Italian Textile Fragments

Historic textile pieces from the 15th to 18th centuries, featuring intricate floral patterns and vivid colors, reflecting Italian craftsmanship.

Tulip and Rose, Morris & Co., (London, England), William Morris, (British, 1834-1896), Medium: wool Technique: triple cloth, Eight pieces sewn together to make a panel; six are full loomed widths. Ogival lattice of vine and leaves framing tulips and roses. In light blue and ivory on a dark blue ground, with some flowers in red and orange, in alternating rows., England, 1876, woven textiles, Curtain, Curtain

Piece. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: L. 50 x W. 18 inches (127.0 x 45.7 cm); With frame: H. 56 1/2 x W. 28 12 inches (143.5 x 7142.5 cm). Date: second half 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment Made 1650-1700 Italy. .

Fragment of an orphrey second half 15th century Italian, Florence. Fragment of an orphrey 227192

Textile with Foliated Scroll and Pomegranate Motives 15th century Italian. Textile with Foliated Scroll and Pomegranate Motives 465903

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 22 x 20 1/4 in. (55.9 x 51.4 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Velvet Fragment with Bird and Flower Design second half 16th century Among the finest examples of silk velvet in the collection, this fragment is one of a small group of surviving textiles sharing a similar weave structure. While much of this piece appears today as beige, originally the colorful and intricate design floated against a shimmering surface of gold, the background completely covered with flat gilded metal threads, some of which are still visible. Such fabrics were referred to as "gold velvet" by European visitors to the Safavid court. With its finely drawn design, multihued palette, and lavish threads, this textile was one of the most luxurious produced in its day.. Velvet Fragment with Bird and Flower Design 452365

Tulip and Rose, Morris & Co., (London, England), William Morris, (British, 1834-1896), Medium: wool Technique: triple cloth, Eight pieces sewn together to make a panel; six are full loomed widths. Ogival lattice of vine and leaves framing tulips and roses. In light blue and ivory on a dark blue ground, with some flowers in red and orange, in alternating rows., England, 1876, woven textiles, Curtain, Curtain

Portion of an orphrey 15th-16th century Italian, possibly Florence. Portion of an orphrey. Italian, possibly Florence. 15th-16th century. Silk and linen. Textiles-Woven

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Off-white cotton, block printed in a floral design in red, blue, yellow, and green, outlined in dark brown. Ascending spirals of green-blue ribbon with curved clusters of small flowers form vertical columns; in the spaces a floral sprig with a large red flower alternates with a curving foliage pattern in violet and blue. The back-ground is filled with a picotage pattern in black. b) is cut from upper left corner of a)., France, late 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Orphrey. Culture: Italian, Siena. Dimensions: L. 21 1/2 x W. 6 1/4 inches (54.6 x 15.9 cm). Date: ca. 1400. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le Meteore, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Ships making war on what appears to be a Turkish town within a grid of leaves an blossoms of exotic plants. In purple/brown on white., Alsace, France, ca. 1840, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile, Textile

Silk brokaat decorated with palm-motifs and country house ,, c. 1720 - c. 1740 Silk tissue, launched and brought with metal wire. Design: horizontally running zigzag shape, above and under complicated arrangements made up of flowers and semi-abstract shapes, including butterfly wings, filled with 'napping work' and flower vines, in écru and metal color on a green stock. Put on linen. France silk. brocade (textile) Silk tissue, launched and brought with metal wire. Design: horizontally running zigzag shape, above and under complicated arrangements made up of flowers and semi-abstract shapes, including butterfly wings, filled with 'napping work' and flower vines, in écru and metal color on a green stock. Put on linen. France silk. brocade (textile)

Fragment; silk, metallic

Carpet fragment, Medium: wool, linen on hemp ground Technique: cut velvet (velours d'Arras or moquette), Rectangle, pieced for a chairback, with symmetrical Louis XV design in rose, tan, light green, and dark blue-green wool, white linen hiding dark hemp ground. Broad warp-surfaced plain cloth hemp selvages. Much worn and faded in most place to tan, green and white., France, 1650-70, woven textiles, Carpet fragment

Cover. Culture: French or Italian. Dimensions: 83 × 32 in. (210.8 × 81.3 cm). Date: second half 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Border, Block-printed paper, A vining floral pattern is intertwined with a vining foliate pattern in a cable molding effect. Printed in shades of tan on an olive green ground. Band of fancy gimp along top and bottom edges., USA, 1880-90, sample books, Wallcoverings, Border

Orphrey and two panels. Culture: Italian, possibly Florence. Dimensions: L. 44 x W. 9 inches (111.8 x 22.9 cm). Date: 15th-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71106

Fragment; silk, linen, metallic

Fragment (Japan)

Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1 2 'Z' twill interlacings .

