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Ornamental Textile Fragments

Diverse textile fragments showcasing embroidery and tapestry techniques from different periods, rich in floral motifs and intricate designs.

Table cover, Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered in satin and chain stitch, Cream-colored linen table cover, with wide border designs worked in polychrome silks of pale green, yellow, pale rose, light blue, dark blue and dark green. Edged with border of dark green needle lace. Design made up of detached motifs of a leaf or feather pattern, much used in Spanish embroidery; at ends on inner border of curving vines enclosing birds holding flower in beak, and crowned lion. Stitches, largely satin stitch; bodies of animals outline in contrasting colors in chain stitch. Soft floss silk used., Spain, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Table cover
Table cover, Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered in satin and chain stitch, Cream-colored linen table cover, with wide border designs worked in polychrome silks of pale green, yellow, pale rose, light blue, dark blue and dark green. Edged with border of dark green needle lace. Design made up of detached motifs of a leaf or feather pattern, much used in Spanish embroidery; at ends on inner border of curving vines enclosing birds holding flower in beak, and crowned lion. Stitches, largely satin stitch; bodies of animals outline in contrasting colors in chain stitch. Soft floss silk used., Spain, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Table cover
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Border late 16th century Southern German or Italian. Border 218031
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Boetticher Carl (1806-1889), various decorations, fabrics, wallpaper (without date): Representation of the apostles and the evangelist symbols. Tusche watercolor and gold heighted on paper, 39.3 x 52.8 cm (including scan edges) Boetticher Carl (1806-1889): Verschiedene Dekorationen, Stoffe, Tapeten
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Cushion. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 9 1/2 x W. 4 3/8 inches (24.1 x 11.1 cm). Date: mid-17th century.The scene on the cushion probably depicts the Biblical heroine Susanna bathing. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Sampler (USA); Embroidered by Louisa Nenninger (American, b. 1815); silk embroidery on linen foundation
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Ernest Capaldo, Historical Textile, c 1940 Historical Textile
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Embroidery, Italy 19th century. Cross-stitch embroidery on thin hemp cloth; Alphabet with naturalistic shoots-shaped hem and the maker's signature, Maddalena Velasco, 1850-90; Beginner's work, embroidered in silk on thick linen, approximately 1850.
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Embroidered panel with Grotesque decoration 1560-70 Narrative scenes adapted from woodcuts by Bernard Salomon French An example of the kind of work Catherine de Medici appreciated is the Museum's panel of yellow satin embroidered with silk threads. One of a set of three (the others are in the Musée Historique des Tissus, Lyon), it hung as a valence around the top of a four-poster bed. Various print sources were culled for the airy design of grotesques, while its five vignettes derived from Ovid's Metamorphoses- based on the myths of Europa, Actaeon, Semele, Pyramus, and Salmacis- are adapted from woodcut illustrations published by Bernard Salomon in Lyon in 1557. Its brilliant colors, exquisite design, and sumptuous material would have suited the queen's taste perfectly.. Embroidered panel with Grotesque decoration 227890
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Carpets in the mediæval style designed by Pugin for Crace of London.. Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877. Prints. 1852. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decorative arts , Exhibitions, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
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Sampler (USA); Embroidered by Martha Goddard; silk embroidery on wool foundation
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Sampler, Sarah Yeakel, (American), Medium: silk and cotton embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem and rococo stitches on plain weave foundation, A house on top of a hill which rises to the right, with weeping willow trees and other trees, a fence, sheep, a peacock, flying birds and an alphabet; surrounded by an angular strawberry vine border., Pennsylvania, USA, 1806, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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Specimens of lacquer work from Cashmere.. Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877. Prints. 1852. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decorative arts , Exhibitions, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
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Border, 1790-1810; block-printed on handmade paper; 73 x 12 cm (28 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
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Sampler (Italy); Embroidered by Agnes Luxi; silk embroidery on wool foundation; Warp x Weft: 28 x 25 cm (11 x 9 13/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-50
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Historic Coverlet. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 3/4" wide; 9 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ruth M. Barnes.
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Coptic fragment of fabric from Egypt. Made from knitted wool and linen. Dated 9th Century