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Historical Textile Samples

Artistic fabric samples from various periods, showcasing intricate patterns and designs from Italian, Spanish, and Chinese cultures.

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223306
Piece 18th century French. Piece 223306
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Piece 1725-30 Italian or French. Piece 227868Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 222996Piece. Culture: Italian. Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Strip early 17th century Spanish. Strip 226729Piece 17th-18th century China. Piece. China. 17th-18th century. Silk, metallic thread. Textiles-WovenPiece 18th century French. Piece 223306Piece 17th century Italian or French. Piece 220530Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 217290Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220393Part of an overskirt ca. 1730-40 French. Part of an overskirt 230858Piece 18th century French. Piece 224252Piece 18th century French. Piece 216731Border 16th-17th century Italian. Border 222428Cushion cover. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 22 3/4 x W. 14 3/4 inches (57.8 x 37.5 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece late 17th century Italian. Piece 219662Piece 1550-99 Spanish. Piece 222628Piece 17th century Spanish or Italian. Piece 222995Fragment (From a shawl) Made 1825-1875 Iran. .Cover 16th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. 16th century. Linen. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece 17th century Italian or French. Piece 227856Fragment 17th century French. Fragment 220701Millefleurs ground with two medallions. unknown c. 1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'11" x W 17'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: The Saint Louis Art Museum (by 1928). French & Co. purchased from City Art Museum of St. Louis 12/23/1948 transferred to SS 57801 SS 80257. French & Co. purchased from City Art Museum of St. Louis 12/23/1948; sold to V & C Vigo & Charles Sternberg 3/26/1962 SS 57801. Possibly purchased at auction in Cape Cod, c.1976. United States, New York, New York, Vojtech Blau. Medallions with figural & landscape scenes; medallions decorated garlands of flowers & fruit, & brackets headed & footed by grotesque face (BRD) garland of oversize flowers & fruit interspersed with bunches of grapes; (L & R BRD) flowers & shoots springing from bottom French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80257 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 57801 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), fig.253 Davis, BullSt.Louis 13 (Jan. 1928), 6-8 Related Works: CompositionaFragment of a Tunic 6th century. Fragment of a Tunic 443749Piece 18th century French. Piece 223753Piece 18th century French. Piece 223291Fragment (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1800 Iran. .Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 70401Kloskant dress strip with circles and checks, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1820 Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On a coarse mesh stock there is a closed edge of flat scales, above which symmetrically grouped circular and diamond patterns, connected by swingers, rise. Leaf branches come from this, while above the circles large feathers are getting along of twigs with rosette flowers. In addition, there is an airy, asymmetrical garland. Geraardsbergen (Possible) silk bobbin lace Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On a coarse mesh stock there is a closed edge of flat scales, above which symmetrically grouped circular and diamond patterns, connected by swingers, rise. Leaf branches come from this, while above the circles large feathers are getting along of twigs with rosette flowers. In addition, there is an airy, asymmetrical garland. Geraardsbergen (Possible) silk bobbin lacePiece 18th century French. Piece 224356Cope ca. 1500 Italian. Cope 468108Curtain (For a Bed). Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Patmos. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 323.2 x 188.6 cm (127 1/4 x 74 1/4 in.)Repeat: 3.5 x 19 cm (1 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running stitches (pattern darning); four loom widths joined. Origin: Pátmos. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 216897Textile Fragment 6th-7th century. Textile Fragment 448914Cover 17th-18th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. 17th-18th century. Silk on linenPiece mid-18th century French. Piece 217153Strip 19th century French. Strip 212395Piece 1780-90 French. Piece 223301Piece ca. 1735 French. Piece 217285Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224469Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 72 1/2 x W. 21 1/2 inches (184.2 x 54.6 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Towel mid-18th century. Towel 451058Headcovering 19th century. Headcovering 445981Border early 19th century Italian, Sicily. Border. Italian, Sicily. early 19th century. Machine net. Textiles-LacesPiece 1670-90 French. Piece 226452Sutra Cover 17th century China. Sutra Cover. China. 