Fragment. Spain; probably Granada. Date: 1475-1500. Dimensions: 60.8 × 30.5 cm (23 7/8 × 12 in.). Silk; lampas technique. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Textile Fragment, 15th century. Spain, Islamic period, 15th century. Lampas weave, satin; silk and gold; average: 37 x 15.4 cm (14 9/16 x 6 1/16 in.).

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 8 x W. 4 inches (20.3 x 10.2 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Persischer Gartenteppich.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Piece. Culture: possibly French. Dimensions: L. 54 1/2 x W. 21 3/4 inches (138.4 x 55.2 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hanging. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 120 x W. 26 inches (304.8 x 66.0 cm). Date: ca. 1710. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sutra Cover. China. Date: 1590-1599. Dimensions: 34.6 × 14.2 cm (13 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.)Repeat: 17.2 × 11.2 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.). Silk, warp-float-faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft float faced 1:4 satin interlacings. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1425-1475. Dimensions: 32 × 36.2 cm (12 5/8 × 14 1/4 in.)Repeat: 21.2 × 17.7 cm (8 3/8 × 7 in.). Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Quilt, 68 x 46 in. (172.72 x 116.84 cm), Cotton; needlework, China

Two Pieces from a Scarf, 1700s. Iran, 18th century. Brocade; overall: 38.5 x 50.5 cm (15 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.).

Fragment Made 1425-1475 Italy. Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts .

Panel; medium; silk, linen

Border. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 19.0 x 199.5 cm (7 1/2 x 78 1/2 in.). Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Indian kinkaub pattern, 1851 - 1853, Day & Son, London. Decorative arts, Exhibitions, Great Exhibition (1851 London, England), Lithographs, Chromolithographs

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66231

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1650-1700. Dimensions: 31.8 x 25.4 cm (12 1/2 x 10 in.). Silk. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 9 1/2 x W. 10 1/2 inches (24.1 x 26.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (57.2 x 52.1 cm). Date: 1720-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: velvet, Green cut velvet, small palmette in foliage frame; old gold ground., Italy, 16th-17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Fragment of a sheet with green curved shapes 19th century Anonymous. Fragment of a sheet with green curved shapes. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Textile with Brocade 14th century Egyptian. Textile with Brocade 468134

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1650-1700. Dimensions: . Silk. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Panel 17th century Italian. Panel 229849

Fragment (Japan)

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Three nearly complete repeats of a design composed of two alternating medallions. One has a group of putti in a bacchanalian procession; the other, a putto riding on a dolphin., France, ca. 1810, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: woven, End of a shawl or scarf with border design at right angles to the field., Iran, 16th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 26 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (67.3 x 46.4 cm). Date: 1720-25. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Napkin with Frisian weapons and Orpheus in the middle of the animals, Quirijn Jansz. Damast (Possible), 1645 Linnamast napkin with Frisian weapons and Orpheus. Midfield: The symmetrically doubled pattern shows the following scenes from bottom to top: 1 the weapons camminga-eckinga with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. 2 Orpheus with the animals. 3 The Groustins-Jongema weapons with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. Standing edges: double slender with a running hunting dog and deer. Lying edges: Hazy hunt. Corners: rosette. Round: Blocking edge. Haarlem linen (material) damask Friesland Linnamast napkin with Frisian weapons and Orpheus. Midfield: The symmetrically doubled pattern shows the following scenes from bottom to top: 1 the weapons camminga-eckinga with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. 2 Orpheus with the animals. 3 The Groustins-Jongema weapons with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. Standing edges: double slender with a running hunting dog and deer. Lying edges: Hazy hunt. Corners: rosette. Round: Blocking

Sidewall, Embossed, Embossed 'baroque' pattern of sunflower, poppy, roses and acanthus leaves, printed in tan and brown. Imitation leather., France, 1875-99, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

