Ancient Textile Fragments

Historical textile pieces displaying intricate patterns and designs, featuring motifs inspired by cultural and religious themes from ancient civilizations.

Tiraz fragment, Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave, slit tapestry with eccentric weft, doublefaced, Tiraz fragment of linen with two multicolored bands of confronted birds in a cartouche., Egypt, 10th-12th century, woven textiles, Tiraz fragment

Inscribed Textile (Tiraz) Fragment. Egypt, Islamic; Fatimid, Late 11th - early 12th century. Textiles; tiraz. Linen plain weave with silk tapestry patterning

Panel 5th century. Panel. 5th century. Wood; painted. Attributed to Egypt. Wood

Sidewall, Block-printed paper, embossed, hand-rubbed oil finish, imitation leather. Major motif is a lion rampant above a long slender stylized vase. Drop repeat. Intervening spaces filled by heavy scrolls and foliate adornments and stars., possibly France, 1860-80, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Fragment from a Child's Tunic: Right Corner Band, 600s-700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661-750). Wool and linen: tabby weave, inwoven tapestry ornament; overall: 20.5 x 22.5 cm (8 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.).

Tiraz Fragment 11th century Flax, from which linen fibers were made, was the main cash crop of Egypt during the Fatimid period, and the trade of linen helped sustain the economy. The court gave sumptuous fabrics like this one as ambassadorial gifts, with the caliphal treasuries known for housing fabrics of remarkable splendor. Surviving Fatimid textiles are often inscribed or adorned with ornamental bands featuring rows of animals and other motifs. On this fragment, the central theme consists of a series of birds flanking reciprocal half-palmettes, all of which are linked by a scrolling vine woven in silk. Mirroring this rhythmic alternation are registers filled with cartouches, each containing an abstracted arabesque. The monotonous repetition is broken by the color of their respective backgrounds, which flows from pastel blue to yellow and green.. Tiraz Fragment 448649

Textile Fragments, 13th century. Spain, Mudejar, 13th century. Compound twill: silk, gold and linen; average: 26.5 x 60.7 cm (10 7/16 x 23 7/8 in.).

Fragment of Tomb Cover, before 1955. Iran or Iraq. Silk: double-face compound twill; overall: 78.1 x 66 cm (30 3/4 x 26 in.).

Band from aTunic. Artist: Unknown

Three Fragments from a Border, before 1968. Egypt. Wool and linen: tapestry weave; overall: 3.8 x 18 cm (1 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.).

Tiraz fragment, Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave, slit tapestry with eccentric weft, doublefaced, Tiraz fragment of linen with two multicolored bands of confronted birds in a cartouche., Egypt, 10th-12th century, woven textiles, Tiraz fragment

Sidewall (USA), 1780-1810; block-printed paper; 65 x 4 cm (25 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. )

Fragment with Figural and Architectural Decoration Coptic. Fragment with Figural and Architectural Decoration, 5th-7th century C.E. Flax, wool, 3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (8 x 12 cm). Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art 5th-7th century C.E.

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: two integrated structures; 4&1 satin plus plain weave (lampas), Circular medallion with geometric center arranged in staggered rows with background filled with foliate forms., Spain, 15th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Tunika z zachowanym jednym rękawem. nieznany warsztat egipski, workshop

Roundel with Botanical and Geometric Decoration Coptic. Roundel with Botanical and Geometric Decoration, 5th-7th century C.E. Flax, wool, 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (11 x 11 cm). Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art 5th-7th century C.E.

Tapestry-Woven Fragment 8th century Though only a fragment, this textile still contains portions of the field, as well as two decorative bands, providing a sense of what the complete textile may have looked like. The field pattern consists of half a roundel enclosing the front part of a horse equipped with harness and saddle cover or bags. Although probably found in Egypt, the absence of linen and S-spun yarns indicate an eastern origin for this textile, possibly in the mountainous regions of Iran, Iraq or even the Caucasus.. Tapestry-Woven Fragment 454035

PILETA DE CERAMICA MUDEJAR (S.XIV) (EN EL MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ).

Painting. Egypt, 1000-1250. Paintings. Ink and colors on paper

Fragment of tile ca. 1295-1070 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside. Fragment of tile 550200

Panel, 17th century, 36 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (92.71 x 52.07 cm), ; brocade, Spain, 17th century

Textile Fragment, undetermined Chimú. Textile Fragment, undetermined, 1000-1532. Cotton, 1 3/16 x 3 15/16 in. (3 x 10 cm). Arts of the Americas 1000-1532

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: plain compound weave, Vertical rows of medium-sized ogives bordered with broad continuous bands of Kufic lettering and enclosing confronted peacocks with tails spread to top of a Tree of Life between them. Winged sphinxes, addorsed regardant, in interspaces. Olive-green floss in cloth tie on golden tan fine cloth ground., Iran, 10th-13th century, woven textiles, Textile

Panel (Italy); leather

Roundel. Coptic; Egypt. Date: 401 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: 10.8 × 10.8 cm (4 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.). Linen and wool, tapestry weave. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Tile of chimney pilaster, blue on white, bottom of column with basement, compartment with dots, chimney pilaster tile pilaster footage fragment ceramic pottery glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Tile part of chimney pilaster originally twelve or thirteen high Yellow shard with red strings square two nail holes. Blue on white fond. Tile forms part of single-row pilaster in Renaissance style and shows the underside of column with basement with part of division with dots Shadow on the right 1914 construction city hall Zandstraat-quarters Second World War war bombardment Rotterdam City Triangle 1940 renaissance Comes from rubble after bombing on Rotterdam May 1940.

Tissue fragment in tapestry, anonymous, c. 900 - c. 1099 Linen tissue fragment with a woven color-on-color pattern of mainly windows obtained by weaving the impact wires in diagonal and wavy direction. Spread small galen woven over the tissue that enliven the appearance. In between a row of nine windows in green line, above that three green vertical motifs. Two horizontal tires of wavy and vertical line motif (kufic script or figures), One light motif on dark soil, the other with darkly outlined motif on light soil. Egypt Ketting an element: Linen (material). Entry: Wool tapestry Linen tissue fragment with a woven color-on-color pattern of mainly windows obtained by weaving the impact wires in diagonal and wavy direction. Spread small galen woven over the tissue that enliven the appearance. In between a row of nine windows in green line, above that three green vertical motifs. Two horizontal tires of wavy and vertical line motif (kufic script or figures), One light motif on dark soil,

Fragmentary Playing Card. Egypt, 13th-14th century. Paintings. Ink and colors on paper

Fragment. Middle East or Spain or Italy. Date: 1301-1400. Dimensions: 16.1 x 19.1 cm (6 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)Repeat: 5.3 x 6.8 cm (2 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.). Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned ground wefts. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Islamic.

Saint Margaret. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: paste print. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Silk Embroidered Fragment. Date/Period: 1000 - 1025. Fabric. Height: 70 mm (2.75 in); Width: 75 mm (2.95 in). Author: Spain Unknown.

Fragment from aGarment. Artist: Unknown

Band fragment, Medium: Warp; S-spun linen. Weft; Z-spun linen, Z-spun wool. Technique: slit tapestry woven with supplementary weft wrapping., Nude figure standing with crossed legs and a lion in a medallion., 5th-7th century, woven textiles, Band fragment

Tissue fragment with Tabula. Very finely woven tabula with brown figures, recorded on non-associated natural linen. In a square, Dionysos is between two satyrs with musical instruments. There are three Maaaths to his feet. The natural background is filled with a very finely woven rank motif. This is a bond with circular motifs with animals ongoing in it, including lions, panthers and hares. The detailing of the motifs is in flying wire technique.

Fragment of Egyptian fabric with hippopotamus of the Fatimid period (9th c.). Islamic art. Textiles. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts.

Panel Made 201 CE-600 CE Egypt. Linen amd wool, tapestry weave . Coptic

PLATO DE MANISES S XVI-DECORADO CON HELECHOS CORONAS Y HOJAS. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The tools and forth; Mizutowicz, Tadeusz (1778-1826); around 1808 (1803-00-00-1813-00-00);

Selected images from Teikin Orai and Onna Inagawa., 1828, 1834. Woodcuts

Fragment 14th-15th century. Fragment. 14th-15th century. Earthenware; incised decoration through white slip and coloring under transparent glaze. Made in Egypt. Ceramics

Fragment, Medium: wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation, Embroidery in strong colors covering entire surface. Winged figure holding trophy head., Peru, 300-100 BC, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III ca. 1479-1458 B.C. New Kingdom. Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III. ca. 1479-1458 B.C.. Steatite (glazed). New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 9 (I), MMA excavations, 1926-27. Dynasty 18, early

Painting: niche niche, niche naked sacristy (prothesis chapel); 4 10th century (after 974) (974-00-00-997-00-00);Faras (Sudan), wall paintings, Polish excavations in Faras (Sudan)

Square; warp; s-spun linen. wefts; s-spun linen carried in pairs, z-spun linen, z-spun wool, z-spun silk

Fragment (Peru); cotton, wool

Fragment Made 801 CE-1000 Central Asia. Silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps .

