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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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Border 18th century Greek Islands, Samos or Epirus. Border 222967Bed valance 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed valance 219714Fragment Belgian, Brussels 19th century View more. Fragment. Belgian, Brussels. 19th century. Needle lace, Point de Gaze. Textiles-LacesSampler 1788 German. Sampler 228547Sampler 19th century German. Sampler. German. 19th century. Wool on canvas. Textiles-EmbroideredPanel. France, provincial, Nimes, Avignon, etc. Date: 1720-1740. Dimensions: 52.7 × 52.8 cm (20 3/4 × 20 3/4 in.)Warp repeat: 39.6 cm (15 5/8 in.)Weft repeat: point repeat. Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary binding wefts and self-patterning ground wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in plain interlacing. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Handkerchief mid-19th century French. Handkerchief 227370Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223705One of a Pair of Cushion Covers China. One of a Pair of Cushion Covers 68556Panel, 20th century, 84 1/2 x 43 5/8 in. (214.63 x 110.8 cm), Cotton; printed, Pakistan, 20th centurySampler 1827 German. Sampler 228594Openwork Headband. Culture: Chancay. Dimensions: H x W: 34 1/4 x 32 1/4in. (87 x 81.9cm). Date: 12th-15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Fragment 222298Sampler 1823 Dutch. Sampler 228052Bliżej Kultury unknownBorder 1805-15 Séguin et Cie. Border 226376Sample ca. 1840 French, Mulhouse. Sample. French, Mulhouse. ca. 1840. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedSampler 19th century German, Island of Nonnenwerth. Sampler. German, Island of Nonnenwerth. 19th century. Cotton on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredTowel. Culture: Danish. Dimensions: L. 72 x W. 15 inches (182.9 x 38.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Chair Strip China. Chair Strip. China. Silk, metallic thread; on silk. Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722)-Yongzheng (1723-35) period. Textiles-Embroidered04/30/1909. Photo Goñi. For the Virgin of Pilar. First mantle with Captain General Insignia given by the Hon. Lady Marchioness of Esquilache.Altar Cloth Japan. Altar Cloth 68305Shawl Made 1801-1900 India. Cashmere wool composed of many small pieces of embroidered plain simple twill .Pier Looking Glass. Culture: American. Dimensions: 78 x 30 in. (198.1 x 76.2 cm). Date: 1795-1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Arabesque with vase. Morris, Joshua (British, act.1720-1730) (workshop, attr.) weaver Clermont, Andien de (French, act.ca. 1730-1756) (author of design, attr.) painter c. 1720-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'10" x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Spanish Art Gallery, London. French & C. purchased from Arthur S. Vernay, 5/21/1918. French & Co. sold to J. Insley Blair Tuxedo Park, New York, 1929. Lent to Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1943-1949. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mrs. J. Insley Blair's daughter, Mrs. Screven Lorillard, in 1952. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 52.195.22. Swags of flowers & acanthus leaves surrounding central vase on stand, flanked by cockatoo (L) & owl (R) (BRD) floral swags with palmette-shells in corners, stylized rosettes within cartouches in center of each side French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7318-b alsoSampler 19th century Greek. Sampler 227982Set of bookcase doors. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall (.85a-d, each): 61 × 23 1/4 in. (154.9 × 59.1 cm);Overall (.85e, f, each): 53 1/4 × 24 3/8 in. (135.3 × 61.9 cm). Date: first half 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bobbin Lace Handkerchief, 1800s. Flanders, 19th century. Linen center with bobbin lace border; average: 38.8 x 38.8 cm (15 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.).Piece ca. 1850 Philippine. Piece 229555Chasuble 16th century Italian. Chasuble. Italian. 16th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-EmbroideredTours, Blaise, Gabriel, Dress with 17th century French embroidery, exhibited at the Exposition Rétrospective of 1873 in Tours, France, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, height 97 mm, width 138 mm, French, 1827 - 1897-09-04, maker, producer, 1873 - 1873, paper, papier, WoodburytypieCarpet Made 1601-1800 Turkey. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as Turkish (Ghiordes) knots .Fragments (From a Vest) Made 1801-1900 France. Silk, cut, uncut, voided velvet against plain weave foundation .Sampler 18th century Italian. Sampler 228551Two tires with floral ornaments, 1876 - 1924 Page 4 Recto from an album with 17 sheets. paper. deck paint brush flowers ~ ornamentImperial Decree. Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm). Date: dated 1806. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Flat filling from Frisians and squares.design for a Wall Decoration.Valance Chinese, for French market 18th centuryTab China. Tab 68791Sampler 1798 Austrian. Sampler 228152Dress Border early 19th century French. Dress Border 224100Anefo photo collection. Exhibition about Jews in the Netherlands in Amsterdam's Historical Museum; Voortment of the Saint Arke. 25 February 1971. The NetherlandsWoman's Eight Medallion Ceremonial Robe 18th-19th century China. Woman's Eight Medallion Ceremonial Robe 70103Sample Book of Dress Goods Swatches (Volume I). France. Date: 1835-1845. Dimensions: Average length of swatches: 7.6 cm (3 in.); 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); 33 cm (13 in.)Average width of swatches: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)Measurement of volume: 39.4 × 26 × 7 cm (15 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)Measurement of bo×: 41.9 × 29.5 × 9.2 cm (16 1/2 × 11 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.). Total of swatches: 837. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Cover or Chalice Veil () 16th or 17th century Italian or Spanish. Cover or Chalice Veil () 460769Piece 17th century Italian, Florence. Piece 227476Screen with. unknown c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'11" x W 1'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Juno (Hera) with peacock in R panel; female personification with cornucopia in L panel; female figures in landscape scenes at tops of 2 center panels & seated female figure in center-L panel; with foliage & grotesques throughout Four fragments from side borders of 1 or more tapestries, mounted as screen panels. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 33405Red-Ground Prayer Rug probably late 18th-early 19th century. Red-Ground Prayer Rug 447541Insignia Medallion 19th century China. Insignia Medallion 68897Cover 18th-19th century. Cover. 18th-19th century. Silk, metal wrapped thread; embroidered. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredWoven Handkerchief 1876 American. Woven Handkerchief 13707Belgium, Brugge (aka Brug or Bruge). UNESCO World Heritige Site. World famous Belgium lace, handmade bookmarks.Wholecloth whitework quilt Sarah Cook American ca. 1800 This white cotton quilt is decorated with corded, quilted, and stuffed motifs. The top fabric is more tightly woven than the backing cotton. At the center, there is a vase of flowers within an oval feather wreath, and the central field is surrounded by a wide bolder with rose and grape vines stemming from an urn at the bottom center. The two corners at the foot were left unquilted, probably because they were meant to be cut back to fit around bedposts.Shawl Made 1801-1835 India. White wool with multicolor borders; embroidered with multicolor wool .Set of decorative ancient seamless ornamental border'' Brook's Soap', 1890.