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Historical Textile Patterns

A collection of intricate textile pieces, showcasing designs ranging from Spanish and French to Japanese and Italian, highlighting floral and geometric motifs.

Piece 1725-30 Spanish. Piece 222991
Piece 1725-30 Spanish. Piece 222991
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Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 222999Piece ca. 1730 French. Piece 216453Piece of Cloth for Kimono with Pattern of Cherry Blossoms, Floral Medallions, Birds, and Vertical Splashes Japan 19th centuryPiece late 15th century Italian. Piece. Italian. late 15th century. Silk. Textiles-VelvetsPiece 16th century Italian, Genoa. Piece 226347Piece third quarter 18th century French. Piece 227286Piece 18th century French. Piece 220583Altar frontal 17th century French or Italian. Altar frontal 222109Altar frontal 17th century French or Italian. Altar frontal 222110Piece 1725-30 Spanish. Piece 222991Piece 18th century possibly French. Piece 224543Pillow cover 16th century Italian. Pillow cover 220749Piece China early 18th centuryDress border 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Dress border 221713Chasuble. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 49 x W. 29 1/2 inches (124.5 x 74.9 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Rug first half 16th century Spanish. Rug 219581Band 4th-5th century. Band. 4th-5th century. Linen, wool; tapestry weave. Attributed to Egypt. TextilesFragment of a Sleeve 5th-6th century. Fragment of a Sleeve 443900Piece mid-19th century British. Piece 230878Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67972Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 41 x W. 60 3/4 inches104.1 x 154.3 cm. Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Back of a chasuble 15th-16th century Italian, possibly Florence. Back of a chasuble 222608Piece ca. 1720 French. Piece 222293Piece early 18th century possibly French. Piece 227296Length Italian 19th centuryPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 220332Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 216656Piece 17th century French. Piece 216256Piece ca. 1725 Italian. Piece 227393Cover 18th century. Cover 444432Piece ca. 1730 French. Piece 220391Scarf End 18th century. Scarf End. 18th century. Linen. Attributed to Algeria. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 18th century French. Piece 223326Piece early 19th century French. Piece 227294Hooked Rug ca. 1790 Elizabeth Stowell. Hooked Rug 13578Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223453Textile 18th-19th century Japan. Textile. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. TextilesPiece French ca. 1735Polonaise Carpet with Trefoil Border 17th century. Polonaise Carpet with Trefoil Border 451147Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 217054Altar Cloth 18th century Japan. Altar Cloth 69890Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 213206Embroidered darning sampler 1761 Dutch. Embroidered darning sampler 228071Piece early 18th century French. Piece 216853Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223776Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 22 3/8 x W. 22 5/8 inches (56.8 x 57.5 cm). Date: 1854. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1550-1600 Italian or Spanish. Piece 226367Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224372Cap crown mid-18th century Flemish The Metropolitan Museum's great lace collection was started when the Museum became the first among American museums to organize a permanent collection of lace with the acceptance of the McCallum Collection in 1879 and the bequests of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Mrs. Augustus Cleveland, and Mrs. A. W. Winters shortly thereafter. In 1893 a loan collection of antique laces shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was assembled by a committee of New York women headed by Catharine Augusta Newbold. About 1900 Miss Newbold arranged and labeled an exhibition of laces and linenworks lent to the Metropolitan Museum by Mrs. James Boorman Johnstone and the Misses Johnstone. "Her scholarly knowledge of lace technique enabled the Museum for the first time to offer a comprehensive display of lace illustrating its historical development," wrote Miss Frances Morris, then curator of the textile department. Miss Newbold's name occurs again Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223782Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 226357Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 226504Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220376Piece 18th century China. Piece 69764Piece ca. 1730 Italian. Piece 217279Textile Fragment 6th-7th century. Textile Fragment 444089Piece 18th century French. Piece 216557Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68599Fragment Made 1501-1700 Italy. silk .Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 219789Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224020Band 4th-5th century. Band. 4th-5th century. Linen, wool; tapestry weave. Attributed to Egypt. TextilesFragment, Medium: silk, metallic Technique: supplementary warp forming raised pile in plain weave foundation (velvet) with supplementary wefts, Selvage along one side. Diagonal leaves forming grid containing palmettes., 16th-17th century, woven textiles, FragmentTextile Fragment late 11th century. Textile Fragment 448026Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 217174Piece late 18th century French. Piece. French. late 18th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenInsertion late 16th century Italian. Insertion. Italian. late 16th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesPiece 1750-60 French. Piece 217217Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 10 x W. 3 1/4 inches (25.4 x 8.3 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 19th century China. Piece 68498Piece ca. 1730 French. Piece 220513Border 1804-14 French. Border 222135Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443266Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216680Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 228816Portion of a valance early 19th century Italian, Sicily. Portion of a valance. Italian, Sicily. early 19th century. Machine net. Textiles-LacesPiece 1760-70 French. Piece 227837Border Made 1625-1650 Italy. Linen, needle lace .Cover Made 1875-1900 Italy. Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered in hem and Italian hem stitches; with insertion and edging of bobbin straight lace .Fragment Made 1775-1825 France. silk, double faced compound weave .Needlepoint Bedspread. Date/Period: 1600. Linen. Height: 204 mm (8.03 in); Width: 104 mm (4.09 in). Author: UNKNOWN.Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444180Chasuble fragment ca. 1400 Italian, possibly Lucca. Chasuble fragment 229077Piece 1775-1800 French. Piece 220579Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220421Cover 18th-early 19th century. Cover. 18th-early 19th century. Wool, silk, metal wrapped thread; embroidered. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredChasuble with Pomegranate Design 15th-16th century British. Chasuble with Pomegranate Design 463910Piece ca. 1878 British. Piece 226221Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220432Bedcover (Floral Medallion Quilt) Made 1830-1835 United States. Cotton, pieced plain weaves; one roller printed and glazed; appliquÈd with plain weave; printed; glazed; quilted .Rug Made 1850 England. .Towel end 1838 Danish. Towel end 227316Maniple (part of a set) mid-18th century Italian. Maniple (part of a set) 227789Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443385Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 219605Flounce Made 1875-1900 Belgium. Cotton, mixed lace known as Brussels application lace bobbin and needle laces applied to machine-made net; embroidered in knot and zig-zag chain stitches .Needlepoint (Reticella) Lace Cuff, second half of 16th century. Italy, Genoa, second half of 16th century. Lace, needlepoint; average: 7.4 x 24.2 cm (2 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.).Fragment 18th century Japan. Fragment 67916Piece 18th century French. Piece 223945Border 17th century Italian. Border. Italian. 17th century. Silk. Textiles-Velvets