TIRA DE TEJIDO CON EL ESCUDO DE LOS MENDOZA - SIGLO XVI - BROCADO DE ORO SOBRE TERCIOPELO. Author: ESCUELA ITALIANA. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). Textiles-Woven

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Napkin with Frisian weapons and Orpheus in the middle of the animals, Quirijn Jansz. Damast (Possible), 1645 Linnamast napkin with Frisian weapons and Orpheus. Midfield: The symmetrically doubled pattern shows the following scenes from bottom to top: 1 the weapons camminga-eckinga with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. 2 Orpheus with the animals. 3 The Groustins-Jongema weapons with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. Standing edges: double slender with a running hunting dog and deer. Lying edges: Hazy hunt. Corners: rosette. Round: Blocking edge. Haarlem linen (material) damask Friesland Linnamast napkin with Frisian weapons and Orpheus. Midfield: The symmetrically doubled pattern shows the following scenes from bottom to top: 1 the weapons camminga-eckinga with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. 2 Orpheus with the animals. 3 The Groustins-Jongema weapons with a helmet sign; Anno 1645. Standing edges: double slender with a running hunting dog and deer. Lying edges: Hazy hunt. Corners: rosette. Round: Blocking

Panel. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 34 x W. 21 inches (154.9 x 63.5 cm). Date: late 15th-early 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Bamboo, Pine, and Fan with Painted Scene. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), first half of 18th century. Textiles. Silk figured satin (rinzu), stenciled imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko shibori), with silk- and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread embroidery, hand-painted ink (kaki-e)

Bedroom Stencil. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 55 x 33.2 cm (21 5/8 x 13 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred E. Bent.

Fragment (Japan)

Panel. France. Date: 1700-1725. Dimensions: 84.7 × 51 cm (33 3/8 × 20 1/8 in.) Repeat: 66 × 25.6 cm (26 × 10 in.). Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (filé and frisé), warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced twill intelacings. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Print, Vignette or Label; France; wood engraving on paper; 6.4 × 11.4 cm (2 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.); 1945-200-465

Steel curtain fabric to the design of Theo Nieuwenhuis in Passe-partout, Theo Nieuwenhuis, c. 1910 Steel Curtain fabric from Jacquard-Woven Cotton designed by Theo Nieuwenhuis, in original Passe-Partout. The steel consists of two pieces sewn together. The pattern consists of vertical tires consisting of geometric and organic motifs, from which flower branches of Magnolia grow. Red -brown impact on light green chain. Netherlandsmaker: Helmond Staal: Cotton (Textile). PASE-PARTOUT: Cardboard jacquard Steel Curtain fabric from Jacquard-Woven Cotton designed by Theo Nieuwenhuis, in original Passe-Partout. The steel consists of two pieces sewn together. The pattern consists of vertical tires consisting of geometric and organic motifs, from which flower branches of Magnolia grow. Red -brown impact on light green chain. Netherlandsmaker: Helmond Staal: Cotton (Textile). PASE-PARTOUT: Cardboard jacquard

Piece. Culture: possibly Spanish. Dimensions: L. 34 1/2 x W. 21 inches (87.6 x 53.3 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Arabesques : faïences murales d'un kiosque (XVIe. siècle). Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Drawings. 1877. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Architecture, Islamic, Architecture , Egypt , Cairo, Art , Egypt , Cairo, Art, Islamic, Islamic decoration and ornament, Arabesques, Faience tiles, Tiles, Islamic

Piece. Culture: French or Italian. Dimensions: L. 30 x W. 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm). Date: ca. 1640. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel China. Panel 68560

Curtain fabric - Tulip, 1875. Designer: William Morris. Manufacturer: Morris & Co

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71296

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Horizontal rectangle, with four parallel bands set with open octagonal figures, joined with notched red stripes., USA, 1820-30, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Textile Fragment 16th century This silk double-cloth fragment depicts foxes sitting on a green ground amid peach-colored branches and roses, with the same design in opposite colors on the reverse. By alternating the orientations of the foxes and staggering the pattern, the naqshband (designer) of this textile gave a sense of movement to the repeating rows of seated foxes. Depictions of animals were popular in Safavid-era objects, as they often provided a connection to the princely pastimes of hunting and falconry.. Textile Fragment. 16th century. Silk; plain weave, double cloth. Attributed to Iran. Textiles-Woven

Sea Weed, Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Batik sarong in brown, pink, and dark blue. Dark blue seaweed pattern placed freely over the pink-brown ground in the body or 'badan' of the piece. The head or 'kepala' (broad band with different coloring and pattern than remainder) shows dark ground with floral pattern., Pekalongan, Indonesia, 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Sarong, Sarong

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel mid-15th century Italian, Venice. Panel 227211

Leaf pattern of saved flowers and leaves, Anonymous, 1750 - 1900 Leaf pattern of flowers and leaves saved. With label with inscription: 'J.C. Teding van Berkhout ... Pernienda. ' Half of a cover. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1 4 satin interlacings .

