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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 1700-1710 Italian. Piece 227881Fragment of a Tunic 4th-5th centuryBorder. Italy, Northern or Germany. Date: 1601-1650. Dimensions: 82.1 x 19.5 cm (32 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)Warp repeat: 23.1 cm (9 1/8 in.). Silk, plain gauze weave; embroidered with linen in darning stitches (lacis). Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Lappet early 19th century Flemish. Lappet 220059Ushtak Type ca. 1600. Ushtak Type. ca. 1600. Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-RugsShawl 19th century. Shawl. 19th century. Wool. Made in India, Kashmir. Textiles-CostumesOpenwork Headband. Culture: Chancay. Dimensions: H. 35 3/4 x W. 36 in. (90.8 x 91.4 cm). Date: 12th-15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bag Made 1476-1532 Peru. . IncaBorder 17th century Flemish. Border 222462Fragment of a Shoulder Band 5th-6th century. Fragment of a Shoulder Band 443835Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223659Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223473Textile Fragment 10th-11th century. Textile Fragment 448105Sample ca. 1840 French, Mulhausen. Sample. French, Mulhausen. ca. 1840. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedBelt plaque. Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); D. 1/4 in. (0.7 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Trophy and basket of flowers. unknown c. 1770-1800 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. On damask=patterned ground, floral arabesques, hanging ribbon-tied trophy with birds & bouquet of flowers in basket The panel was inspired by Les Amours des Dieux, designed by François Boucher, & with alentours by Maurice Jacques, for the Gobelins manufactory, circa 1758. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock numberWoman's Wedding Collar ( late 18th-early 19th century China. Woman's Wedding Collar ( 70203Fragment. Dimensions: 5 3/16 in. high 3 1/4 in. wide (13.2 cm high 8.2 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Collar and vestee late 17th century French 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 occurSampler 18th century Spanish. Sampler. Spanish. 18th century. Textiles-EmbroideredSquare 4th-5th century. Square 445823Fragment of a Sleeve 4th century. Fragment of a Sleeve 443881Fragment 18th century Italian. Fragment 214989Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443407Piece late 19th-early 20th century Japan. Piece. Japan. late 19th-early 20th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenMirror Case Cover Mirror Case Cover, 1854-1855. Lacquer, paper mache, 6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm). Arts of the Islamic World 1854-1855Piece 18th century Italian. Piece 224091Chalice veil 17th century Italian. Chalice veil 226250Piece. Culture: French. Date: 1750-75. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223601Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224357Fragment Made 1701-1725 France. silk .Border Fragment 17th century Italian. Border Fragment 461443Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443366Shawl ca. 1825-30 British. Shawl 214463Border Tile ca. 1881 J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works. Border Tile. American. ca. 1881. Earthenware. Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United StatesPiece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 27 3/4 x W. 7 3/4 inches (70.5 x 19.7 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Towel 17th century Italian, Sicily. Towel 219379Flounce, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style, Brussels-style flounce patterned by two alternating vertically symmetrical groupings of scrolls and plants., France, 1700-1750, lace, FlounceSampler 19th century Italian. Sampler 228364Bag 18th-19th century China. Bag 68801Pair of sleeves Greek, Attica 19th centuryTextile Sample from Sample Book 19th century Japan. Textile Sample from Sample Book 68260Piece Japan. Piece 67961Panel Made 1750-1780 EnglandPiece early 19th century French. Piece 226550Fragment. Dimensions: 24 in. high 34 1/4 in. wide (61 cm high 87 cm wide). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228507Rank Badge with Manchurian Crane 18th century China. Rank Badge with Manchurian Crane 68924Detail from a cap mid-19th century Hungarian-Slovak. Detail from a cap. Hungarian-Slovak. mid-19th century. Muslin and bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesScarf. Culture: Austrian. Dimensions: L. 52 x W. 52 inches (132.1 x 132.1 cm). Date: 1809-10. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONFragment 18th century French. Fragment 219627Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223519Dalmatic. France. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 106.4 × 113.8 cm (41 7/8 × 44 7/8 in.)Warp repeat: 40.6 cm (16 in.)Weft: point repeat. Silk, gilt-metal strips, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silk bouclé yarns, plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven tape. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Purse Made 1670-1690 England. Silk, satin weave, with gussets of warp-faced plain weave silk; embroidered in silk floss, silver metal strip wrapped on silk core; alos frisÈ in metal, purl ; stitches knot, stem, satin, couching, couched looping around edges .Cover early 18th century Flemish, Brussels. Cover 227285Sampler 1823-25 Dutch. Sampler 228108Silk fabric; before 1795 (1780-00-00-1795-00-00);Fragment with a Star 4th-6th century. Fragment with a Star 443296Dalmatic. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 44 x W. 39 inches (111.8 x 99.1 cm). Date: mid-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bedcover (Charter Oak Quilt) Made 1825-1845 United States. .Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443211Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443320Piece 1810-15 British. Piece 219131Piece 1775-85 French. Piece. French. 1775-85. Linen. Textiles-PrintedTextile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment. 3rd-4th century. Linen, wool. Attributed to Egypt. TextilesMask, 20th century, 26 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (67.31 x 36.2 cm) (without fringe), Cotton, wood; dyed, Mali, 20th centuryRoundel 4th-5th century. Roundel 445904Piece 1775-1800 French. Piece 220423Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68619Plate 1830-40. Plate. 1830-40. Lacy pressed glassTextile Fragment 4th-6th century. Textile Fragment 447596Piece early 19th century French. Piece 230888Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67082Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443499Strip 18th century German. Strip. German. 18th century. Drawnwork. Textiles-LacesPiece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 16th-17th century. Silk. Textiles-VelvetsPiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenBorder Made 1825-1875 Mediterranean Region. Silk, needle lace; embroidered in back, four-sided open work, running, and satin stitches; French knots; mounted to cotton fiber paper .Textile Fragment 13th-14th century. Textile Fragment 448131Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 71984Bookbire of: poets of this time, 1899, Anonymous, in or after 1899 photograph Ornamented band designed by R.W.P. de Vries Jr. photographic support cyanotype book-cover, bindingTextile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444181Bedcover (Pumpkin Blossom Quilt) Made 1848-1850 Michigan. Cotton, plain weave; appliquÈd; embroidered in satin, chain and running stitches; machine stitch quilted; edged . Mrs. George F. GaleBag. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 7 1/5 x W. 5 1/2 inches (18.3 x 14 cm). Date: 1780. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Stole Made 1401-1500 Spain. Silk, velvet; cut, voided; additional brocading wefts in gilt strip (wound around silk fiber core) forming loops where required; gilt galloon trim and crosses; two attached silk cords, knotted and fringed .Fabric dyeing template using the Kata Yuzen technique bundles of bamboo branches against the background of an irregular grille unknownDress border 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Dress border. Greek Islands, Crete. 18th century. Silk on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 17 x W. 8 inches (43.2 x 20.3 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment early 18th century French. Fragment. French. early 18th century. Needle lace. Textiles-LacesFan ca. 1830-50 French. Fan 209980Doek, Anonymous, 1900 - 1949 Three -piece cloth with geometric motifs, bridal gift. Flores cotton (textile) Three -piece cloth with geometric motifs, bridal gift. Flores cotton (textile)Cap Crown; linen; Bequest of Marian Hague; 1971-50-413blur in dubai accessory colorfull scarf and headscarf old market Sauce Dish 1835-50 American. Sauce Dish. American. 1835-50. Lacy pressed opalescent glass. Probably made in New England, United StatesPiece 19th century Japan. Piece 72122Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 17 3/4 x W. 17 7/8 inches (45.1 x 45.4 cm). Date: 1793. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Photo collection of anefo. Unknown. Assignment MeJuFrum Biegel Wand Color Now. 170. June 1, 1949Edging late 18th century Flemish. Edging 222518