Textile Designs and Embroideries

Various textile fragments and embroidered works featuring floral patterns and intricate designs, showcasing craftsmanship from different historical periods.

Fragment, Medium: cotton on bast fiber Technique: embroidered, Europe, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Embroidered Blanket. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 43.3 x 35.5 cm (17 1/16 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy Lacey.

Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Pine Bark Lozenges and Wisteria. Japan, 18th century. Textiles. Silk satin (shusu), stenciled imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko shibori) with silk and gilt paper wrapped silk thread embroidery

Chintz. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 28.1 cm (14 1/8 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Meyers.

Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers on points stock, anonymous, c. 1715 - c. 1755 brocade paper Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers on point stock. Used as a cover for a publication from 1734. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Fragment of a Bed Curtain, 1600s - 1700s. Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 47 x 36.2 cm (18 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.).

Preparatory Design for Si, Watercolor, gouache, over etching, Thick white laid paper, Lyon, France, France, 1710-30, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Sidewall - Fragment (France); block-printed; 29.5 x 16.5 cm (11 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

Fragment Made 1501-1600 Italy. simple satin damask .

Fragment, Medium: cotton on bast fiber Technique: embroidered, Europe, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Collection of fortress plans. I. Planes of Portugal, Spain, France and the Netherlands.

Design for the Bottom Corner of a Woven Fabric, Impressed lines, brush and opaque paint on several pieces of oily tracing paper, Boughs with leaves, with naturalistic blossoms and with lace flowers, grow from an undulated band. Top right: a narrow vertical stripe with a rinceau of a similar design., France, 1815-1830, Drawing, Drawing

Sidewall - fragment, Machine-printed, In the Aesthetic style, stylized foliage and floral motifs set within geometric divisions, printed in mauves and tans on off-white ground., USA, 1870-90, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1650-1700. Dimensions: 18.7 x 25.6 cm (7 3/8 x 100 1/8 in.). Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in plain interlacing. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Border, Machine-printed, mica, Old rose, brown and green branch and leaf design on burlap paper with stripes, mica finish. Printed two across., USA, 1890-1900, Wallcoverings, Border

Sidewall, Block-printed on paper, Set within white diaper framework, simple leaf motif, in white, overtop black circular form, printed on dark olive green ground., France, 1800-1850, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Embroidery. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 50.9 x 71.5 cm (20 1/16 x 28 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 80" wide; 110" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Herman O. Stroh.

Leaf with eight -standing bars with flowers, Johann Paul Schindler, 1780 - 1814 brocade paper Leaf with eight -standing bars with tumbles with flowers. Numbered at the bottom: No. 8. Fürth paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Border, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation with metal coils and spangles Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches on twill weave, Border fragment of white silk twill embroidered in silk with silver metallic threads, chenille yarns, metal coils and spangles. Symmetrical pattern of fan-shaped sprays and tree forms in silver, flanked by flowers in brilliant polychrome silks., France, early 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Border

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Chintz fragments, Medium: cotton Technique: mordants (black, 3 reds, 2 purples) applied by brush, sometimes over resist; madder dyed; blue applied over resist; chintz on plain weave, Four fragments of a large design of flowering branches on a white ground., India, late 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Chintz fragments

Design for an Emrboidery Repeat, Pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper, A hanging bunch of flowers, top right, is connected by a leaf garland and a thread with a rising and waxed flower stem., France, 1780-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment (Japan)

Panel 1700-1800 British. Panel 13729

Sidewall, The Peacock Garden; Designed by Walter Crane ((English, 1845-1915)); Manufactured by Jeffrey & Company (United Kingdom); England; block-printed paper

Panel, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Curtain or cover of soft, loosely woven linen plain weave, embroidered in silk in rose, green, white and blue, now faded. Large design of a tulip, framed by a long leaf at either side, rising from a jar., Greece, 18th-19th century, embroidery & stitching, Panel

Textile Panel (Japan); silk, paper with applied silver foil; Warp x Weft: 39.4 x 35.2 cm (15 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.); 1937-34-2

Majel G Claflin, Embroidery from Bedspread, 1935 1942 Embroidery from Bedspread

Chintz (India); cotton; Warp x Weft: 48 x 40 cm (18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.) Repeat H x W: 28.6 x 29.8 cm (11 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

Crewel Embroidery. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27 x 20.9 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fanchon Larzelere.