Panel. Probably Italy. Date: 1550-1600. Dimensions: 49.4 x 164.2 cm (19 1/2 x 64 5/8 in.). Silk, plain weave; double-faced needlework embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace and with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plaited braid; two panels joined. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Panel, Medium: multicolor silk and hand-woven linen Technique: counted stitch embroidery, Flame stitch embroidery in an allover multicolor pattern of offset rows of flattened diamonds in knot-like diamond grid. Narrow outer borders with two-strand twin motif in blue and yellow., Italy, 16th-early 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Panel

Panel. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 74 1/2 x W. 42 1/2 inches (189.2 x 108.0 cm). Date: first quarter 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. Designed by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (English, 1851-1942); England, London. Date: 1876-1896. Dimensions: 112.1 x 47.4 cm (44 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.)Repeat: 7.5 x 7.7 cm (3 x 3 in.). Cotton and wool, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps. Origin: London. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Fragment (Japan)

Panel (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1900 Iran. .

Noblemans Mat of Honor (Lampit)

Panel, early 1800s. Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa , early 19th century. Tapa cloth, printed; overall: 90.2 x 153 cm (35 1/2 x 60 1/4 in.).

Sidewall - fragment, Block-printed, Vertical rectangle with repeating pattern of foliate scrolls and conventionalized floral motif. Printed in yellow, blue, black and white on red ground., France, 1825-30, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Tablecloth. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.2 x 23.1 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 61 1/2" long; 55" wide. Medium: gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Isabelle De Strange.

Album with performances of the passion of Christ. Album with 26 carvings on 26 album blades. The album contains free copies to the prints from the Series The small passion by Albrecht Dürer with performances from the life and passion of Christ. In band lined with decorative paper with the front and in the back of a bract.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 24 5/8 x 19 1/8 in. (62.5 x 48.6 cm). Date: ca. 1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. France. Date: 1675-1700. Dimensions: . Brocaded fancy compound satin. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Insertion 16th century Italian This piece shows the transition from reticello to punto in aria.. Insertion 220813

Piece. Culture: Spanish or Italian. Dimensions: 22 x 21 1/2 inches (55.9 x 54.6 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel early 18th century Italian. Panel 461391

Ritual Weaving(Tampan), mid-18th to 19thcentury, Cotton; supplementary weft, 78 × 71 cm (30 11/16 × 2715/16in.), ILE2006.4.124 , Made in Tanjung Jati, Lampung Pasisir, Sumatra, Semangka Bay, Indonesia, Lampung, 18th-19thcentury, Textiles

Square diapers from a frieze over columns and panelling in windows, in various parts of the Alhambra Date: 1868

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 22 x 19 3/4 in. (55.9 x 50.2 cm). Date: 1735-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel with Shou Characters and Lingzhi Fungus 16th-early 17th century China In this textile, the Chinese character for longevity (shou) is paired with lingzhi, a type of fungus said to impart long life. Both the shou characters and the outlines of the lingzhi are woven in metallic thread.. Panel with Shou Characters and Lingzhi Fungus 54409 China, Panel with Shou Characters and Lingzhi Fungus, 16thearly 17th century, Brocaded silk twill damask, 21 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. (54.3 x 51.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1946 (46.133.19)

Cover. Turkey. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 210.8 × 153.8 cm (83 × 60 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered in coral and stem stitches; laid work and couching. Origin: Turkey. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Tapestry; XVII century (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);Strzałecki, Antoni Jan (1844-1934) - collection, tapestries, purchase (provenance)

Fragment (Japan)

Germany's Famous Authors, 1824. Gustav Karl Friedrich Lüderitz (German, 1803-1884). Portfolio of 6 lithographs;

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