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Historic textile fragments showcasing intricate patterns and techniques, including embroidery and weaving, reflecting the artistry of past cultures.

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin, Pattern of peacocks and foliage in rose, yellow, and white on blue, very loosely woven, ground in satin weave., Sicily, Italy, early 18th century, woven textiles, Textile
Textile, Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin, Pattern of peacocks and foliage in rose, yellow, and white on blue, very loosely woven, ground in satin weave., Sicily, Italy, early 18th century, woven textiles, Textile
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Doily, Flora's Retinue: Rose; Designed by Walter Crane ((English, 1845-1915)); Produced by John Wilson & Sons (United Kingdom); Great Britain; linen warp, silk weft; 18 x 18 cm (7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) fringed on all sides
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Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Gunungan or Kayon, from the set KyaiNugroho. Maker: Ki Kertiwanda Maker: Ki Bekel Prawirasucitra
4443-19532099
Sampler, Elizabeth Sickfrits, (American), Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and chain stitches on plain weave foundation, Picture format, with a large brick house and white picket fence, flanked by a weeping willow and another large tree, with trees also behind the house. Surrounded by a wide floral border. Inscription at the bottom., USA, 1824, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
6145-51824992
Loincloth Fragment or Textile Fragment, Undetermined Possibly Chimú. , 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 x 12 5/8in. (28 x 32cm). Arts of the Americas 1532-1700 or 1000-1400
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Eileen Knox, Sampler, c 1941 Sampler
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Adam and Eve Making Garments of Leaves; God Admonishing Adam and Eve for their Transgression (one of a set of three) late 16th century Scottish or British. Adam and Eve Making Garments of Leaves; God Admonishing Adam and Eve for their Transgression (one of a set of three). Scottish or British. late 16th century. Canvas worked with wool, silk, and metal thread; chain, split, tent, and straight stitches; appliqué of woven silk textiles; metal thread braid. Textiles-Embroidered
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Detail of a Mycenaean fresco showing a wild boar hunt. Artist: Unknown
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Pictorial quilt. Date/Period: 1895 - 1898. Textiles. Cotton plain weave, pieced, appliqued, embroidered, and quilted. Height: 1,750 mm (68.89 in); Width: 2,667 mm (105 in). Author: Harriet Powers.
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Sampler. Date/Period: 1827. Sampler. Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation. Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation. Height: 540 mm (21.25 in); Width: 670 mm (26.37 in). Author: Eugenia Corsani.
4443-21930125
Ornament tile, diagonal ornament in quatrefoil with bows in which orange apples and flowers, palm corner, corner pattern rosette, wall tile tile sculpture ceramics pottery glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Yellow and reddish shard square two and four nail holes. Multicolored: brown blue green yellow on white ground (variation in light and dark). Saving technique in blue on white.
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Quilt - Basket Design. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.1 x 44.2 cm (13 13/16 x 17 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward White.
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Field of four tiles with insects and peacocks, anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1660 Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow, orange and purple) insect or peacock. In the corners, an ox head. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow, orange and purple) insect or peacock. In the corners, an ox head. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica
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Front window, Anonymous, 1702 - 1710 Sassinet or painted front window; Made from a narrow wooden framework, stretched with cream-colored silk that is painted with chinoiseries. The performance is derived from an ornament print from a series by Peter Schenk SR: the 'Picturae Sinicae AC Surattenae' etc., published in Amsterdam in 1702, where landscapes and roofs are fantasized. NOTE: see BK-NM-1010-246-C and D. (series no. 10b) Amsterdam wood (plant material). silk. gouache (paint). shellac Sassinet or painted front window; Made from a narrow wooden framework, stretched with cream-colored silk that is painted with chinoiseries. The performance is derived from an ornament print from a series by Peter Schenk SR: the 'Picturae Sinicae AC Surattenae' etc., published in Amsterdam in 1702, where landscapes and roofs are fantasized. NOTE: see BK-NM-1010-246-C and D. (series no. 10b) Amsterdam wood (plant material). silk. gouache (paint). shellac
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Sampler (Italy); silk embroidery on linen foundation; Frame H x W: 21.3 x 26 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
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ACILERES (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).
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Saint Catherine. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: paste print. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.
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Headdress 19th century Russian This object is from the collection of Natalia de Shabelsky (1841-1905), a Russian noblewoman compelled to preserve what she perceived as the vanishing folk art traditions of her native country. Traveling extensively throughout Great Russia, she collected many fine examples of textile art of the wealthy peasant class. From the 1870s until moving to France in 1902, Shabelsky amassed a large collection of intricately embroidered hand-woven household textiles and opulent festival garments with rich decoration and elaborate motifs. The Brooklyn Museum holdings include many fine examples including the majority of the garments. Portions of Shabelsky's collection are also housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg.Headdresses, or kokoshniks had the greatest abundance of ornamentation of any type of garment in Russia. They were most often made of damask woven with gilt metallic threa
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Majel G Claflin, Retablo, 1935 1942 Retablo
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Mantle Nasca. Mantle, 100-200. colored wool embroidery and cotton field, 105 1/8 x 54 5/16 in. (267.0 x 138.0 cm). Arts of the Americas 100-200
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Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como
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La Danseuse de Corde (Tightrope Walker), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, Shaped valance showing rural scenes and part of a tightrope walker. In red on white. Quilted., Nantes, France, 1785-90, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Valance, Valance
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Jerry Guinta, Zoar Decorated Painting, c 1938 Zoar Decorated Painting
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Embroidered Border: The Baking of Unleavened Bread, 1500s-1600s. Italy, 16th-17th century. Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace; overall: 18.1 x 45.4 cm (7 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.).
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Wall decoration, 20th century, 35 7/8 x 122 in. (91.12 x 309.88 cm), Cotton, silk; needlework, China, 20th century
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Winged serpent, Cairo Museum, Egypt.
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Roundel, Segmentum from a Tunic, mid 600s - mid 700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661-750). Tapestry; linen and wool; overall: 7.7 x 7.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.).
4443-19534609
Sampler, Ann Bell, English, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, and half cross stitches on plain weave foundation, Within a curving floral border text 'Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me.' Then Adam and Eve with a figure of Justice and an angel., England, 1788, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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Hanging, 1 of 7 Pieces Hanging, 1 of 7 Pieces, ca. 1610-1620. Painted resist and mordants, dyed cotton, 108 1/4 x 37 3/4 in. (275 x 95.9 cm). Asian Art ca. 1610-1620
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Patchwork Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 48.5 x 47.4 cm (19 1/8 x 18 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 84" square. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vincent P. Rosel.
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Kunst Bildende Kunst Arte Bienale Tourismus Reisen Italien Venedig 28.05.2024 Venedig Venezia Italien 60. Bienale arte 2024 60. Bieanale di Venecia Kurator Adriano Pedrosa BRA Motto Fremde überall Arsenale Santiago Yahuarcani 1960 Peru. -Shiminbro El Hacedor del Sonido 2024 Foto Eberhard Thonfeld Venedig Venetien Italien *** Art Fine Arts Arte Bienale Tourism Travel Italy Venice 28 05 2024 Venice Venezia Italy 60 Bienale arte 2024 60 Bieanale di Venecia Curator Adriano Pedrosa BRA Motto Strangers everywhere Arsenale Santiago Yahuarcani 1960 Peru Shiminbro El Hacedor del Sonido 2024 Photo Eberhard Thonfeld Venice Veneto Italy
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Polychrome Tiles Depicting Male and Female Figures in Contemporary Dress Surrounded by Abstract Foliage Made 1700-1750 Puebla state. Tin-glazed earthenware . Talavera Poblana
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Sampler, Eugenia Corsani, Italian, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation, Two vertical side borders of bands and isolated motifs. Center, two alphabet bands, symbols of the passion and isolated motifs., Italy, 1827, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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Alfred Koehn, Bandbox Design, 1935 1942 Bandbox Design
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Don Quixote
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Cartography, 14th century. Catalan Atlas of Charles V of France. Attributed to Abraham and Jafuda Cresques Mallorca (1375 approx). Copy of the original kept at the French National Library, Paris.
6145-51834646
Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como
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Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 24.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 90"x90". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lillian Causey.
