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Ornate Textile Fragments

Historical textile remnants featuring floral patterns and intricate designs, showcasing different weaving techniques from the early modern period.

Fragment multicolored brochure silk, c. 1700 - c. 1730 Fragment multicolored silk tissue. The pattern has a gray soil on which wavy, scaly lace -like fields with saved spaces in which a multicolored flower branch. Netherlands silk twill Fragment multicolored silk tissue. The pattern has a gray soil on which wavy, scaly lace -like fields with saved spaces in which a multicolored flower branch. Netherlands silk twill
Fragment multicolored brochure silk, c. 1700 - c. 1730 Fragment multicolored silk tissue. The pattern has a gray soil on which wavy, scaly lace -like fields with saved spaces in which a multicolored flower branch. Netherlands silk twill Fragment multicolored silk tissue. The pattern has a gray soil on which wavy, scaly lace -like fields with saved spaces in which a multicolored flower branch. Netherlands silk twill
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. Reticules are little fabric bags with a drawstring. They were used mostly to carry needlework tools. In 1798 the French fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes denounced this kind of bag as being ridicule (ridiculous).Piece 1710-20 French. Piece 220478Bookmark. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.3 x 24 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/4" wide; 14" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ellen Duncan.Mirror Case. Artist: Painting by Zain al-'Abidin. Dimensions: Ht. 9 1/4 in.(23.5 cm)W. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm). Date: A.H. 1206/ A.D. 1844-45.During the 18th and 19th centuries Iran witnessed a proliferation in the production of a wide array of lacquer objects. Regarded as desirable possessions and status symbols, painted lacquerwares were commissioned by royal and elite patrons, sold commercially and exported abroad in quantity. Lacquer painters took great pride in their individual styles, which they demonstrated by signing and dating their works. This one has been created by an artist who signed his work "Ya Zayn al-`Abidin" and dated it "sana 1206" (the year A.D. 1844-1845.)This mirror case is ornamented on the front and back with the gul-u-bulbul (bird-and-flower) design, wherein a nightingale sits in the midst of lush foliage. The inside of the shutter contains a spectacular painting of small flowers grouped around a large iris, with a butterfly in the upper right corner. This paiTextile Sample Book 1862 French, Paris. Textile Sample Book. French, Paris. 1862. Textiles-Sample BooksEmbroidery, 19th century. Small stitch floral composition.Ceiling paper, M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, Machine-printed paper, Oat meal colored ground with gilt circle forming leaves and flowers. Self-colored flowers, silver sprays., Buffalo, New York, USA, 1890-1900, Wallcoverings, Ceiling paperTzute-Cofradia, 1920-1930, 15 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (40.01 x 37.15 cm), Cotton, Guatemala, 20th centuryPurse, Medium: silk, copper beads Technique: embroidered on satin foundation, Woman's purse of gray satin embroidered with silk ribbons and colored silk floss. Copper beads stitched in pairs on the seam., Europe, early 19th century, costume & accessories, PurseStop flap of multicolored silk and linen on linen muslin .. stoppipe with embroidery. The embroidery has the letter am under a crown, the year Anno 1736 and various stop patterns.Plaid Floral, Block-printed, Two motifs of rose flowers with arsenic green leaves alternating on unpainted ground. Separating them are bands of gray with leaf and scroll motifs, edged by green lines., possibly France, 1820, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment, Sidewall - fragmentHandkerchief 1830-40 French. Handkerchief 227429Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Liberty Paper & Bag Co., Liberty Wall Paper Company; machine-printed paper; 92 x 49 cm (36 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)Byron Dingman, Beaded Bag, c 1939 Beaded BagFragment (Border) Made 1875-1900 Venice. Silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered in single satin stitches . M. Jesurum & Cie. (Producer)Birthday cards depicting plant and flower forms; birds.. Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Birds, FlowersNeedlework Pattern Made 1601-1700 England. Linen, plain weave with pencil and pen drawn floral design .Sampler (Netherlands); silk embroidery on linen foundationSampler, Medium: silk embroidery, glass beads, linen foundation, Six narrow bands of florals. Two bands unfinished. Approximately half of sampler is covered by beadwork., Mexico, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, SamplerPouch 1830-60 American. Pouch 168396Stop flap with a multi-colored embroidery on linen .. stoppipe with multicolored embroidery. The embroidery consists of a year anno 1819 and a square in which the initials cf. In the corners the pattern has floral motifs.Sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, running (pattern darning), hollie point needle lace (loop and twist and passive return) on plain weave foundation, Seventeen darning crosses, central patch, four squares with needle lace., Netherlands, 1814, embroidery & stitching, SamplerSample (France)Untitled Valentine (Flowers) 1840-1850 England. Collaged elements and watercolor on blue accented and embossed ivory wove paper .Long Sampler, 1780. Germany, late 18th century. Embroidery; silk on linen; overall: 101.6 x 30.5 cm (40 x 12 in.). Samplers were created as a mark of achievement in needlework by young ladies as they progressed in their education. Because they display levels of skill and technique, samplers often include figurative or scenic decoration along with the alphabet and various horizontal and vertical patterns that could serve as guides for future stitching. Most samplers reveal the pride of a young lady as she showed off her considerable accomplishment in sewing and were treasured from generation to generation.Fragment (Japan)Sampler, 1870. Germany, late 19th century. Embroidery; silk and cotton on cotton; overall: 31.5 x 34.6 cm (12 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.).Beadwork Picture (France); cotton, glass beadsPart of embroidered bodice from a womans dress unknownPortugal, Madeira Island, Funchal. Traditional souvenir handicrafts, famous hand-stitched embroidery.Fragment 18th century Italian or French. Fragment 230273Fragments from a Curtain, 300s - 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th - 6th century. Tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground, applied to plain tabby linen); linen and wool; overall: 10 x 12.7 cm (3 15/16 x 5 in.).Bookbinding (Jild-i kitab) 18th-19th century. Bookbinding (Jild-i kitab) 455075Francis Law Durand, Quilt, 1935 1942 QuiltCeiling paper, Howell and Brothers, 1835 - 1900, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Small floral sprigs alternating with single white flower. Printed in green, white and metallic gold on off-white or taupe ground., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Ceiling paperTextile Panel. Philippe de Lasalle (France, 1723-1805). France, Lyon, circa 1765. Textiles; panels. Silk and chenille brocaded on silk satin ground (lampas)Birthday and Easter cards depicting foliage, flowers, landscapes, birds, a squirrel, an owl and decorative ornamentation.. Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. FlowersBag 18th century European. Bag 102394Ôhi (Stole) Made 1875-1900 Japan. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2 1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float taced 1 2 'S' twill interlacings; lined with silk, 5 1 twill damask weave .Fritillaria Presica with Geometric Border, folio 46 (recto), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies), 1608. France. Watercolor, ink, silver, and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum; sheet: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.).Hood from a cope, embroidered unknownSample early 19th century French. Sample 224664Sample (France)Plaque, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1775 Plaat from Faience. Multicolored painted with four flowers. Delft . Plaat from Faience. Multicolored painted with four flowers. Delft .Cupboard in rustic style, Sweden.Embroidered message on a wall hanging, Sweden.