French. Dimensions: L. 31 x W. 25 1/4 inches78.7 x 64.1 cm. Date: ca. 1850. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment of Bobbin Lace Flounce, 18th century. Italy, Milan, 18th century. Lace, bobbin: linen; average: 24.5 x 40.7 cm (9 5/8 x 16 in.).Altar Cover Made 1701-1800 Italy. .Piece ca. 1760 French. Piece 216570Carpet 18th-19th century. Carpet 446955Fragment. Dimensions: 11 5/16 in. high 2 3/4 in. wide (28.7 cm high 7 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Silk (2 pcs) Made 1701-1800 Spain. Silk, brocaded .Bliżej Kultury unknownPiece 17th century Spanish. Piece 227817Dying template katagami cut out in the desend from stylized floral rosettes of various large size; 19th/20th century (1868-00-00-1912-00-00);ISE-CATAGAMI, ROSET (ornament), templates, purchase (provenance)Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220252Piece ca. 1830 Attributed to John Lowe & Co.. Piece 221922Veil 18th century. Veil. 18th century. Silk on linen. Attributed to Iran. TextilesPiece 1725-30 Italian or French. Piece 222656Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 224285Cushion Cover early 19th century. Cushion Cover. early 19th century. Linen, silk; plain weave, embroidered. Attributed to present-day Greece, Thessaloniki. Textiles-EmbroideredMan's Sarong (Kain Lepas) 19th century Sumatra. Man's Sarong (Kain Lepas) 315935Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220231Band 18th century. Band. 18th century. Silk, linen; embroidered. Attributed to Morocco, Azemmour. Textiles-EmbroideredFlounce Made 1725-1775 Italy. Linen, bobbin part lace in large sections; continuous clothwork tapes; edged with cotton, bobbin straight lace .Length American late 19th centuryFragment 1774-93 Spanish. Fragment 213194Border Made 1601-1700 Italy. .Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223640Card Case 19th century China. Card Case 70470Lappet. Belgium, Flanders, Brussels. Date: 1780-1789. Dimensions: 69.2 × 11 cm (27 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.). Linen, bobbin part lace of a type known as "Brussels". Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 1745-50 French. Piece 223256Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 222320Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223467Embroidery sample for a mans suit or waistcoat ca. 1785-1815 French. Embroidery sample for a mans suit or waistcoat 224031Piece late 18th century French. Piece. French. late 18th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece ca. 1830 British. Piece 229321Sari Made 1701-1900 India. Red silk and gold .Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece. Spanish. 16th century. Silk, linen and metal thread. Textiles-WovenPanel. Produced by F. Schumacher & Co., founded 1889; United States. Date: 1928-1929. Dimensions: 99.9 x 61.2 cm (39 1/4 x 24 1/8 in.). Silk, wild silk and gold gilt strip wound around silk and wild silk fiber core, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied in twill interlacing and self-patterned by ground wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in plain weave backed by twill interlacing. Origin: New York City. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 65998Piece 18th century French. Piece 216936Embroidered darning sampler 1762 Dutch. Embroidered darning sampler 228085Corner piece 18th century Greek, Ionian Islands. Corner piece 227641Border 18th century Flemish. Border 226298Border Made 1801-1900 France. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen yarns, pulled threadwork, embroidered in cable, cross, crossed back, variations of hem, interlocking lace, open buttonhole filling, overcast, pearl, satin, single faggot, and wave filling stitches; button-holed eyelets .Part of a cope 15th century Italian. Part of a cope 219971Patolu Sari 19th century India (Gujerat). Patolu Sari 42583Bag. Provincial Inca; Peru, south coast, Possibly Majes Valley. Date: 1476-1532. Dimensions: 36.2 x 35.6 cm (14 1/4 x 14 in.). Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece early 18th century French. Piece 223720Secretary mid-18th century French. Secretary 200542Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest) Made 1850-1900 China. Silk and cotton, plain weaves and silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chain, eyelet, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; collar and edge trim silk, warp-float faced 4 1 and 6 1 satin weaves; lined with ramie, plain weave . Han-ChineseLace. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 45.9 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/16 in.). Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Erwin Schwabe.Piece ca. 1735 French. Piece 224015Panel 17th-18th century China. Panel. China. 17th-18th century. Silk, metallic thread. Textiles-TapestriesPart of a chasuble 16th century Spanish. Part of a chasuble 219889