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Beautiful textile pieces from various centuries, featuring intricate floral and geometric patterns, showcasing the artistry and craftsmanship of historical fabrics.

Altar frontal 18th century French. Altar frontal 229397
Altar frontal 18th century French. Altar frontal 229397
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Piece mid-16th century Spanish. Piece 226499Shrub Carpet. Dimensions: H. left edge: 107in. (271.8cm)H. right edge: 105 1/2in. (268cm)W. TOP: 67 1/2in. (171.5cm)W. BOTTOM: 69in. (175.3cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sutra Cover 17th century China. Sutra Cover. China. 17th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece 16th century Italian or Spanish. Piece 216923Sutra Cover 16th-17th century China. Sutra Cover 69818Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 67935Woven Piece ca. 1860 American. Woven Piece 13812Altar frontal 18th century French. Altar frontal 229397Fragment (Border) Made 1701-1800 Iran. Fancy compound cloth, silk and gold wound on yellow silk core .Sampler. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 17 3/8 x W. 13 1/4 inches (44.1 x 33.7 cm). Date: 1836. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sutra Cover 17th century() China. Sutra Cover 69839Piece 18th century French. Piece 224251Flounce early 19th century French. Flounce 227330Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223505Piece ca. 1765-70 French. Piece 217189Piece late 18th century Russian. Piece 226362Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220315Piece 1730-40 French. Piece 220507Piece 18th century German. Piece 216637Breadth early 19th century French. Breadth 230907Part of a coverlet border 18th century Indian. Part of a coverlet border 230873Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224495Sampler 18th century Dutch. Sampler 228122Piece 1760-70 French. Piece. French. 1760-70. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-VelvetsPiece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220362Cover third quarter 15th century Italian. Cover 461114Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 219599Carpet. Culture: French, Aubusson. Dimensions: 122 × 97 in. (309.9 × 246.4 cm). Manufactory: Aubusson (Manufacture Royale, est. 1665: Manufacture, ca. 1812-present day). Date: 1814-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Pair of Lappets (Joined) Made 1860-1879 France. Silk, bobbin straight lace .Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223526Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 29 1/2 x W. 27 inches (74.9 x 68.6 cm). Date: ca. 1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 217030Piece 17th-18th century China. Piece 69803Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 217389Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66519Piece. Culture: Italian or Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 10 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (27.3 x 26.7 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 223992Piece 1770-80 French. Piece 224315Piece early 18th century China. Piece 69059Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 216893Piece Russian 19th centuryPiece 18th century German. Piece 216929Fragment (Italy); cotton; Bequest of Marian Hague; 1971-50-80Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 12 1/8 x W. 14 1/2 inches (30.8 x 36.8 cm). Date: 1782. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 216425Borders (England); cotton; Warp x Weft: 34.5 x 13.3 cm (13 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-292Piece early 18th century French. Piece 216799Textile 18th-19th century Japan. Textile 65025Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223409Fragments. France, Lyon. Date: 1715-1735. Dimensions: a: 105 x 21.8 cm (41 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.)b: 96 x 25.3 cm (37 3/4 x 10 in.)Warp repeat: 44.5-48.2 cm (17 1/2-19 in.). Silk, plain weave of two color complementary ground wefts self-patterned by areas of 3:1 twill interlacings. Origin: Lyon. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece French, Lyons 18th-19th centuryFlounce late 17th century French. Flounce 222457Strip of black machine side with diamond -shaped cartouches, anonymous, c. 1880 - c. 1899 Strip of black machine side: Machinal Chantilly side. The repeating and almost symmetrical pattern consists slightly below the center line of the strip of a succession of diamond -shaped cartouches. Each window is crowned by a narrow spring-shaped top on C-Voluten. Between the windows there is a leaf garland with one rosette flower and a loose rose branch above it and moesjes. At the bottom runs behind the windows along a straight horizontal track. There are three longer -leaking half ovals with dots in this course between the successive windows. On each half oval, a straight down -shaped leaf or corner hangs straight, alternating with and without round recesses in the middle. The motifs are connected by a machine tulip. The scrap edge consists of narrow deep shells and are formed by the hanging corners. The top of the strip is straight finished, but a slant of the strip is cut from the top on thePiece 18th century Japan. Piece 71646Band (Italy); linenStrip 18th century Slavonic. Strip 217794Sample early 19th century French. Sample 224046Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 224320Bridal veil 18th century Danish, Tønder. Bridal veil 221203Textile 19th century Japan. Textile 67990Textile, China, 18th-19th century, woven textiles, TextilePiece 18th century French. Piece 223339Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 217288Basket of flowers in laurel wreath. unknown c. 1775-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'4" x W 4'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 11/29/1929; 2 of them probably sold to Mrs. F. B. Hoffman, 2/15/1958, & one sold to Azure International 7/18/1959. Oval laurel wreath enclosing basket of flowers, suspended from flower-garlanded frame by ribbon French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 35258-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238856-0238859, 0184431Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220261Strip 18th century. Strip 450567Pieces (2) 1812-20 French. Pieces (2) 223104Fragment 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Fragment 216510Border early 19th century French. Border 223235Piece French, Lyons 18th-19th centuryPiece early 19th century French. Piece 227581Sample ca. 1830 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219979Fragment 1750-60 French. Fragment 219615Textile (France); silk; Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg; 1938-82-54-aBorder 1589-1610 French. Border 223040Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece 18th century French. Piece 229705Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223998Rank Badge with Lion late 18th-early 19th century China. Rank Badge with Lion 68964Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border 223143Piece 1770-80 French, Bordeaux or Nantes. Piece 221591Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66409Coverlet Made 1842 Indiana. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed . William Craig, Sr. (Weaver)Cuffs (one of a pair) 18th century French. Cuffs (one of a pair) 214674Cover. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 72 x W. 48 inches (182.9 x 121.9 cm). Date: first half 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Valance Italian or Spanish 19th centuryCravat end. Date/Period: 1690-1699. Cravat end. Medium: linen. Technique: needle lace. Author: UNKNOWN.Border early 19th century French. Border. French. early 19th century. Cotton. Textiles-PrintedPiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66304Coverlet Made 1835 United States. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined .Bedcover Made 1601-1700 Portugal. Linen, plain weave; in two thicknesses; quilted; embroidered in silk in chain stitch; attached fringe on all four edges warp-faced, weft rib plain weave; with weft fringe . Indo-PortugueseBanner dated 1649 Spanish. Banner 22104ENCAJE DE BOLILLOS.Carpet. Dimensions: H. 66 in. (167.64. cm)W. 51.00 in. (129.54 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Textile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445889Chasuble 16th century Italian. Chasuble 227914Cushion Cover or Kneeling Mat 18th-19th century China. Cushion Cover or Kneeling Mat. China. 18th-19th century. Foundation: cotton warp and weft; wool knotting. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-RugsBliżej Kultury unknownPiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66632Ruth M Barnes, Coverlet, c 1937 Coverlet