Historic Textile Artifacts

A collection of intricate textiles from various eras, featuring floral patterns, complex weaves, and rich textures in muted tones.

Shrub Carpet early 18th century. Shrub Carpet 447534

Piece early 16th century Italian. Piece 227236

Bed valance 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed valance 219713

Carpet Made 1690-1700 Northern France. Linen and wool, plain weave with three-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; four panels joined .

Piece late 16th century Spanish. Piece 220495

Altar Cloth ca. 1580 Japan. Altar Cloth 68333

Shrub Carpet early 18th century. Shrub Carpet 447534

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 12 1/4 x W. 9 1/4 inches (31.1 x 23.5 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece late 17th century French. Piece 217047

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 216545

Fragment. Dimensions: 22 1/2 in. high 5 13/16 in. wide (57.2 cm high 14.7 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fruit and flowers. unknown c. 1576-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'6" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Oblong arrangement of fruit & flowers surrounded by floral garland (BRD) bouquets of fruit & flowers French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive 15194 32176

Piece Japan 19th century

Rug late 18th century Spanish. Rug 221794

Band. Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm). Date: 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 16th century Spanish. Fragment 220106

Cushion cover late 18th century French. Cushion cover 227838

Piece 16th century French. Piece 223722

Cap crown. Culture: Flemish. Dimensions: L. 8 1/4 x W. 6 1/2 inches (21.0 x 16.5 cm). Date: mid-18th century.The Metropolitan Museum's great lace collection was started when the Museum became the first among American museums to organize a permanent collection of lace with the acceptance of the McCallum Collection in 1879 and the bequests of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Mrs. Augustus Cleveland, and Mrs. A. W. Winters shortly thereafter. In 1893 a loan collection of antique laces shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was assembled by a committee of New York women headed by Catharine Augusta Newbold. About 1900 Miss Newbold arranged and labeled an exhibition of laces and linenworks lent to the Metropolitan Museum by Mrs. James Boorman Johnstone and the Misses Johnstone. "Her scholarly knowledge of lace technique enabled the Museum for the first time to offer a comprehensive display of lace illustrating its historical development," wrote Miss Frances Morris

Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 216605

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224090

Sash ca. 1778-89 François Selimand. Sash 226560

Length of velvet 15th-16th century Italian or Spanish. Length of velvet 229287

Band 16th century Italian. Band 216499

Piece 1680-1700 French or Spanish. Piece 217281

Fragment. Dimensions: 7 1/2 in. high 4 5/16 in. wide (19 cm high 11 cm wide). Date: 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 16th century. Silk and linen. Textiles-Woven

Sash 18th century Russian or Polish. Sash 219024

Sample first half 19th century French. Sample 219315

Piece early 19th century French. Piece. French. early 19th century. Cotton. Textiles-Printed

Panel 17th century China. Panel. China. 17th century. Silk. Textiles-Velvets

Portion of a dress border 18th century Greek Islands, Crete. Portion of a dress border 221725

Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67974

Fragment. Culture: French. Date: 1770-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Length of furnishing fabric 1804-14 French. Length of furnishing fabric 197810

Fragment 18th century British. Fragment 221192

Cover late 18th century. Cover 448940

Textile Fragment 5th century. Textile Fragment 444264

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220390

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224359

Piece 1600-1650 French. Piece 222255

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

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 226993

Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223660

Chair Strip early 18th century China. Chair Strip 70343

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224473

Textile 18th-19th century Japan. Textile. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Textiles

Pair of lappets early 18th century French. Pair of lappets 222830

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis) 19th century Lampung. Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis). Lampung. 19th century. Cotton, sild. Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung. Textiles-Woven

Coverlet ca. 1875 Chinese, for European market. Coverlet 229515

Piece 18th century French. Piece 218628

Sutra Cover 18th century China. Sutra Cover 72246

Apparel 16th century possibly French. Apparel 222603

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223438

Piece. Culture: Chinese, Macao, for Iberian market. Dimensions: L. 41 1/2 x W. 10 inches (105.4 x 25.4 cm). Date: second half 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Printing Block Made 1701-1800 France. .

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223347

Piece early 17th century Spanish. Piece. Spanish. early 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-Laces

Fragment. Dimensions: 10 1/16 in. high 3 9/16 in. wide (25.6 cm high 9 cm wide). Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 28 1/2 x W. 17 3/4 inches72.4 x 45.1 cm. Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment Made 1850-1900 Italy. Silk, silvered-strip-wrapped-silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in weft-float faced twill interlacings (woven on loom with Jacquard attachment); two selvages present .

Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 219958

Piece ca. 1720 () French. Piece 216477

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224120

Cover ca. 1730s French, possibly Lyons. Cover 461577

Band 16th-17th century Italian. Band 215403

Brocade Fragment early 16th century. Brocade Fragment 447096

Valance 19th century India. Valance 69963

Piece early 19th century French. Piece. French. early 19th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224250

Fragment early 17th century Spanish. Fragment 220103

Fragment of a Hanging. Dimensions: H. 94 in. (238.8 cm)W. 13 in. (33 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1760 French. Piece 216566

Back of a chasuble. Culture: Italian, possibly Florence. Dimensions: L. 54 1/2 x W. 14 inches (138.4 x 35.6 cm). Date: 15th-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66001

Fragment of a Band. Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1720 Italian. Piece 227377

Strip 16th-17th century Italian. Strip 215415

Piece of silk shirt 1775-1824 Portuguese. Piece of silk shirt. Portuguese. 1775-1824. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Coverlet Made 1832 United States. Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined . David D. Haring (Weaver)

Fragment of a Band 3rd-4th century. Fragment of a Band 445733

Book binding Book binding, mid-19th century. Lacquer, paper mache, 4 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (12.1 x 20.6 cm). Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th century

Textile Fragment 19th century. Textile Fragment 445893

Portion of a dress border 1726 Greek Islands, Crete. Portion of a dress border 221721

Piece ca. 1700 () Spanish or Portuguese. Piece. Spanish or Portuguese. ca. 1700 (). Silk and metal thread. Textiles-Woven

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224352

Sampler 18th century possibly Dutch. Sampler 222524

Piece 1730-35 French. Piece 216460

Square 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, Naxos. Square 221729

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 34 1/8 x W. 19 1/2 inches (86.7 x 49.5 cm) (loom width). Date: 1775-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 224371

Strip 19th century China. Strip. China. 19th century. Indigo; cotton. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-Painted and Printed

Portion of Needlepoint (Cutwork) and Bobbin Lace Flounce (Taglia tela), early 16th century. Italy, early 16th century. Lace, needlepoint and bobbin: linen; average: 19.1 x 25.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.).

Needlepoint (Cutwork) Lace Insertion, 16th century. Italy, Venice, 16th century. Lace, needlepoint: linen; average: 9.6 x 24.5 cm (3 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.).

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223502

Scarf end 18th century French. Scarf end 221512

Sample early 19th century French. Sample 223130

Fragment mid-18th century Portuguese. Fragment 221977

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224477

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis) 19th century Lampung. Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis). Lampung. 19th century. Cotton, gold wrapped thread, silk, paillettes. Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung. Textiles-Woven

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224118

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