Anonymous, fragment (common name). White terracotta based on kaolin. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris.

Embroidered Border Fragment 4th-3rd century B.C. Paracas. Embroidered Border Fragment 308069

Ornament tile, multicolored tile in yellow, blue and orange on white background, eye in yellow midfield with rounded projection delineated by blue and white contours on each side, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted White shard with red wisps square tile with large nail hole. White fond multicolored all-seeing eye religion theology Christ God bible

The death that kicks a grave, Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp, 1915 print In the background a wall, a church with collapsed tower and a burning mill. At the top of the text '175, Finis 1915'. paper Death as skeleton. grave, tomb. End; 'Fine' (Ripa). landscape with ruins

Fragment, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered, Fragment of a narrow band with pairs of confronted birds between trees in blue on natural linen., Egypt, 15th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Bandbox Lid (USA); block-printed paper on pasteboard support; 50 x 37 cm (19 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Tunic Fragment 8th-9th century Nasca (). Tunic Fragment 307952

Fragment linnen met veelkleurig borduurwerk.Fragment white linen with multicolored embroidery. The pattern has flowers (tulip) and acanthus leaves. The fragment consists of two consistent fragments.

Terracotta wall bracket ca. 1050-950 B.C. Cypriot Crowned with the head of a bull, the bracket would probably have been used in a sanctuary to hold a lamp or a container of incense in the trough at the bottom. Such brackets in terracotta and bronze are known in Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age and were widely exported, especially in the area of the Aegean Sea.. Terracotta wall bracket. Cypriot. ca. 1050-950 B.C.. Terracotta; hand-made. Cypro-Geometric I. Vases

Fragment. Egypt. Date: 1101-1300. Dimensions: 16.5 × 7.6 cm (6 1/2 × 3 in.). Linen and silk, slit tapestry weave. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fresco Fragment. Unknown

Remains of a figure and buildings from Sant Joan de Boí. Date/Period: Ca. 1100. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 1,540 mm (60.62 in); Width: 1,190 mm (46.85 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Fragment of the carton; 664-332 BC ; Late period (-664-00-00--332-00-00);

Carpet depicting a scene from Nile, linen and wool.

TEJIDO DE LANA. Location: ALHAMBRA-MUSEO TEXTIL. GRANADA. SPANIEN.

Fragment (Spain); silk

Fragment. Egypt. Date: 201 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: 15.7 × 13.7 cm (6 3/16 × 5 3/8 in.). Linen and wool, tapestry weave. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

Fragment from aTunic. Artist: Unknown

Fresco Fragment. Unknown

Laces, 16th century. Hem with heart-shaped volutes and male figures, cm 17,5 high, end of 1600's. Detail.

Embroidered Mantle Fragment 3rd-2nd century B.C. Paracas. Embroidered Mantle Fragment 308040

Tiles (3) 16th-17th century Spanish, Seville. Tiles (3) 187907 Spanish, Seville, Tiles (3), 16th17th century, No dimensions recorded.. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894 (94.4.418ac)

Textile Fragment. Egypt, 14th century. Textiles; fragments. Linen plain weave with silk embroidery

Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: two integrated fabric structures, 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave, Top row: flying angels swinging censors. Bottom row: angels holding three nails, Italy, 15th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar) second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Greek, Attic On the neck, a palmette-lotus festoon; part of the handle; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a red glazed ring; below, a band of tongues; a second fragment from the neck, has part of the palmette-lotus festoon and part of the red glazed ring at the juncture of the neck and shoulder; a third fragment is from part of the rim of the amphora; on the top frieze of the fourth fragment, part of a lotus bud with tendrils and part of a water bird; legs of a feline to right; forelegs of a quadruped to left; below, rays; on the fifth fragment, part of a palmette; hind quarters of a deer to right; in the frieze below, hindquarters and tail of a panther to left; part of a siren to right; below, rays; on the top frieze of the sixth fragment, part of the belly and wing of a siren to right; below, in the second frieze, head and neck of a water bird to right; part of a lotus bud with tendrils; t

Panel. Nazca; Peru, Possibly Nazca Valley, south coast. Date: 500 AD-600 AD. Dimensions: 67 x 45.1 cm (26 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.). Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Embroidered Fragment 5th-2nd century B.C. Paracas. Embroidered Fragment 307853

Tile of tableau with in blue feet and decorated border, tile picture footage fragment ceramics pottery glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Tile was part of tableau originally three high and one wide which in turn was part of tile frieze of unknown length reverse side baked in blue paint 18 Rotterdam Jacob de Gheyn Prince Maurits fearing in thousand dread musketeer militia army warriors militaria renaissance

EGYPT, Luxor. Detail of hieroglyphics in the valley of the Kings, Luxor

Panel; linen, wool

Tile from marsh scene. Dimensions: H. 5.5 × W. 3.5 cm (2 3/16 × 1 3/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Akhenaten. Date: ca. 1353-1336 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sidewall (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 31 x 29.5 cm (12 3/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Fragment with confronted sphinxes in roundels from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo, 1200-43. Spain, Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant; overall: 54.6 x 65.4 cm (21 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); mount: 66.7 x 76.8 cm (26 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); framed: 69.2 x 79.4 cm (27 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.). Composite creatures, such as winged lions and sphinxes, predate the rise of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. Islamic textiles continued to include them for centuries after the Arab conquest of Spain. Pairs of lions with gold faces rear up to bite the haunches of the winged beasts. In between the roundels are pairs of peacocks, motifs traceable to pre-Islamic Persian art that spread throughout the Islamic world, including Spain. The body of Saint Bernard Calvo, the Catholic Bishop of Vich in 1233-43, was wrapped in textiles, including these fragments that still retain traces of his blood.

Fresco Fragment. Unknown

White Fresco Fragment. Unknown

Great Roman mosaic 4th-5th century AD. Vila dels Ametllers, Villa Vitalis, Tossa de Mar, Girona - Spain.

Block of relief ca. 1981-1952 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Block of relief 555679

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO, GERONA, SPAIN.

Vak veloutébehang, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1715 A velouté wallpaper that shows a pattern of bronze-green Louis XIV motifs, volutes, acanthus, flower and leaf work on a gilded stock. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) linen (material). wool A velouté wallpaper that shows a pattern of bronze-green Louis XIV motifs, volutes, acanthus, flower and leaf work on a gilded stock. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) linen (material). wool

MiniatureTunic. Artist: Unknown

Roundel 5th-6th century. Roundel 447855

18th grade cover. GAL1920.3.1

Chalice veil 16th 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.. Chalice veil 158393

ARQUETA: DE SAN MARTIN I EL HUMANO. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Horyu-ji (Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Horyu Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving both as a seminary and a monastery. In 1993, Horyu-ji was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area. The Japanese government lists several of its structures, sculptures and artifacts as National Treasures. The kondo, or great hall of the temple, dating in part to the 7th century, is famous for its 7th century Buddhist murals. Unfortunately, on January 26, 1949, a fire in the kondo caused very severe damage to the murals, many of which were destroyed. The murals of the kondo comprise fifty walls; four larger walls, eight mid-sized walls and thirty-eight small wall areas inside the building. The original murals were removed after the fire incident in 1949 and are kept in storage. Twenty small wall paintings that escaped the fire remain in pla

Fragment (Iraq); silk and gold thread embroidery on cotton ground

Textile Fragment, 1450-1499. Italy, Florence, second half of 15th century. Lampas weave; silk and linen; average: 43.9 x 43.2 cm (17 5/16 x 17 in.).

MOSAICO ROMANO DE SEVERINA PROCEDENTE DE DENIA. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN.

Kylix Fragments. Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: container - fragmentary: 15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (38.7 × 26 cm). Date: ca. 480 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Detail the Tapestry of Creation, 11th century, Romanesque. Museum: Museo Catedralicio de la Catedral de Gerona.

Sidewall And Border (France); block-printed and flocked on handmade paper; 94 x 61 cm (37 x 24 in.)

Fragment, c. 1900-1910. Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461-1521). Glazed terracotta; overall: 198.1 x 165.1 cm (78 x 65 in.).

Tassel orFigurine. Artist: Unknown

Fragment of a Band with Confronted Birds, a Formal Tree, and Smaller Animals, 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 39.1 x 45.6 cm (15 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.). Birds, perhaps eagles, confront each other on this corner fragment. Of particular interest is how they are surrounded by smaller animals and framed by a geometric structure. This could reference a familys heraldry, or show the lace makers skill in rendering figural and geometric motifs.

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