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Historical Textiles And Fabrics

A selection of intricate textiles from different cultures and epochs, featuring ornate patterns and historic craftsmanship in embroidery.

Piece mid-18th century Italian. Piece 219601
Piece mid-18th century Italian. Piece 219601
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Piece late 15th century Italian. Piece 227223Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 5 x 21 7/8 in. (12.7 x 55.6 cm). Date: 1770-80. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Hanging 19th century. Hanging. 19th century. Linen, silk thread. Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara. Textiles-EmbroideredCover 17th century. Cover. 17th century. Silk. Attributed to Morocco, Azemmour. Textiles-EmbroideredSampler 19th century Spanish. Sampler 228182Piece mid-18th century Italian. Piece 219601Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223110Border 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Border 221743Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 221783Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223575Piece ca. 1720 Italian, Venice. Piece 227467Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223590Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223231Piece 18th century French. Piece. French. 18th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenAltar cloth. Culture: Italian or French. Dimensions: L. 66 x W. 40 inches (167.6 x 101.6 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Furniture Cover for Throne () first half 19th century China. Furniture Cover for Throne () 70487Fragment, before 1968. Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945-1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 68 x 33.5 cm (26 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.).Piece ca. 1600 Italian. Piece 226369Piece 18th century French. Piece 223273Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 220499Cover early 19th century. Cover. early 19th century. Silk on cotton; embroidered. Attributed to Caucasus. Textiles-EmbroideredPart of Robe. Culture: China. Dimensions: Overall: 55 1/4 x 87 1/2 in. (140.3 x 222.3 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece early 17th century Italian. Piece 226705Panel of velvet. Culture: Italian, probably Florence. Dimensions: L. 84 1/2 x W. 24 1/2 inches (214.6 x 62.2 cm). Date: second half 16th century.Developed from pomegranate patterns from the previous century, this type of velvet was produced well into the seventeenth century. It was used extensively--but not exclusively--for ecclesiastical hangings and vestments. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sutra Cover 16th-17th century China. Sutra Cover 69817Imitation Bird Carpet Made 1901-1925 Romania. .Panel ca. 1765 French or Italian. Panel 229275Piece 18th century French. Piece 223316Pillow cover 16th-17th century Italian or German. Pillow cover 219561Fragment (Border) Morocco. Silk embroidery on plain, cream-colored cotton cloth. Stitch Holbein-stitch over three threads, stem-stitch .Border 18th century Spanish. Border 214307Fragment 1770-85 French. Fragment 220119Piece 1705-15 French. Piece 217036Piece 1650-60 French. Piece 216714Piece 18th century French. Piece 229148Carpet Made 1525-1575 Spain. Alcaraz was probably the most famous city in Spain for the production of carpets and other woven textiles, and it contiuned to be so until the mid-seventeenth century. The weaving technique of early Spanish carpets differs greatly from that of examples woven in the Near East. Pieces, such as this one, were made with a ësingle-warp knotí in which the yarn that formed the pile was wrapped around only one thread. Near Eastern weavers used several variations of knots wrapped around two warp threads to produce their carpets. The single-warp knot has become known as the ëSpanish knot.î. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as Spanish knots; warp fringe .Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224327Piece late 16th-early 17th century Italian. Piece 216899Piece 18th century French. Piece 224307Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68733Piece 1760-70 French. Piece. French. 1760-70. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece 1695-1700 Italian. Piece 227858Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220249Handkerchief Made 1801-1900 France. Silk, plain weave; embroidered .Chair seat. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 24 5/8 x W. 21 1/2 inches (62.5 x 54.6 cm). Date: 1804-14. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cover 18th century possibly British. Cover 227419Piece ca. 1725 () French. Piece 216519Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223669Counterpane, Bolton type ca. 1800-1830 British, probably This hand-loom-woven white cotton bed cover was made in one piece. The design is picked out in raised loops of heavy cotton weft threads. The heavy pattern wefts are in a 2:2 proportion to the lighter-weight main wefts. The piece has a central eight-pointed star motif, which is surrounded by various borders. It is self-fringed on all four sides.. Counterpane, Bolton type 13623Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223567Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223441Swaddling band 16th century Italian. Swaddling band 221173Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443213Piece ca. 1705-10 Italian. Piece 217168Chair Strip 19th century China. Chair Strip 52472Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 219007Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 224069Das of mutsenslip van kloskant met drie grote lelies.Das or barbe of black chulsboard: Chantilly side. Retured rectangular model. Within a double-sided symmetrical frame, asymmetrical bouquets are symmetrically grouped with respect to the short center axis. The linear picture frame encounters a horseshoe-shaped medallion at the ends, awarded a large impeller palm with. Three huge lilies hang out below. The design is the most closed at the ends and runs slightly towards the center. A barely scalloped edge exists in turn from a large winger blade and two small rosettes.Band 5th-6th century. Band 445845Priest's Robe (Shichijō) ca. 1625 Japan. Priest's Robe (Shichijō) 68403Border early 19th century Italian. Border 229501Fragment. Dimensions: 25 1/2 in. high 8 1/4 in. wide (64.7 cm high 20.9 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Handkerchief Made 1801-1900 Spain. Linen, plain weave, with drawnwork .Piece 18th century French. Piece 223980Piece 18th century French. Piece 224263Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223497Strook zwart kloskant met gebroken c-voluten.Strip of black climbing side: Chantilly side. An ongoing pattern exhibits alternately broken c-volutes with a leafscherp and a hanging flower branch, a side branch of which forms the other shell with four florets.Piece 18th century French. Piece 223276Border 18th century French or Danish. Border 219440Veil ca. 1825-30 Spanish. Veil 221510Embroidered darning sampler 1854 Dutch. Embroidered darning sampler 228074Flounce fragment 18th century Flemish. Flounce fragment 222466Piece. Culture: possibly Italian. Dimensions: L. 23 1/4 x w. 22 1/4 inches (59.1 x 56.5 cm) (loom width). Date: 1720-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223476Sampler 1730 German. Sampler 227936Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216371Cover early 17th century French. Cover 226302Piece 18th century French. Piece 223774Sampler 19th century Spanish or Mexican. Sampler 228178Fragment (Border) Made 1501-1600 Iran. Brocaded compound cloth .Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220290Part of a dress border 18th century Greek, Crete. Part of a dress border 219846Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenSquare 16th century Peruvian. Square 228931Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 73 (plus 4 1/2 inches lace at each end) x W. 21 1/2 inches (185.4 x 54.6 cm). Date: 1700-1715. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Tablecloth. Culture: German. Dimensions: H. 45 x W. 43 inches (114.3 x 109.2 cm). Date: 1815. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 216670Piece ca. 1705 Italian. Piece 227258Bedspread. Culture: French. Dimensions: 104 x 93 inches (264.2 x 236.2 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th century China. Piece 71908Piece ca. 1760 French. Piece 224349Curtain 18th century French. Curtain 227753Priest's Robe (Shichijō) Japan. Priest's Robe (Shichijō) 68391Piece 1675-1700 Italian. Piece 227466Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece. French. ca. 1750. Silk. Textiles-WovenFragment. Dimensions: 14 3/4 in. high 8 1/4 in. wide (37.5 cm high 21 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Concussion belt Selimand, FranciszekBand 3rd-4th century. Band 445840Banner with Shaft. Culture: Flemish. Dimensions: Banner (a); 72 3/4 x 74 1/4 in. (184.8 x 188.6 cm); shaft (b); L. 81 1/2 in. (207 cm.); L. of head 8 in. (20.3 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Wt. 2 lbs. 1.6 oz. (952.5 g). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sample French, Mulhouse ca. 1840 View more. Sample. French, Mulhouse. ca. 1840. Cotton. Textiles-Printed