Drawing, Design for a Woven Horizontal Border; France; gouache on oily traving paper; 36 × 63.9 cm (14 3/16 × 25 3/16 in.)

Panel Made 1730-1733 France. Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts . Style of Jean Revel

Majel G Claflin, Colcha, 1935 1942 Colcha

Textile, Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Blue taffeta with deeply curving serpentines in warp of the ground fabric. Between serpentines, in horizontal rows, figure of a man playing a clarinet, alternating with a bird on a slender branch. Alternate horizontal rows have sprays of flowers. Design brocaded in silver metal thread with outlines in red silk brocade., France, 1750-1800, woven textiles, Textile

Fragment of printed cotton late 18th century French. Fragment of printed cotton. French. late 18th century. Cotton, block printed. Textiles-Printed

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Sidewall, Embossed paper, Imitation leather. An assymetrical floral design in Dutch foil which has been given a gilt finish. The background is embossed in pebble effect and painted. The entire paper has been lacquered. This paper is made from the pulp of the bark of the mulberry tree., Japan, 1875-85, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Bandbox Fragment (England/USA); block-printed paper on pasteboard support

Lap of embroidered silk, anonymous, c. 1735 - c. 1740 Lap of embroidered side. Three fragments of white silk, embroidered with a pattern of flowers in green, orange, blue, purple, white and yellow. Related to BK-NM-9202, BK-NM-9203 and BK-NM-9204. silk Lap of embroidered side. Three fragments of white silk, embroidered with a pattern of flowers in green, orange, blue, purple, white and yellow. Related to BK-NM-9202, BK-NM-9203 and BK-NM-9204. silk

Velvet with Figural Imagery. Dimensions: Textile: L. 31 in. (78.7 cm) W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)Mount: L. 35 5/8 in. (90.5 cm)W. 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm)D. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm). Date: mid-16th century.Textiles of the Safavid period demonstrate the technical mastery of the weavers as well as their strong dependence upon book illustration and illumination as a pattern source, at least in the products of court workshops. This example features a lattice pattern formed by staggered rows of lobed medallions. The princely pastime of falconry is the subject of the medallion scenes: the bird sits on her master's gloved hand while an attendant, holding a receptacle and a bag for the game, approaches. A duck flies away from the falconer. The background of these scenes was once covered with metal thread, now mostly worn. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. France. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 65.7 × 28.5 cm (25 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.). Silk. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller or short plate on plain weave, Central curving stem from which grapes and several kinds of flowers and leaves grow. Blue on white. Two blue warps at each selvedge. Faded and poor condition., England, 1790-1810, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Sidewall, Embossed paper, Imitation leather. Flowering vine and possibly bamboo plant, with snail, grasshopper and dragon fly. Embossed and printed in gold on deep green ground., Japan, 1875-85, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Florence Stevenson, Calico, c 1936 Calico

Unfinished Design for a Waistcoat, Various gouaches on paper, Unfinished design for the embroidery of the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat. Irregular flower rinceau, rising at left. A row of small leaves and a bough motif are intended to be beneath the pocket, which is not shown., France, before 1906, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment 1706-1712 France. Silk, and silvered- and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7 1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary patterning wefts, and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; b right selvage present .

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71515

Wall Decoration. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 53.2 x 63.2 cm (20 15/16 x 24 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Martin Partyka.

Fragment of a Kaftan Back mid-16th century This fragment originally was part of a kaftan back and is created in the distinctive luxury silk fabric technique with silver- or goldcolored threads known in Turkish as seraser and in French as taqueté. In the mid- to late sixteenth century, very eccentric largescale designs were preferred, as they were visible from a distance and favored for parade garments.. Fragment of a Kaftan Back 451095

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Design for a Woven Fabric, Brush and gouche, brush and black paint on oily tracing paper, An undulated stem with many side branches rises in the right center. Parts of it are crossed by fantastical flower boughs which alternate in horizontal and vertical rows. Shown are: a bough with a leaf and a blossom and bough with many leaves and several blossoms and with a lace panel with a lattice gree, top row, and in an opposite direction in the bottom row; besides a bough with a leaf and a leaf blossom. Laterally are white, and outside black stripes., France, 1825-1850, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric; France; brush and white, beige, yellow, and red gouache on oily tracing paper; 41.1 × 49.3 cm (16 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.)

