Ornate Textile Fragments

Decorative fabric samples featuring intricate embroidery and rich colors, showcasing historical patterns and craftsmanship from Italy and other regions.

Sampler (USA); silk embroidery on linen foundation

Fragment, Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: needlework on gauze weave (buratto), Gauze weave (buratto) with embroidery of scrolling steam with flowers, leaves and birds arranged as corner ornament and wide border between narrow borders of repeating conventionalized forms., Italy, mid-17th century, lace, Fragment

Textile Fragment 15th century This rectangular silk textile fragment displays a repetitive pattern of small flowers and plants in green, yellow, white, and blue in offset rows on a red ground. From the base of each plant spring small leaves and stems. Above each base, a lotus-like yellow flower with green buds and leaves rises from a palmette. Confronted long-necked birds with raised wings flank the stock.This textile fragment is ornamented with a pattern of confronting long-necked birds perched on flower stalks, facing a taller central lotus. This imagery suggests the principle of the tree of life. At the bottom of the trees, date clusters spring from both sides at the base of the three lotus stalks, suggesting fertility and abundance.. Textile Fragment 453004

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache on g lazed tracing paper; 15.5 × 27.3 cm (6 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Textile (Italy); silk; Overall: 50.3 x 36.1 cm (19 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Sampler (USA); silk embroidery on linen foundation

Velvet Fragments, early 16th century. Spain, early 16th century. Velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread; overall: 99 x 37 cm (39 x 14 9/16 in.).

Piece 1750-60 Dutch. Piece 223108

Textile (England); cotton

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Sleigh-like shells in front of and connected by laurel boughs form a vertical row; four units are shown., France, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Textile with Animals and Birds ca. 1250-1300 Italian. Textile with Animals and Birds 462998

Textile, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: warp-faced satin weave with supplementary weft (damask patterning), Coral colored damask fragment brocaded with blue silk and metallic yarns. Design in the bizarre’ style shows a pattern of a large round pot superimposed on a long diagonal cylinder with elongated leaf shapes. Both selvages present., possibly France, possibly Italy, late 17th-early 18th century, woven textiles, Textile

Textile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: complementary weft 3/1 plain weave, Panel with rows of flowering plants facing alternate directions in each row in shades of orange and green on a silver ground. Fragment is enclosed on all sides by four woven strips applied as borders, all patterned by flowering plants on worn metallic ground. In each corner is a triangular-shaped fragment with rows of small flowering plants on a metallic ground. Guard stripes of silk taffeta in vermillion, purple, light purple, and light blue-green., Indo-Persia, 18th century, woven textiles, Textile

Two Fragments. England. Date: 1665-1685. Dimensions: a: 24.4 × 58.2 cm (9 5/8 × 22 7/8 in.)b: 24.2 × 58.0 cm (9 1/2 × 23 1/8 in.). Wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool yarns and linen thread in back, cross, running, satin and split stitches; couching; French knots and laid work. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment of a Large Hanging, 500s. Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, 6th century. Tapestry weave (with plain tabby borders): wool and linen; overall: 122.6 x 158.1 cm (48 1/4 x 62 1/4 in.).

Glazed Chintz. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 22.9 cm (11 1/2 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Grace Halpin.

Fragment (Japan)

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71518

Sidewall, Machine-printed, Anglo-Japanesque design. Very geometric format having a 3-D effect. Floral and foliate motifs within fan shapes and circular ornaments. Also containing vases, scrolls of paper and 3-D cube designs. Printed in metallic gold, red, white and deep green on yellow ocher embossed background., 1870-90, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Boucheron, necessary parrots (main title), 1945. Ink and gouache on the front, gouache on the back on layer. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Ornamental border enclosing detached motifs including Adam and Eve, a shepherd and shepherdess, bird in a cage, baskets of flowers, lobster, etc., Germany, 1774, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Piece 1700-1710 Italian, Venice Panels such as thiswith its extraordinary patterns in long repeatswere called "bizarre" by the Danish scholar Slomann, who believed they were made in India. Most scholars consider them an exotic phase in the history of European silk weaving.. Piece 217163

Piece of linen from the Pyrenees. Figure of a turkey cock. Pyrenean fringe. 10th century. Madrid, Valencia de Don Juan Institute. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

American 20th Century, Plate 23 Painting on Buckskin, Laguna From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico, 1935 1942 Plate 23: Painting on Buckskin, Laguna: From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico

Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and gouache on g lazed tracing paper, A bunch of flower boughs and garlands decorate the flap of the pocket. Two similar motifs with the bunches suspended from chains are shown beneath the pocket. Flanking a shepherd seated among flowers. Written in ink, top center: '941'; bottom right: Pa () 39 ()'., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Curtain (Italy); silk on linen

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Bouquets of flowers and medallions containing floral trophies on a massed pink flowers on red background which has been interrupted by stripes containing lillies. Black, two blues, two pinks, mustard and lavender., France, 1785-90, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Fragment; silk, metal foil applied to parchment core; Warp x Weft: 16.2 x 19.7 cm (6 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Tiraz with Medallions 8th-9th century Inscribed textiles are called tiraz, from the Persian word for "embroidery." Many were produced in royal workshops and presented by rulers to honor courtiers and officials at formal ceremonies. Their inscriptions name and bless the current ruler or calipha reminder to the recipient that he owed his allegiance to that ruler. This tapestry-woven textile reflects a synthesis of styles common in early Islamic art. The abstract figural motifs in the horizontal band recall Late Antique prototypes. The pattern of alternating roundels and registers was widely used by Sasanian weavers. Above the horizontal band, the remaining fragments include an inscription in kufic script that suggests the textile may have functioned as a sleeve-band.. Tiraz with Medallions 452537

Arcades with Riders in Fantastic Thickets ca. 1520-50 South Netherlandish. Arcades with Riders in Fantastic Thickets. South Netherlandish. ca. 1520-50. Wool warp, wool and silk wefts. Textiles-Tapestries

Panel 19th century Japan. Panel. Japan. 19th century. Silk. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66098

Feuilles dAristoloche au Griffon, Audenarde, .

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1750; leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Benjamin Resnick, Wall Paper, 1935 1942 Wall Paper

Sidewall, M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, Machine-printed, Floral and foliate pattern in art nouveau style. Printed in green, red, and tan on a yellow ground,., Buffalo, New York, USA, 1902, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Design for a Woven Fabric, Green gouache, black paint on oily tracing paper, mounted, Two bough scrolls are shown in a vertical row, at left. A festoon is suspended from the upper one. A rinceau composed of a flower stem rises at right., France, 1815-1840, Drawing, Drawing

Sample, Corncockle; Designed by William Morris (British, 1834-1896); Made by Morris & Co. (United Kingdom); England; cotton

Textile, Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759-1815), Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Polychrome design of two different clusters of Chinese vases with a coordinating border print sewn to one edge., Jouy, France, 1780, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Textile, Medium: cotton, silk, mirror inserts Technique: embroidered and appliquéd, Hindu-type embroidery. Panel or cover with scenes from Spring Festival. Two layers of cotton embroidered in silk and purple, green, yellow, gold, red, and blue. Panel divided., India, 18th-19th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Crewel Embroidery Valance. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29.4 x 72 cm (11 9/16 x 28 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Peterson.

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, silvered, varnished and painted, Diapered field, varnished silver. Rococo vine, in green, with flowers in red and blue., Holland, ca. 1750, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Piece ca. 1825 British. Piece. British. ca. 1825. Cotton. Textiles-Printed

Frescoes, Ganesh Pol, Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Design for Three Woven Flower Boughs, Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper, Top row, left: a pending bough with a great blossom. Right: a curved bough with four leaves on top. Bottom: a horizontally dispersed bough with leaves and seeds. Bottom right: an outlined bough., France, 1825-1850, Drawing, Drawing

Embroidered Picture (England); silk and metal embroidery on linen foundation

Leaf with two winding lanes between tendrils with flowers, Paul Reimund, 1783 - 1815 brocade paper Leaf with two winding side -like lanes between tendrils with flowers. Numbered No. 8 or 18 poorly readable. Nuremberg paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, silvered, painted, Blue field, diapered scrollwork with sprays of flowers and foliage., Flanders, ca. 1680, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Design for an Embroidered of Woven Horizontal Border, Brush and light blue, white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Upper and lower halves of blossoms alternate at the bottom, connected by 'S' scrolls. Zigzag lines form a winged battlement frieze over the hollows of which plants of two different designs alternate., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Sampler. Date/Period: 1795. Sampler. Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation, linen edge tape. Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, satin, stem, chain, French knot and running stitches on plain weave foundation with deflected element work and cut work with needle-made fillings with loop and twist and wrapping; appliqué of woven silk ribbon. Height: 330 mm (12.99 in); Width: 385 mm (15.15 in). Author: Lydia Sheward.

Chintz border, Medium: cotton Technique: mordant and resist painted and dyed plain weave, Polychrome horizontal border of people and flowers in pavilions on white ground., India, mid-18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Chintz border

Bedcover, Medium: linen, silk, silver metallic thread Technique: embroidered, Bedcover with embroidery in a design of six scenes said to illustrate events in the life of Manuel de Godoy (1767 - 1851) with surrounding floral motifs. Embroidery in soft shades of green, blue, yellow and cream silk in satin and surface stitches. Cream-colored cotton fringe with a lattice heading and cut skirt on three sides., Spain, mid-19th century, embroidery & stitching, Bedcover

Dalmatic detail, 1716, Goldsmith's art and textile art from the 16th to the 20th century, St., Sankt, Saint

Tunic, c. 700-1100. Peru, South Coast, Wari Culture, Middle Horizon, 8th-12th Century. Tapestry; interlocked wefts and areas of eccentric weaving: wool and cotton; average: 109.2 x 115.6 cm (43 x 45 1/2 in.).

Sampler Made 1795 Pennsylvania. This sampler is a variation of a distinctive type that includes white work (also known as Dresden work) and is specifically associated with Philadelphia. Colored silk threads can also be found in several other known examples, all of which were probably made under the direction of a single teacher who has yet to be identified.. Linen, plain weave; cutwork embroidered with linen in needle lace filling stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk and linen in buttonhole, cross, darning and single satin stitches; and embroidered with silk in buttonhole, chain and satin stitches .

Marion Gaylord, Valance (Detail), c 1941 Valance (Detail)

Valance, Le Parc du Chateau (The Park of the Chateau); Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huët (1745 - 1811); Produced by Oberkampf & Cie. (France); France; cotton; Warp x Weft: 84 x 213 cm (33 1/16 in. x 6 ft. 11 7/8 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-40

Design for a Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf,' Unfinished, Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper, A somewhat simplified variation of the design 1914-21-102. The left part is shown. The rinceaux are shortened, the plant simplified. A horizontally disposed plant candelabrum and an acorn rosette are shown beside the rinceau., France, 1805-1810, Drawing, Drawing

Textile; silk; Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-56-20-a,b

Sidewall, Block-printed paper, embossed, Imitation leather. On studded-texture background, embossed symmetrical design of tulips, chrysanthemums, lilies, sunflowers and many other floral depictions, with feathery fronds of leaves; printed in metallic emerald green and metallic gold., Japan, 1875-99, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Carpet with flowerguirds. Tapertie with flower wreath - a tablecloth or inside of a sky of a four-poster bed. On a cadmium yellow fond is an oak leaf wreath, within which flowers. Flower wreaths around it.

Sampler, Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Rectangular sampler of highly stylized floral vine pattern bands, worked in brightly colored wools on a linen ground. One of the bands has two male figures., England, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Table Hanging, 1700s-1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Silk and gold filé; tapestry weave, slit joins; overall: 88.3 x 102.2 cm (34 3/4 x 40 1/4 in.).

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil 69938

Valance. unknown, author

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment, Mediuim: silk, gold on paper wound on silk core Technique: plain compound twill weave, Pattern of dragons, floral forms and flying clouds in supplementary wefts of gold, green, red, light blue silk and gold threads on dark blue twill ground., Japan, 19th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Panel, 19th century, H.70-5/8 x W.33 in., silk, China, 19th century

Embroidered Sampler 1721 Anne Chase American American samplers from the first half of the eighteenth century are exceedingly rare. This delicate example is ornamented with floral motifs that evoke the Baroque style of the seventeenth century. Although unfinished, the piece is inscribed at the bottom Anne Chase Made This Sampler In / The Thirteenth Year of Her Age 1721.”. Embroidered Sampler 16961

Textile; silk, gilded parchment wrapped around silk core

Drawing, Design for Embroidery or; Attributed to Jean-François Bony (French, 1754-1825); Manufactured by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; Dedicatee: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821); France; gouache support: glazed laid paper, laid down on light brown wove paper; 42 x 30.2 cm (16 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.) dims. vary widely Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

Appliqued Bedspread. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 54.8 x 58.3 cm (21 9/16 x 22 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Suzanne Roy.

Fragment Made 1601-1700 Greece. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running (pattern darning), satin, split, and stem stitches .

Embroidery (China); silk, metallic threads

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71111

Scrolling Floral Vines (verso), 1755. Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730-1765). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper (verso);

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1785/90. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79099-21 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

Hooked Rug. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22 x 29.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 52" long; 27 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marion Curtiss.

Fragment of Persian silk fabric unknown

Textile; linen; Warp x Weft: 120 x 71 cm (47 1/4 x 27 15/16 in.)

Bed Curtain (end), 18th century, 56 x 27 3/4in. (142.2 x 70.5cm), Linen; needlework, Greece, 18th century

Window shade, Block printed and flocked, applied mica flakes, canvas, Two boys and two large dogs at watering trough. Surrounded by foliage. Printed in metallic colors and burgundy flock on light green fabric support. Flitter shade with applied gold mica flakes., USA, 1875-1900, Wallcoverings, Window shade

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1650-1700. Dimensions: . Plain compound cloth. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border, Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted, Alternating plants of two different designs but having identical calyxes connected by a leaf and three seeds and a chain supported by and suspended from, respectively, the point of the largest leaf of the calyx. Scrolls and beads form a border at the bottom; two motifs are shown., France, 1815-1840, Drawing, Drawing

Cushion cover 1590-1610 British This small panel was probably intended to decorate a small cushion or pillow; these were used in large numbers in interior decoration of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Larger versions would have softened hard wooden seats; smaller examples were used as decoration on sideboards and dressing tables. Some were used as pincushions, as great quantities of pins were used to fasten clothing before the advent of zippers and Velcro.. Cushion cover 228958

Hand Painted Wall (Detail). Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 76.4 x 50.9 cm (30 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.). Medium: silkscreen on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Martin Partyka.

Kesa Made 1870-1890 Japan. Heri, yÙ, jÙ silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float face 2 1 ëZí twill weave with weft-float faced 1 2 ëSí twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; shiten and niten silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2 1 ëZí twill weave with supplementary brocading weft floats and patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1 2 ëSí twill interlacings; lining silk, plain weave .

Fragment, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered, Fragment showing fantastic animals, flowers and a human figure in multicolored silk on a natural ground., Skros, Greece, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, A bunc hf two flower boughs is to alternate with a cluster of flowers over a row of lacy plants. Slightly over one repeat is shown., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Throne-back Cover, early 17th century, L.32-3/8 x W.40 in., Silk, embroidery, China, 17th century

Fragment of Brocaded Velvet, 16th century. Spain, 16th century. Velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk and metal; average: 111.5 x 56.5 cm (43 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.).

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and blue, white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 31.8 × 23.2 cm (12 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white, yellow, and orange gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 32.1 × 42 cm (12 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.)

Fragment (France); cotton; Warp x Weft: 46 x 91 cm (18 1/8 x 35 13/16 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-213

Panel with Phoenixes and Flowers 14th century China A marvelous embroidery work, this canopy represents two powerful phoenixes that strongly resemble a fourteenth-century stone relief panel unearthed in Dadu, the capital city of the Yuan dynasty (now Beijing). Although the precise function is unclear, it may have been designed as canopy for use in a tent by a member of the ruling Mongol family.. Panel with Phoenixes and Flowers 39736

Untitled Valentine (Putti and Birds). Thomas Wood; English, 19th century. Date: 1860-1869. Dimensions: 90 × 74 mm (folded sheet). Cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper with pink wove paper insert. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Leaf with the twelve months in four rows of three, Anonymous, 1780 - 1820 brocade paper Leaf with the portrayal of the twelve months of the year in four rows of three with various scenes, at the top left of January, at the top right of March, at the bottom left, at the bottom right of December. paper. paint (coating) relief printing the twelve months represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape; so-called 'labours of the months'

Nasal corner Unknown, Nidecka studio

Printed Textile. Culture: Rhenish. Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (14 × 20 cm). Date: 14th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel, Medium: cotton, silk Technique: embroidered, Short panel of coarse cotton embroidered in orange silk at one side. Conventionalized open flower, zigzag and stylized plant forms., North Africa, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Panel

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