17th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenFragment. Dimensions: Textile: L. 5 in. (12.7 cm) W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)Storage mount: L. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)W. 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece second half 18th century French. Piece 227831Piece 18th century French. Piece 223341Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223412Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 19 in. (25.4 x 48.3 cm) (loom width). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece probably early 19th century French. Piece 219123Piece ca. 1720 French. Piece. French. ca. 1720. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenFragment. Dimensions: 21 1/16 in. high 7 1/2 in. wide (53.5 cm high 19.1 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece ca. 1730 French. Piece 217274Piece 1700-1715 Italian. Piece 224530Band 4th-5th century. Band 445933Piece 18th century French. Piece 224462Piece ca. 1735-50 Italian. Piece 220447Piece late 18th century Italian, probably Sicily. Piece 226976Sampler 1858 German. Sampler 228531Shawl. France. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 200.7 × 101.6 cm (79 × 39 3/8 in.). Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Border 18th century Russian. Border. Russian. 18th century. Embroidered net. Textiles-LacesPiece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 72 x W. 23 3/4 inches (loom width)182.9 x 60.3 cm. Date: ca. 1830. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Hooked Rug ca. 1850 American. Hooked Rug 13959Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443441Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 18 3/8 x W. 18 3/4 inches (46.7 x 47.6 cm). Date: 1771. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Rug. Culture: Japan or Central Asia. Dimensions: 115 x 115 in. (292.10 x 292.10 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Handkerchief. Culture: American or British. Dimensions: 31 x 34 1/4 in. (78.7 x 87 cm). Date: ca. 1824. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Large-leaf verdure (feuille de choux) with two vases. Clynckere, Jan de (Netherlandish (before 1600), act.ca.1550-1600) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Oudenaarde Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Darsa, received 10/5/1955; "missing 1965". Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Two vases with flowers on ornamental band of shrubery in front of screen of greenery composed of plants with flowers & fruit amidst curling acanthus-like leaves (BRD) narrow band with geometric design of flowers in quatrelobe compartments Perhaps woven by Jan de Clynckere of Oudenaarde, whose mark resembles the one on the lower guard. Strip along bottom of central field looks odd but I believe is OK since the narrow border looks OK, & especially because of the presence of the weaver's mark; a rare mark. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 56491 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923),Piece 18th century French or Italian. Piece 230916Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 18 1/2 x W. 18 inches (47.0 x 45.7 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 445908Dress border 1697 Greek, Crete. Dress border 221712Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228512Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223650Carpet. Dimensions: H. 103 in. (261.6 cm)W. 70 in. (177.8 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 224001Hanging 17th century Spanish or Portuguese. Hanging 227069Pieces (2) Russian 19th centuryDress border early 19th century French. Dress border 223156Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 15 x W. 16 7/8 inches (38.1 x 42.9 cm) (loom width)Each panel: H. 13 7/8 x Greatest W. 7 5/8 inches35.2 x 19.4 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bliżej Kultury unknownFurniture Cover for Table 18th century China. Furniture Cover for Table 69751Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223638Veil 17th century Italian. Veil 222697Border Made 1601-1700 Italy. Linen, darned netting .Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 226972Sampler 18th century. Sampler 445949Grille 15th-16th century European. Grille 468475Piece 15th-16th century Italian. Piece 227154Fragment with Hook Pattern 10th-15th century Ica. Fragment with Hook Pattern 308093Sample ca. 1830 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219980Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 216463Sutra Cover 17th-18th century China. Sutra Cover 69799Openwork Headband 12th-15th century Chancay. Openwork Headband 310695Band 18th century possibly German. Band 215657Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 39 x W. 30 inches (99.1 x 76.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443246Square 18th century German. Square 217236Two Fragments Made 1701-1800 France. Silk, satin damask weave; brocaded; polychrome floral pattern on red ground (research card) .