Sidewall - Fragment (England); Manufactured by Shand Kydd, Ltd. (United Kingdom); machine-printed; 45.5 x 32 cm (17 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Fragment; silk on linen; Bequest of Marian Hague; 1971-50-77

Chinese, Hand-painted paper, Chinese scenic of the flowering tree and bird variety, painted on a light tan or yellowish ground. Brightly colored flowering tree runs horizontally up the center of the paper, while secondary flowering vines in gray run horizontally up either side., China, 1800-1850, Wallcoverings, Scenic, Scenic

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Piece early 19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. early 19th century. Ramie, silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Embroidered

Scenic, Hand painted paper, Vining floral design. Many different species of brightly colored flowers growing off a meandering vine. Painted on medium green ground., China, 1795-1850, Wallcoverings, Scenic

Marian Curtis Foster, Eagle and Stars Bedspread, 1935 1942 Eagle and Stars Bedspread

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co. (United States); machine-printed

Sheet with overall floral pattern 19th century Anonymous. Sheet with overall floral pattern. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Borders, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, The left and right borders of a 'Pompeian Style' fabric. The border design on each is identical but the motifs on what would have been the field is different. Another border fragment in the same color scheme has been sewn to the bottom of 'a'. The colors are 2 reds, orange and black on a strong yellow ground., England, 1795-1804, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Borders

Textile, Medium: wool, linen Technique: crewel embroidery, quilted, Small quilt, white linen, embroidered in polychrome wools. Design of slender undulating vine, rising vertically; detached natural size flower groups between vine stems. Background quilted, simple diagonal pattern; lined with white linen., France, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

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

Katabira (Kimono) Fragment with Camellias and Waterfall. Japan, Edo period, (1615-1868), early 18th century. Textiles. Ramie (choma) plain weave, paste-resist dyed (noribōsen) and tie-dyed (kanoko shibori), with silk- and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread embroidery

Textile (England); wool

Sidewall, Block-printed on joined sheets, Arabesque with classical orange figures in landscapes, alternating with lyre motif. Also, floral swags and vining acanthus tendrils. Printed orange, green and blue, with red highlights, on beige ground., France, ca. 1790, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Appliqued Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 48.1 x 34.5 cm (18 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred E. Bent.

Band, Medium: linen, silk Technique: needlework on gauze weave, A band of multi-colored floral forms on gauze weave foundation., Italy, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Band

Medieval Design with Flowers, Designs & Patterns from History

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1785/90. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79099-26 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

Border Made 1601-1700 Italy. Linen, plain gauze weave; embroidered with silk floss in running, double running and satin stitches .

Panel. England, Spitalfields. Date: 1752-1755. Dimensions: 63.3 x 49.1 cm (25 x 19 1/4 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; watered (moiré). Origin: Spitalfields. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragments; silk

American 20th Century, Wallpaper, c 1949 Wallpaper

Sewed "Caterpillar" Rug. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 41.9 cm (11 7/16 x 16 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 31 1/2" wide; 67" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marion Curtiss.

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment; silk; Warp x Weft: 18.3 x 26.4 cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Leaf with flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1700 - 1800 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and fruits. Germany paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Wallpaper Sample Book Morris & Company (London, England, 1875 - 1940). Wallpaper Sample Book, before 1917. Printed paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm). Decorative Arts before 1917

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 14 x 11 cm (5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.) Image: 12 x 9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper) Made 1760-1769 France. Designs for silk weaving were drawn by professional artists who had often trained in flower painting, a skill that could be deployed for the decoration of objects besides textiles. The designs were painted on the point paper grid, which then served as a guide to the person mounting the threads on the loom. The artistsí names do not appear on these technical drawings; only the companies that commissioned the designs and wove the silk are identified.. Opaque watercolor with traces of graphite over an etching in black ink on cream laid paper . Pierre Huilliot (Papermaker)