4409-63011528
Mosaic with vegetable motifs and bird. Roman culture, Opus tessallatum, marble of different colors. 4th Century AD. Vila del Romeral, Albesa, Lleida.
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Textile Fragment 9th-10th century This fragment (top) and 31.19.13 (bottom), two ends of a shawl, are both decorated with two inscription bandsone a line of purely ornamental (illegible) kufic, and the other a Coptic inscription interspersed with rosecolored cross-hatches.. Textile Fragment 448574
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Pavilions and people. Origin: China. Date: 1368-1644. Period: Ming dynasty. Ink and color on silk. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
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Labirint dukhovnyi.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale ca. 50-40 B.C. Roman A large covered vase and a silver pitcher right, stand on marble blocks. The palm fronds at the left, a symbol of victory, suggest that such vessels were awarded as prizes.The Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale: A Virtual Tour. Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale 247007
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Fukusa (Gift Cover). Japan. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 76.6 x 71.4 cm (30 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.). Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silver leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (kesi); lined; tasseled. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Handkerchief. England. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 42.2 × 46.4 cm (16 5/8 × 18 1/4 in.). Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Jacquard Coverlet. Dimensions: overall: 41.1 x 51.4 cm (16 3/16 x 20 1/4 in.). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: H. Langden Brown.
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Tile with Cintamani Design ca. 1560-70 The çintamani pattern - a cluster of three roundels paired with wavy stripes - is one of the leitmotifs of Ottoman art. Derived from the Sanskrit word for "auspicious jewel," the motif originated in Buddhist art. At the Ottoman court the motif came to evoke strength and power and is seen in many media, including architectural decoration, textile design, and ceramics. On this rare tile, the çintamani is the dominant and sole motif. It probably once belonged to a çintamani border surrounding a larger wall composition, such as at the Rüstem Pasha Mosque (1561) in Eminonu or the Apartment of the Sacred Mantle and the Library of Ahmed III at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.. Tile with Cintamani Design. ca. 1560-70. Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze. Made in Turkey, Iznik. Ceramics-Tiles
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Shiviti. Date/Period: 1838/39. Ceremonial Art-Paper & Parchment. Gouache, ink, crayon, and collage on paper Gouache, ink, crayon, and collage on paper. Height: 864 mm (34.01 in); Width: 1,041 mm (40.98 in). Author: Moshe Ganbash.
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Gulf of Mexico, states of Central America, Cuba and Southern United States. Date/Period: 1565 - 1575. Oil painting on wood. Height: 117 mm (4.60 in); Width: 80 mm (3.14 in). Author: EGNAZIO DANTI.
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Textile Fragment, 18th century, 41 13/16 x 41 7/8 in. (106.2 x 106.36 cm) (sight), Silk; needlework, China, 18th century
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Sampler, Ann Ritchie, Scottish, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, eyelet, long-armed cross, and running stitches on plain weave foundation, Bands of pattern and isolated motifs including patriotic, religious, and masonic motifs. 'Fear god and keep his commandments and that is the whole duty.' 'The ark of the covenant.' Undecipherable. Ship 'The James and Ann of Montrose.', Scotland, 1799, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
6145-51379652
Rank Badge (China); silk
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Rank Badge with Peacock. Culture: China. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (31.75 x 31.75 cm). Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Plaque: Prudentia (Prudence), c. 1160. Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Gothic period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 5.3 x 5.1 cm (2 1/16 x 2 in.).
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CORREA, Diego (17th c.-18th c.). Map of Ciudad de Mexico. 1737. Oil on canvas. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle.
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LAUDA SEPULCRAL DE AMPELIO CON LA LEYENDA "AMPELI IN PACE REQUIESTAS" Y LA REPRESENTACION DE UN CORDERO Y UNA COPA - MOSAICO PALEOCRISTIANO. Location: NECROPOLIS. TARRAGONA. SPAIN.
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Embroidered picture, Medium: linen with linen lining and colored glass beads Technique: embroidery and beadwork, Panel of linen with colored beads sewn to form a picture of a landscape with a chapel and letters (indecipherable and a date 1829., Italy, 1829, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture