Decorative Textile Pieces

Historical fabric samples from the 16th and 17th centuries, featuring intricate patterns and designs, illustrating the textile artistry of Italian, Spanish, and Greek cultures.

Millefleurs ground with two medallions. unknown c. 1540-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'4" x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 11/23/1927; sold 2/12/1924 to Dr. P. P. Preston Pope Satterwhite. Medallions with figural & landscape scenes; medallions decorated with grotesques & headed by winged coats of arms (BRD) garland of oversize flowers & fruit interspersed with bunches of grapes Possibly woven in Bruges. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15746 also lists: 18279, 39683

Piece 17th century possibly Italian. Piece 219780

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 12 1/2 in. (25.4 x 31.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 224096

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 83 3/4 x W. 12 inches (212.7 x 30.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Greek or Bulgarian. Dimensions: H. 14 1/2 x W. 23 inches (36.8 x 58.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel 17th century Italian. Panel 217260

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

Millefleurs ground with birds. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'9" x W 4'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Count & Countess de Kermaingant coll., New York. Sold at American Art Association (New York) 11/27/1926, no.174 (Gothic Art). Mrs. Henry Walters coll.; sold Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York), 4/30-5/3/1941, lot 1143. French & Co.

Millefleurs ground with two medallions. unknown c. 1540-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'4" x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 11/23/1927; sold 2/12/1924 to Dr. P. P. Preston Pope Satterwhite. Medallions with figural & landscape scenes; medallions decorated with grotesques & headed by winged coats of arms (BRD) garland of oversize flowers & fruit interspersed with bunches of grapes Possibly woven in Bruges. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15746 also lists: 18279, 39683

Fragment. Culture: French or Italian. Dimensions: L. 25 x W. 17 1/4 inches (63.5 x 43.8 cm). Date: 17th-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: Overall: 45 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (115.6 x 100.3 cm). Date: ca. 1720.Panels such as this--with its extraordinary patterns in long repeats--were 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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 227493

Piece. Culture: Russian. Dimensions: Overall: 21 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (55.2 x 24.1 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 69 1/4 x W. 35 3/4 inches (175.9 x 90.8 cm). Date: late 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 76 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (193.7 x 55.2 cm) (loom width). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 1695-1705 French. Fragment 220100

Border. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 32 1/2 x W. 11 3/8 inches (82.6 x 28.9 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 6 1/4 x W. 5 inches (15.9 x 12.7 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece second half 16th century probably Chinese, Macao, for Iberian market. Piece 214347

Piece 1750-75 French. Piece 223349

Orphrey ca. 1400 Italian, Siena. Orphrey 227167

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223367

Strip 16th century. Strip 448457

Hanging. Dimensions: H. 93 in. (236.2 cm)W. 72.00 in. (182.9 cm). Date: probably 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 x 10 in. (39.4 x 25.4 cm). Date: first half 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 10 1/2 x W. 9 1/2 inches26.7 x 24.1 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 23 x 10 1/4 in. (58.4 x 26 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian, Genoa. Dimensions: L. 65 x W. 21 1/2 inches (165.1 x 54.6 cm) (loom width). Date: 1730-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hood for a cope late 15th-early 16th century Italian, Florence. Hood for a cope 227193

Piece Japan date uncertain

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 7 1/2 x W. 3 1/2 inches (19.1 x 8.9 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kiosk Chinois, No. 6 François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748-1797). , 1788. Etching on laid paper, 15 x 5 1/4 in. (38.1 x 13.3 cm). European Art 1788

Floral print ca. 1815 Bannister Hall The Bannister Hall print works was founded ca. 1798 by Richard Jackson and John Stephenson. Between 1809 and 1825 it was owned by Charles Swainson with varying partners. It was the leading firm for woodblock "furniture" chintzes.. Floral print 222030

Panel first quarter 18th century French. Panel 229153

Arabesque drawings. Ornamentation of an Arab Quran, Library of the Viceroy of Cairo, Ancient Egypt. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Tablecloth 1667 Flemish. Tablecloth 228929

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (13.7 x 16.5 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Length late 17th-early 18th century Italian. Length. Italian. late 17th-early 18th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-Woven

Piece. Culture: Northern Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 72 x 20 1/2 in. (182.9 x 52.1 cm). Date: ca. 1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel of tiles 16th century Spanish, Seville. Panel of tiles. Spanish, Seville. 16th century. Tin-glazed earthenware. Ceramics-Pottery

Panel. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 63 1/2 x 42 in. (161.3 x 106.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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

Piece 1742-45 German. Piece 216512

Silk Velvet with Gold in Pomegranate Pattern, 1450-1500. Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century. Silk, gold thread; velvet: cut pile in two heights, uncut pile loops, gold-thread loops; overall: 118.7 x 60.6 cm (46 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.); mounted: 130.8 x 71.1 cm (51 1/2 x 28 in.).

Piece. Culture: Italian or Spanish. Dimensions: L. 30 x W. 18 inches (76.2 x 45.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Stencil from Trading Room of the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Designed by Adler and Sullivan American 1893-94

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (24.1 x 49.5 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 13 x W. 7 inches (33.0 x 17.8 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 21 1/2 x W. 19 1/2 inches (54.6 x 49.5 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 10 x W. 4 1/2 in. (25.4 x 11.4 cm.). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 16 x W. 10 1/2 inches40.6 x 26.7 cm. Date: 1745-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 69 x W. 25 inches (175.3 x 63.5 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Forest with hunters. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'3" x W 5'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from E. S. Bayer, received 2/16/1925; sold to Kunst Handlung 1/25/1961.

Panel. Spain. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: a: 185.5 x 55.3 cm (73 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.)b: 191.7 x 55.5 cm (75 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.)Warp repeat: 76.2 cm (30 in.). Silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces (satin damask). Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece ca. 1735 Jean Revel. Piece 220697

Panel 16th century German. Panel 217935

Shawl. Culture: Scottish, Paisley. Dimensions: L. 135 x W. 63 inches (342.9 x 160.0 cm). Date: ca. 1865. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ceiling tiles mid-16th century Spanish, Seville. Ceiling tiles. Spanish, Seville. mid-16th century. Tin-glazed earthenware. Ceramics-Pottery

Panel. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 50 x W. 25 1/2 inches (127.0 x 64.8 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1740 British, London, Spitalfields. Piece 230690

Cover. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 32 x W. 32 inches81.3 x 81.3 cm. Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel Greek, Crete 18th century

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 5 1/4 x W. 2 inches (13.3 x 5.1 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (37.5 x 16.5 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 16th-17th century Italian or Spanish. Fragment 230270

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (31.8 x 62.2 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sutra Cover China. Sutra Cover 70221

Millefleurs ground with three trees, unicorn, stag, deer, leopard, lion, dog rabbits and birds. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co.

Tuscany Siena Asciano Casa Corboli3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Secular building dating from 13th-14th cent. In the oratorio are frescoes depicting the 4 seasons and other secular scenes. Antiquities: 2nd century AD polychrome mosaic, mascaron or possible fountain. Two pavement mosaics located in basement of building. They have geometric patterns with linked circles and vegetal rosettes. Four-pointed star, triangle and tongue and dart motifs are located in the border. Squares linked by Solomon's knot. tongue and dart Object Notes: no negatives of Asciano are available, see "Mosaics" for mounted plates. Hutzel photo campaign date: July 17, 1982. General Notes: Mounted photos of mosaics are found in Antiquities as well as Hutzel. Additional material in Marburger collection, see nos. 23-24. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough doc

Piece. Culture: probably Spanish. Dimensions: L. 84 x W. 108 inches (213.4 x 274.3 cm). Date: ca. 1700. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Verdure with irises. unknown c. 1535-1565 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'6" x W 11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Verdure field with central clump of irises (BRD) garland with fruit & flowers, coats of arms in corners French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 4048

Tapestry Panel Fragment. Culture: Peru; central coast (). Dimensions: Overall: 17 1/8 x 24 1/2 in. (43.48 x 62.23 cm)Other: 17 1/8 in. (43.48 cm). Date: 10th-15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cushion first quarter 17th century French. Cushion. French. first quarter 17th century. Silk and metal thread on canvas. Textiles-Embroidered

Unicorns in wreathes. unknown c. 1600-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'1" x W 7'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 6/cm) Culture: Dutch Ownership History: French & Co. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by P. A. B. Widener, 1970. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 1970.250. Unicorn in landscape in central medallion enclosed by wreath of leaves & fruit; surrounding field is filled with leaves & fruit (BRD) unicorn in landscape enclosed by wreath at mid-points, flanked by vases with arrangements of flowers & fruit No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), cat. 39

Fragment. Dimensions: 16 15/16 in. high 4 5/16 in. wide (43 cm high 11 cm wide). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Game park with lion attacking wild ass. unknown c. 1610-1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2" x W 15'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Adrienne H. Jolins, received 9/15/1924; sold to Franklin Piccioli 12/26/1946 SS 13047. French & Co. purchased from Franklin Piccioli 12/26/46 SS 78525. Lion attacking wild ass in dense greenery inhabited by camel, unicorn, stag, peacocks & other animals (BRD) scrolling acanthus ornament with masks & vases of flowers; on each border, 3 cartouches with animals in landscapes French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 13047 also lists: 27484 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 78525 also lists: 27484.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 41 3/4 x W. 62 3/4 inches (106.0 x 159.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

HONITON LACE FLOUNCE BY G.F. URLING, OF REGENT STREET, LONDON, THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862

Fragment. Dimensions: 11 13/16 in. high 12 1/2 in. wide (30 cm high 31.7 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Parterre van Hampton Court, anonymous, after Daniël Marot (I), after 1703 - before 1800 print Plan of a quarter of the garden with richly decorated parterres and basins with fountains. paper etching lay-out of garden

Fragment. Dimensions: 29 3/4 in. high 21 5/8 in. wide (75.6 cm high 55 cm wide). Date: 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel 15th century Italian or Spanish. Panel 460285

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 13 1/2 in. (27.9 x 34.3 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1760 () French. Piece 213183

Panel. Culture: Italian, Sicily. Dimensions: 66 x 54 inches (167.6 x 137.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 25 x W. 15 1/4 inches (63.5 x 38.7 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment (Border) Made 1601-1700 Iran. Brocaded compound cloth .

Fragment. Culture: Chancay. Dimensions: Overall: 28 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (72.39 x 88.27 cm)Other: 28 1/2 in. (72.39 cm). Date: 12th-14th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Band 3rd-4th century. Band 444302

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 22 1/2 x W. 9 1/2 inches (57.2 x 24.1 cm). Date: 1725-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Spanischer Teppich.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Altar frontal 17th century Italian. Altar frontal 227434

Large-leaf proscenium-verdure with leopard attacking animal. unknown c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'7" x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 11/23/1927; sold to the Kunstgewerbemuseum 9/6/1961. Elaborate proscenium with foreground balustrade with 2 urns on pedestals, & grotesque side columns supporting cornice; leopard attacks animal in front of balustrade as bird on balustrade attacks snake () & monkey observes; behind balustrade, greenery composed of scrolling acanthus-like leaves & flowering plants inhabited by birds, monkeys & other animals (BRD) narrow geometric border with alternating ornamental motifs in lozenges French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15745-a Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0184703, 0236802, 0236804-0236807, 0236810-0236811, 0239822-0239823, 0239824

Cantonnière with historiated landscape medallion scenes. unknown c. 1600-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'1" x W 1'9" (side borders) Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co.

Cushion Cover or Kneeling Mat. Culture: China. Dimensions: 30 x 31 in. (76.20 x 78.74 cm). Date: 18th-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Quilt. Culture: British, Preston. Dimensions: L. 87 x W. 73 inches221.0 x 185.4 cm. Manufactory: Bannister Hall (British, founded ca. 1798). Date: ca. 1810-15.The Bannister Hall print works was founded ca. 1798 by Richard Jackson and John Stephenson. Between 1809 and 1825 it was owned by Charles Swainson with varying partners. It was the leading firm for woodblock "furniture" chintzes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French or British. Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 10 inches (72.4 x 25.4 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 21 x W. 16 inches53.3 x 40.6 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Persischer Tierteppich.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

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