Fragment (China); silk; Warp x Weft: 69.9 x 18.6 cm (27 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

Design for a Rug with Ornamental Frames and Garlands and Festoons of Leaves, Flowers, and Ribbons Over a Background of Arabesques 1858-1900 () Braquenié et cie. Rectangular sheet of paper with a design for a rug from the second half of the nineteenth century, designed by the manufacture of textiles and rugs, Braquenié et cie. Founded by Pierre-Antoine Doineau and his wife Louise-Desirée Doineau in 1823, the manufacture was bought in 1858 by brothers Alexandre et Charles-Henri Braquenié and changed its name to Braquenié et cie., also known as Braquenié Frères. Known for its Indian fabrics, cotton, toiles the Jouy, carpets and rugs, and embodying the style of the French Classical Revival, the house produced fine textiles that went off to decorate some of the most important European courts under the rule of Napoleon III, as well as the palaces of the Louvre, the Vatican, and Chambord.This design forms part of the Classical and Renaissance Revival that took place from about 1850, where th

Ceiling Design in Moorish Style for the de la Rochejaquelein Family. Artist: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897); Eugène-Pierre Gourdet (French, born Paris, 1820-1889). Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 8 5/84 in. (29.5 x 20.5 cm). Date: second half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Robert T Gills, Crewel Embroidered Bed Curtain, c 1937 Crewel Embroidered Bed Curtain

Textile, Bromley Hall, (Middlesex, England, 1712-1763), Medium: cotton Technique: discharge printed by engraved plate on indigo-dyed plain weave Label: indigo-dyed cotton, discharge printed by engraved plate, Length of printed cotton with a naturalistic design with nasturtiums, passion flower, and other flowers, foliage, and vines crossing and intertwining. The design appears in white on a rich indigo blue ground with etched details in blue., Middlesex, England, 1790s, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, a) long narrow strip of wallpaper: on chocolate brown ground, large, repeating pattern: flowers, fruits, inspired by painted Indian cotton motifs, in greenish-blue, oranges, reds; b) Border, attached at top, architectonic pattern green on black., France, 1760-65, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Textile (France); Manufactured by Ferdinand Favre Petitpierre & Cie (France); linen; L x W: 232 × 44 cm (7 ft. 7 5/16 in. × 17 5/16 in.); 1952-80-4-b

Tapestry; KON. XVIIIW. (1775-00-00-1795-00-00);

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Corner Motif of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Trophy composed of a winged and doubled pine motif with an oak bough on top in an angel of lines., France, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment (Japan)

Sampler, Sally Follansbe, American, 1773 - 1813, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in cross, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches, Embroidered sampler with bands of alphabets and numerals, floral and geometric borders, and an inscription., At the bottom are two trees, one surrounded by birds, the other with birds flying away from it; the trees are identified as 'The Good Tree' and 'The Evil Tree'., The verse reads:, Let Virtue be a Guide to Me, When this you see Remember Me, Newbury or Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 1787, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.) Image: 19 x 12.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)

Drawing, France, Drawing

Thirteen jobs gold leather, six of which are divided into two panels, Anonymous, 1750 - 1775 Gold leather in jobs. The gold-plated fond stock is painted with surrounds of rocailles and s and C-volutes, within which flower vases. At the bottom are fruits and flower branches and fruits and flower garlands with birds at the top. The painting is made of different shades of gray, red, green and blue. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands leather. Gold leather in jobs. The gold-plated fond stock is painted with surrounds of rocailles and s and C-volutes, within which flower vases. At the bottom are fruits and flower branches and fruits and flower garlands with birds at the top. The painting is made of different shades of gray, red, green and blue. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands leather.

Edith Miller, Bandanna, 1937 Bandanna

Hanging. Dimensions: Textile: L. 123 in. (312.4 cm)W. 95 in. (241.3 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Douglas Campbell, Silk with Embroidered Flowers, c 1941 Silk with Embroidered Flowers

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