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Textile Fragments and Patterns

A selection of textile fragments featuring intricate patterns and historical designs, showcasing cultural artistry through various fabric techniques.

Three uncut tabs for Anghaka, 18th century, 11 5/16 x 11 5/16 in. (28.73 x 28.73 cm), Wool, silk, metallic thread; embroidered, India, 18th century
Three uncut tabs for Anghaka, 18th century, 11 5/16 x 11 5/16 in. (28.73 x 28.73 cm), Wool, silk, metallic thread; embroidered, India, 18th century
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Conciliate belt; 2nd half 18th century (1751-00-00-1800-00-00);Textile Fragment, undetermined , 1400-1532. Camelid fiber, 5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (14 x 15 cm). Arts of the Americas 1400-1532Purse; silk, glass beads, steelPrinting Block (India); woodSouth Africa, Cape Town. Stellenbosch, Dorp Street, Africa Silks. Textiles made of local African silk.Fringe (Italy); silkLint, , c. 1831 ribbon (material) Ribbon with black sides, red-white-blue tracks interrupted by faded orange rectangles with the turn of the inscription "Hasselt ...." and "Leuven". Netherlands silk.Carrying cloth, Medium: red wool with white cotton Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary warp and weft patterning Label: wool plain weave with supplementary warp and weft patterning, Carrying cloth of loosely woven, overspun wool yarn, in red, possibly dyed with cochineal, with a geometric pattern in white cotton., Peru, 600-1000, woven textiles, Carrying clothFringe (Greece); silk, metallic thread (gold strips wound on a silk core)Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66082Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223540Textile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). , 1948-1959. Silk, 22 3/4 x 8 in. (57.8 x 20.3 cm). 1948-1959Band Fragment; warp; s-spun linen. weft; z-spun linen, z-spun woolPillow Sham, one of a pair, 20th century, 30 x 31 1/2 in. (76.2 x 80 cm), Chambray, United States, 20th centuryFragment. Italy. Date: 1601-1635. Dimensions: 33.3 × 29.8 cm (13 × 11 3/4 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut, and voided velvet. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Fragment green and pink striped satin, anonymous, c. 1750 Germany (possibly) silk Germany (possibly) silkTumpline -Fragment (Border) Made 1601-1625 Italy. Linen, bobbin straight lace (made in straight strips) .Braid. Three braids of sub-lieutenant shoulder. Black and gold fabric. 1939-1945. General Leclerc Museum of Hauteclocque and the Liberation of Paris, Jean Moulin Museum. 78985-4 French Army, Military Equipment, Galon, War 1939-1945, War 39-45, Military Officer, Second World War, Military UniformTextile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). , 1948-1959. Silk, 22 x 17 3/4 in. (55.9 x 45.1 cm). 1948-1959Fragment; linenLeft mitaine of white knitted cotton in diamond pattern. With an open thumb. The hand rug has an unmarmed smooth edge.Wearing Blanket. Culture: Navajo. Dimensions: H. 60 x W. 71 in. (180.3 x 152.4 cm). Date: 1840-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Hat for day or undership with full of crocheted cotton and strip made of knitted cotton, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1900 Hat for day or slurry of crocheted and knitted cotton. The crocheted ball is trimmed with a knitted, pleated and scalloped strip. A cotton ribbon has been strung through this strip. With two cotton pin tires. Friesland cotton (textile) crocheting / knitting Hat for day or slurry of crocheted and knitted cotton. The crocheted ball is trimmed with a knitted, pleated and scalloped strip. A cotton ribbon has been strung through this strip. With two cotton pin tires. Friesland cotton (textile) crocheting / knittingDecoration from Tadeusz Kościuszko's Bedroom A Fragment of FabricTextile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). , 1948-1959. 58 wool, 42 silk, 26 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (67.3 x 43.8 cm). 1948-1959Mitts ca. 1850 Italian. Mitts 102635Sample, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave, Striped black and purple ribbed silk fragment., USA, late 19th century, woven textiles, SampleHat 1867-69 American or European. Hat 113369Kontusz sash/belt. Manufaktura Aleksandra Unruga (Kobyłka ; wytwórnia pasów ; 1781-1787), factoryRelic of St. Marcian, c. 1045. Germany, Lower Saxony, Romanesque period, 11th century. Plain weave green silk with an extant selvage; This relic is in the portable altar that was commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.Textile; silk; Warp x Weft: 227.3 x 47 cm (7 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 18 1/2 in.); 1952-162-71Trim, fringe, 18th-19th century, 40 in. (101.6 cm), Silk; passementerie, 18th-19th centuryTextile, Medium: wool Technique: plain weave, Blue and brown gingham check (formed when alternating blue and brown stripes in both the warp and weft intersect to give solid blue, solid brown, and a blue/brown mixed shade.), USA, 18th-19th century, woven textiles, TextilePiece 19th century Japan. Piece 71994Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 72188Strip 16th century Italian. Strip 212283Stacked cuboid bales of harvested hay in the slanted sunlight stamped cuboid ball of harvested hay in an angle of an incidental sunlightSewing Instruction Book Samples (USA); wool, cotton, linen, silk; 1945-20-6-a/dFragment (Peru); wool embroidery on cotton foundationMiser's purse, Medium: silk, steel Technique: crochet, Crocheted dark green silk ornamented with cut steel bands in bar and diamond pattern. An octagonal steel ring controls side closing; faceted steel drops at each end., France, early 19th century, costume & accessories, Miser's purseFringe early 19th century probably European. Fringe 213612Mitaine, knitted in brown with beads and frills of beads, c. 1850 - c. 1900 Mitaine, knitted in brown with beads and frills of beads. West-Europa whole: Wool. whole: Glass knitting Mitaine, knitted in brown with beads and frills of beads. West-Europa whole: Wool. whole: Glass knittingTassel 18th century French. Tassel. French. 18th century. Metal thread. Textiles-TrimmingsComb ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Comb. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Wood. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, Silo 143, MMA excavations, 1915-16. Dynasty 12-13Tassel 18th century French. Tassel. French. 18th century. Metal thread. Textiles-TrimmingsTurban Cloth Turban Cloth. Embroidered cotton, 5 9/16 x 37 in. (14.2 x 94 cm). Asian ArtSotck exchange. Mid -19th. GAL1994.219.XA sash from the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz's birthEmbroidery patch of linen, industrial school De Windroos, c. 1880 - c. 1905 Embroidery patch of light blue yarn on linen. The embroidery once has the alphabet up to the letter M, once numbers and French embroidery. linen (material) embroidering Embroidery patch of light blue yarn on linen. The embroidery once has the alphabet up to the letter M, once numbers and French embroidery. linen (material) embroideringNeck tie isolated on the white backgroundPiece French 19th centuryFringe probably European 19th centuryFringe, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Fringe of white, pink and yellow with a plain-woven heading (yellow warps). White skirt threads are looped, twisted and ornamented with pink silk rosettes placed at intervals., France, late 18th century, trimmings, FringeShirt, 20th century, 26 x 51 1/2 in. (66.04 x 130.81 cm), Cotton; embroidery, Myanmar (Burma), 20th centuryHead shawl, c. 1920, 66 x 26 1/2 in. (167.64 x 67.3 cm), Silk; plain weave, Turkmenistan, 20th centuryFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave, Pleain tabby. Very small windowpane check in two tans on once-white ground., Peru, before 1500, woven textiles, FragmentTrimming Fragment (France); silk; Warp x Weft: 8.2 x 4.3 cm (3 1/4 x 1 11/16 in.)Fringe, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Fringe with a blue, red, green, yellow and white striped heading. Skirt threads, looped and twisted, are arranged to form stripes., Spain, 18th century, trimmings, FringePair of Man's Pants, 20th century, 39 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (100.33 x 80.01 cm), Cotton, Mali, 20th centuryTwo beige tresses of silk, with brushes, Gustav Schnitzler, c. 1925 Two beige tresses of silk, with brushes. Nijmegenfrance silk braiding Two beige tresses of silk, with brushes. Nijmegenfrance silk braidingWrapper, 20th century, 83 x 52 in. (210.82 x 132.08 cm) (including fringe), Cotton, metallic thread, Nigeria, 20th centuryBeaded Wrist Ornament 12th-14th century Chancay. Beaded Wrist Ornament. Chancay. 12th-14th century. Shell beads, cord. Peru. Beads-OrnamentsBelt, 20th century, 108 x 6 1/2in. (274.3 x 16.5cm) (excluding fringe), Cotton, rayon, metallic thread, glass beads; lampas weave with braided warp fringes, Morocco, 20th centuryBasket Weave Mat Fragment Coptic. , 5th-7th century C.E., 3 1/2 x 4 in. (8.9 x 10.2 cm). Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art 5th-7th century C.E.Stockings 1865 French. Stockings 121582Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 72071COLLAR. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.Fragments (France); silkSimple retarpe robe without back design, mid 19th century, Unknown Sakhalin Ainu, 46 1/2 × 48 in. (118.11 × 121.92 cm) (overall), Cloth: nettle fiber; indigo dye, silk, cotton appliqué and embroidery, Russia, 19th centuryEmbroidery sample for a mans suit ca. 1785 French. Embroidery sample for a mans suit 224830Textile Fragment, 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (9.53 x 5.72 cm) (fragment)4 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. (11.43 x 8.73 cm) (mount), Wool, linen; tapestry, soumak, EgyptTrim, fringe, tassel, 18th-19th century, 26 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (67.31 x 13.97 cm) (Fringe), Silk; passementerie, 18th-19th centuryMiser's Purse (France); silk, steel beadsEmbroidery sample for a mans suit ca. 1785 French. Embroidery sample for a mans suit 224795Stockings 1860-90 probably American. Stockings 121568Two black ruffles injured to a rose piece of cardboard. Two black ruffles injured to a rose piece of cardboard, one-unpleasant, double folded ruffle in three layers of machine tulle in black / white / black with a black Georgette edge and one smooth, sloping bias band made of black silk crepe with rib, once sewn and turned .Purse of dark red and pink silk crocheted, to which two metal rods and a chain. Elongated exhibition of alternating dark red and pink knocks from silk crochet. Halfway through the exhibition a dark red job with souvenir in pink letters. A small metal bell hangs on the round bottom. The exhibition closes by two metal bars that were stabbed by crocheted loops. At the four ends of the rods the same small metal bubbles, and a metal chain. The exhibition in unlined.Trim, small fringe, 18th-19th century, 22 x 1/2 in. (55.88 x 1.27 cm), Passementerie, 18th-19th centuryFringe, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Green fringe is formed by allowing areas of weft to hang from the center of the band which is woven in a chevron pattern., Italy, 16th century, trimmings, FringePiece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66702Textile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). , 1948-1959. 48 silk, 32 wool, 20 nylon, 20 1/2 x 17 in. (52.1 x 43.2 cm). 1948-1959Colorful porcupine quillwork on buckskin pipe bag on display at the Three Affiliated Tribes Museum on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, NDFabric Swatch Fab-Tex Inc.. , 1963-1966. Cotton, sheet: 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (21 x 24.1 cm). 1963-1966Lord High Admiral, Great Britain, from the Naval Flags series (N17) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: ca. 1888.Trade cards from the "Naval Flags" series (N17), issued ca. 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Trim, gold strip, 18th-19th century, 2 x 37 in. (5.08 x 93.98 cm), Passementerie, 18th-19th centuryTextile fragment ca. 6th-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Textile fragment. Sasanian. ca. 6th-7th century A.D.. Silk, plain weave. Sasanian. IranLarge stamp keeper of blue velvet, on which an application of silk with the weapon of Gelre and Zutphen, Anonymous, c. 1675 - c. 1725 bag Large stamp keeper bag made of blue velvet, presumably Chancellor's bag in origin. Embroidery of silk and gold and silver thread: the weapon of Gelre and Zutphen. In a banderol f g Z. on the bag cords of blue side and silver thread. North Netherlands whole: velvet (fabric weave). Decoration:. Decoration: Silver thread. Decoration: Silk embroideringfabric fashion rolls in a row focus in foreground