← Objects / Still Life

Historical Textiles and Fabrics

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
241 assets in this story
Reign of Louis XIII, pearl gray paperback in gold, red and white, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Cover 17th century Spanish. Cover 212811Merklap in the form of a bar linen, finished with an open zoom. Fourteen rows with different patterns needle side of different width. The biggest four have the famous "star" design. The others have windows and hearts; A row with standing ash and various small patterns. The brand flap is mounted on cardboard and is covered with green silk damest on the front. On the back of the cardboard Inscription: Miss Bimpas, 121 Westbourne Terrace, London W2. Exercise cap; Steel steak.William McAuley, Woven Coverlet, c 1936 Woven CoverletPiece 18th century French. Piece 216682Knitting pattern. Knitting pattern. Copyright: xZoonar.com/andriixsalivonx 1746569Piece late 18th or early 19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. late 18th or early 19th century. Silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-WovenFragment, 1800s. India, 19th century. Brocade; silk, gold and silver threads; overall: 127 x 139.7 cm (50 x 55 in.).Band 16th-17th century Italian or Greek. Band 215475Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 216448Coverlet Made 1840-1860 New York. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; full loom width; seamless .Piece 16th century Japan. Piece 71025Bedcover Made 1675-1700 Portugal. Linen, plain weave; quilted embroidered with silk floss in darning and back stitches; original silk fringe and tassels . Indo-PortugueseSleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68721Textile 19th century Japan. Textile 68044Fragment. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 14 x W. 2 1/2 inches (35.6 x 6.4 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228585Flounce Italian, probably Burano late 19th centuryFragment (China); silkBorder 16th century Italian. Border 214786Flounce 18th century possibly Danish. Flounce 222867Piece 18th century French. Piece 216967Handle or raises with moresken and arabesken; White moresken on a black fond. From series of 9 sheetsFlounce. Probably Northern Italy. Date: 1725-1750. Dimensions: 38.4 x 330.7 cm (15 1/8 x 130 1/8 in.)Width repeat: 81.7 cm (32 1/4 in.). Linen, bobbin part lace (worked in large sections with the aid of a hook). Origin: Northern Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Borders (2) 1815-30 French, Lyons. Borders (2) 226514Panel. France. Date: 1885-1900. Dimensions: 66.1 × 53.6 cm (26 × 21 1/8 in.)Warp repeat: 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.)Weft repeat: point repeat. Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain and twill interlacing; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Piece 18th century French. Piece 217090Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenPiece 1805-1815 French. Piece 223632Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228646Piece 19th century China. Piece 69743Band; linenBorder Made 1601-1625 Italy. Linen, needle lace worked on a laid and plaited thread grid, Reticello pattern .Brocade Fragment 16th century. Brocade Fragment 446701Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66120Coverlet Made 1848 New York. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined . Archibald Davidson (Weaver)Napkin with stylized pattern of a wreath and 'boteh's', anonymous, 1700 - 1725 Napkin from white Linnamast with a four -sided symmetrical pattern. In the middle a circle from which, diagonally, very stylized flower ornaments sprout; Flower vases on the space in between. The whole is enclosed by a flower and leaf wreath from which stems spring aside from which leaf fillets sprout and which end in a strange ornament that fills the corners of the midfield of the napkin. This ornament consists of a angular, flower branch-decorated, NAP or vase from which a 'Boteh-like decoration appears fills with a leaf motif and furthermore with servetwork. From the contours of this 'Boteh', flower branches, volutes and a lancet leaf -shaped ornament decorated with flowers. In the middle of the running and the horizontal edges, a stylized star -shaped flour with a rod or rod that is both wounded by a ribbon and by a branch with leaves, flowers and fruits. These edges are flanked by narrow edges in which Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 41 x W. 29 inches (104.1 x 73.7 cm). Date: ca. 1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 1765-70 French. Piece 220606Fragment late 18th century French. Fragment 214638Valance 16th century Spanish or Italian. Valance 229388Fragment of embroidery. unknown, authorTowel 19th century. Towel. 19th century. Silk, silver thread, linen. Attributed to Turkey. Textiles-EmbroideredTextile Fragment. Italy, 1560-1580. Textiles; fragments. Silk pile-on-pile velvetSample. Culture: French. Date: first half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lace maternity beater, ca. 1750; Image of a maternity bard. A lace beacon topper. Used approx. 1750 in Haarlem to hang under the door knock at the door to soften the sound of the beater and to indicate that a child was born in the house. Signature upper left: PL. VIII.Double affection of leaf refrences, shooting from a leaf in the middle; Frisians with leaf raft. One of 5 sheets.Fragment. Dimensions: 10 5/16 in. high 2 9/16 in. wide (26.2 cm high 6.5 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece Japan. Piece 67933Towel. Dimensions: H. 17 in. (43.2 cm)W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece French or Spanish 18th centurySampler 19th century German. Sampler 228522Piece 18th century () European. Piece 225060Cover ca. 1700 Italian Punto in arialiterally, "stitches in the air"is one of the earliest styles of needle lace, which is itself developed from cutwork of primarily geometric design. When lacemakers transitioned to using a foundation of threads laid out according to a pattern drawn on parchment, they were able to incorporate more fluid lines and curves into their designs.. Cover 226038Chair seat and back late 17th-early 18th century French. Chair seat and back 227755Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66541Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant China. Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant 68955Fragment Italian 16th century View more. Fragment. Italian. 16th century. Bobbin lace. Textiles-LacesCoverlet Made 1820-1830 United States. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts (overshot); two loom widths joined .Rank Badge with Wild Goose late 19th century China. Rank Badge with Wild Goose 69792Vintage old banners, swirls, corners and different borders. Vector decorative frames. Design elements for your project. Sketch ornament vignette illustration, vintage elements for invitation decoration. Vintage old banners, swirls, corners and different borders. Vector decorative frames. Design elements for your projectFragments, The deities of Olympus; Company: Oberkampf & Cie. (France); France; cotton; Warp x Weft (a): 68 × 68 cm (26 3/4 × 26 3/4 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 77.5 × 34.5 cm (30 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.) Warp x Weft (c): 75 × 19 cm (29 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.) Repeat H (pattern): 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-63-a/cPiece 18th century French. Piece 224115Roundel with Animal Decoration Coptic. Roundel with Animal Decoration, 5th-7th century C.E. Wool, 3 x 4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 cm). Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art 5th-7th century C.E.Arabian from Cairo No 1 Plate XXXI From The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones published by Day & Son London 1865Arabian ornamentSampler 1760 Dutch. Sampler 228058Skirt Panel Made 1880-1900 France. .Dalmatic ca. 1735 Italian or French. Dalmatic 227794Baby Carrier Panel, 23 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (60.33 x 53.98 cm), Cotton; dyed, ChinaWindowpane. Culture: American. Dimensions: H. 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm). Maker: Glasshouse of John and Craig Ritchie. Manufacturer: Manufactured by Wheeling Flint Glass Works (1829-ca. 1839). Date: 1833-36. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenCushion Cover for Throne 18th century China. Cushion Cover for Throne 68432Tunic 12th-15th century Central Coast (). Tunic 310191Vintage flower frame designBedcover. Attributed to Elizabeth Patterson Saltmarsh (American, 1740-1816), Abigail Patterson (American, 1743/44-1808), Lydia Patterson Pixley (American, 1745-1808), Martha Patterson Woodbridge (American, 1750-1801), Sarah Patterson Brown (American, 1753-1800), and Esther Patterson Marean (American, 1756-); Union Township, Broome County, New York, United States. Date: 1791-1800. Dimensions: 250.2 x 244.1 cm (98 1/2 x 96 in.). Wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool in buttonhole, herringbone, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with fringe. Origin: New York. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Sisters of the Honorable Amos Patterson.Trencher (one of a set). Culture: British. Dimensions: 4 9/16 × 5 11/16 in. (11.6 × 14.4 cm). Date: early 17th century.One of a set of twelve trenchers (64.101.1579-.1590) and a box (64.101.1591a, b). In center of trenchers are reserves containing moralising inscriptions. See also 64.101.1566-1578a, b, for a set of trenchers and box, probably from the same workshop, inscribed with humorous four-line verses on the relations between married people. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Needlepoint (Burano Point) Lace and Embroidery Handkerchief, 18th century. Italy, Burano, 18th century. Linen center with wide needlepoint lace edging and embroidered scallops along edge of center; average: 30.5 x 30.5 cm (12 x 12 in.).Sampler 1852 Scottish. Sampler. Scottish. 1852. Wool and silk on cotton canvas. Textiles-EmbroideredPiece late 18th century French. Piece 223710vector set of vintage designsShowcase with textile objects; Room 166 (kantacle) Art industry February 1975..Fragment Made 1701-1800 Lyon. Brocaded plain compound cloth .Fragment 12th-14th century Chancay. Fragment 307940Fragment of a Band. Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) X W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm). Date: 6th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment. Spain. Date: 1601-1675. Dimensions: . Brocaded silk. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Elizabethan ornamentSampler 1826 Dutch. Sampler 228062Georgian knot ornament from old temple's exterior 2015Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 443830Sheet with twelve ornaments with allegorical objects and figures.Piece 1870-75 British. Piece 226216Sample late 18th-early 19th century Style of Jean François Bony. Sample 223035Panel Made 1730-1739 France. Silk, silver-gilt-strips wound around silk fiber cores, warp-float faced 7 1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings and self-patterned by areas of 1 3 twill interlacings .F.J. Kleyn, Ornament tile with checkerplate motif, wall tile tile footage ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x painted glazed sprinkled Square yellow shard two nail holes Two-color: purple and blue on white fond tile bakery Piet HeijnSprinkled purple ornament tile, double bows along two diagonals, center double, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Yellow shard square two nail holes. Purple on white.Pillowcase Manufactory Banffy-Hunyad 19th century View more. Pillowcase. Hungarian, Kalotaszeg. 19th century. Wool on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredCover late 16th or early 17th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. late 16th or early 17th century. Linen, embroidered net. Textiles-LacesPiece ca. 1750 () French. Piece 224008Field of nine tiles with leaf pattern, anonymous, c. 1560 - c. 1600 Field of nine tiles (3 x 3) with multicolored (blue and orange) leaf patterns in filling technique and eight sides. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of nine tiles (3 x 3) with multicolored (blue and orange) leaf patterns in filling technique and eight sides. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica