Antique Textile Patterns

Historical fabric pieces showcasing intricate floral and ornamental designs, representing 16th to 18th century craftsmanship.

Chasuble 18th century Italian. Chasuble 227812

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223224

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223232

Piece early 18th century French. Piece 217180

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 223704

Chasuble 18th century Italian. Chasuble 227812

Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444196

Part of Priest's Robe early 19th century Japan. Part of Priest's Robe. Japan. early 19th century. Silk, metallic thread. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Costumes

Piece 15th-16th century Spanish. Piece 219009

Chasuble 17th century Italian. Chasuble 226430

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 226462

Band 16th-17th century Greek, possibly Cyclades (Pholegandros). Band 216507

Dress border French early 19th century

Flounce mid-19th century French. Flounce 227331

Band 16th century Italian. Band 212376

Floral print ca. 1785 French, possibly Jouy-en-Josas. Floral print. French, possibly Jouy-en-Josas. ca. 1785. Cotton. Textiles-Printed

Piece Japan. Piece 67920

Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 220535

Piece 1774-93 French. Piece 220601

Piece ca. 1735 Italian. Piece 226355

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 223586

Band early 19th century French. Band 224562

Flounce (From an Alb) Made 1725-1775 Italy. Linen, bobbin part lace .

Chasuble. Italy. Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 116.8 x 69.4 cm (45 7/8 x 27 1/4 in.)Repeat: 28.6 x 17.2 cm (11 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and silvered-metal strip supplementary facing and some supplementary patterning wefts; tapes of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, inner tape: plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; edge tape: plain weave self-patterned by warp and weft floats; lined with linen, plain weave; glazed. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Bobbin Lace Fragment, 18th-19th century. Spain, 18th-19th century. Lace, bobbin; average: 14.7 x 32.5 cm (5 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.).

Pieces (2) 17th century German. Pieces (2) 224553

Piece 1830-40 British. Piece 226209

Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 217318

Pillow cover 18th century Greek, Crete. Pillow cover 219692

Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223671

Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 224340

Piece 18th century Spanish. Piece 217013

Strip late 18th century Spanish. Strip 220745

Band 16th century Italian. Band 215664

Curtain ca. 1880 American. Curtain 14412

Length 18th century Italian. Length 229389

Band. Date: 4th-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223350

Piece early 18th century Italian. Piece 224272

Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 223688

Piece 18th century German. Piece 216577

Piece 1774 French. Piece 229147

Border French, Chantilly second half 19th century

Piece ca. 1830 () French. Piece 224492

Border 17th century Spanish. Border 227546

Cushion Cover (Yastik) late 18th century. Cushion Cover (Yastik) 450474

Chasuble 1720-30 Italian. Chasuble 227574

Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68711

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223771

Embroidered whitework coverlet Prudence Clark American 1817 Three panels of a linen/cotton ribbed fabric are seamed together to form the base of this whitework coverlet. The piece is embroidered in loops with heavy white cotton thread. The central medallion is set within an octagon of interlocking rings, which in turn is surrounded by two abstract floral borders.

Wall hangings (3) 1774-93 After a design by Philippe de Lasalle French. Wall hangings (3) 228721

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223227

Piece early 19th century French. Piece 223634

Piece British 19th century

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224481

Cap crown. Date/Period: Early 18th century. Cap crown. Medium: linen. Technique: bobbin lace. Author: UNKNOWN.

Rug with Carmelite Order coat-of-arms. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: 84 × 60 in. (213.4 × 152.4 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment. Culture: Chancay. Dimensions: Overall: 68 x 72 1/2 in. (172.72 x 184.15 cm)Other: 68 in. (172.72 cm). Date: 12th-14th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 67941

Textile Fragment 4th century. Textile Fragment 443350

Chair seat 18th century British. Chair seat 230895

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 222324

Fragment 1730-35 French. Fragment 222657

Piece probably early 19th century French. Piece 219126

Border; linen

Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 444186

Ornament with candelaber of arabesken and grape roses.

Bookbinding. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 3 7/8 x W. 2 5/8 inches (9.8 x 6.7 cm). Date: 1776. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece possibly ca. 1730 possibly Spanish. Piece 220467

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443539

Border with garlands, strapwork, and figures of women and children. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Charles 11/2/1918 ().

Cap crown early 18th century Italian 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, then curator of the textile department. Miss Newbold's name occurs agai

Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 223248

Piece 18th century French. Piece 215692

Sample Merrimac Mills American 1825-50

Draperies type cantonnière. unknown c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 15'2" x W 7'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. United States, New York, New York, Owner unknownNelson A. Rockefeller. Garlands, scrolls, baskets of flowers & urns No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241132, 0241134

Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 67945

Over-Robe (Uchikake) second half 19th century Japan. Over-Robe (Uchikake). Japan. second half 19th century. Silk, metallic thread. Textiles-Costumes

Imperial Curtain late 17th-early 18th century China. Imperial Curtain 70490

Bed curtain 18th century Greek Islands, Cyclades, probably Pholegandros. Bed curtain. Greek Islands, Cyclades, probably Pholegandros. 18th century. Linen. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 226714

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443259

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220260

Tablecloth 1815 German. Tablecloth 230836

Cushion Cover ca. 1299-1923. Cushion Cover. ca. 1299-1923. Silk. Attributed to Bulgaria, Kasanlik. Textiles-Laces

Lappet early 18th century Flemish. Lappet 218153

Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68687

Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 38 1/2 inches (97.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 226441

Bed tent panel 18th century Greek Islands, Rhodes. Bed tent panel 227631

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220280

Sampler 1800 Dutch. Sampler 228053

Blind with covered box 18th-19th century China. Blind with covered box. China. 18th-19th century. a: Bamboo, silk, cotton, paintbc: Lacquered wood. Bamboo

Bedcover (Cherry Wreaths Quilt) Made 1855-1875 Indiana. Cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquÈd with cotton, plain weave; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave . Kate D. Reed

Textile Sample Book 1845-60 After a design by Frier Riber. Textile Sample Book 229335

Border, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes diamond ground), Border with a design of joined flower and leaf motifs with dots and a scalloped edge., France, 19th century, lace, Border

Fragment. Culture: French. Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443409

Anefo photo collection. Embroidery old No. 31. December 12, 1945

Textile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 443234

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443431

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