Decorative Textiles

Collection of historical textile pieces featuring intricate floral patterns and designs, showcasing various techniques and materials from different centuries.

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: woven with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Silk brocade with a loose lattice framework formed of naturalistic flowers and leaves, in pale greens, pinks and oranges on an off-white ground., France, England, ca. 1740, woven textiles, Textile

Piece late 18th century Probably Oberkampf Manufactory French. Piece 229512

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: damasse: 7&1 satin (4) and 1z7 twill, Tan silk woven with curving ribbon and floral pattern., England or Netherlands, ca. 1710-20, woven textiles, Textile

Alternate of a climbing side with wide Rivière.Albarrow of natural colored Brussels climbing side. Four different loose branches of ecclesiastical flowers (lily, pomegranate, grape roos) fill triangular and shield-shaped fields, limited by a river of broad C-Volutes. The triangles are alternately high and narrow and short and thick and exhibit a fine mesh net, while the shield-shaped fields are filled with a coarse ground ground. Along the scalloped edge, a mountain and valley line runs from C-Volutes, which are overcurred by a fine closed flowerguirland, which repeats itself at the top of the strip. The C-voltages are filled with grid work and wound with a fine flower garland or overcures by a feeder.

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71267

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: woven with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Silk brocade with a loose lattice framework formed of naturalistic flowers and leaves, in pale greens, pinks and oranges on an off-white ground., France, England, ca. 1740, woven textiles, Textile

Fragment, Medium: silk and metallic Technique: woven, Orange-red ground with vertical stripes of blue silk and silver metallic in a floral pattern., 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Brocade, 1800s. India, Gulbarga, 19th century. Brocade, "kimkhwab"; silk, cotton, gold thread; overall: 27.9 x 19.1 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.).

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: brocatelle, Pattern of upright blossoms and curling floral sprigs in cream on a dark yellow ground., Italy or Spain, 16th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Fragment of fabric unknown

Textile, Technique: roller printed, Deer on a rock by a pool with fish and with exotic bird on a branch. Bright colors., England or USA, 1870s, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Ceiling Paper (USA); Manufactured by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 83 x 49 cm (32 11/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Panel Made 1725-1775 France. Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts .

Textile; silk

Fragments, ; Spain; silk

Chintz Fragment (India); cotton; Warp x Weft: 112.5 x 55.5 cm (44 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.)

Campion, Morris & Company, Decorators Ltd., 1875-1941, Medium: wool Technique: compound weave, Length of so-called 'Kidderminster' or ingrain carpeting with a single repeat of a large-scale symmetrical pattern. An ogival framework with acanthus leaves, twining stems and flowers in shades of green with pale blue and brick red on a dark blue ground. Two narrow plain weave selvages., England, late 19th century, woven textiles, Carpet, Carpet

Fragment Multicolored Silk Droguet Liseré, Anonymous, 1750 - 1775 A fragment of green silk tissue with lighter narrow and wide white tires and colored bouquets. Note: Different effects: Lancé, Canelé Simpleté with interruption pointed in Keper. Self -sides; (back); 0.5 cm, plain binding (2 impacts in one jump). Netherlands silk A fragment of green silk tissue with lighter narrow and wide white tires and colored bouquets. Note: Different effects: Lancé, Canelé Simpleté with interruption pointed in Keper. Self -sides; (back); 0.5 cm, plain binding (2 impacts in one jump). Netherlands silk

Textile; 1975-79-2

Ceiling Paper (USA); Manufactured by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper; 91 x 49 cm (35 13/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Embroidered quilt. Culture: American. Dimensions: 84 3/4 x 78 in. (215.3 x 198.1 cm). Maker: Mildred. Date: ca. 1775. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Textile; Manufactured by Cheney Brothers (United States); silk

Sidewall; machine-printed; 51 x 37 cm (20 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Ceiling Paper (USA); Manufactured by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 92 x 49 cm (36 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 65831

Piece 18th century China or Japan. Piece 72047

Textile (France); cotton; Warp x Weft: 191 x 94.5 cm (6 ft. 3 3/16 in. x 37 3/16 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-259

Fragment ca. 1826-30 British. Fragment. British. ca. 1826-30. Cotton. Textiles-Printed

Piece ca. 1725-30 French. Piece 216458

Textile Fragment 17th-18th century. Textile Fragment 454516

Textile (France); cotton; Warp x Weft: 138 x 78.5 cm (54 5/16 x 30 7/8 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-236

Textile (France); linen warp, cotton weft

Textile Fragment, 1500s - 1600s. Italy, 16th-17th century. Damask; overall: 24.2 x 15 cm (9 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.).

Ceiling Paper (USA); Manufactured by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 85 x 49 cm (33 7/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by plate or roller on plain weave Label: printed by plate or roller on cotton plain weave, early 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Fragment of wool fabric diverging rows of symmetrical carnation motifs unknown

Embroidery, Medium: silk, metal Technique: satin and stem stitch embroidery on taffeta, Red taffeta embroidered in floral design in polychrome silks, and gold and silver wound on silk cord. Satin and stem stitches., Europe, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Embroidery

Textile fragment with repeating pattern of floral medallions in latticework on swastika-fret ground 18th-19th century Japan. Textile fragment with repeating pattern of floral medallions in latticework on swastika-fret ground 65899

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet), Greenish-gold silk velvet, cut and uncut, on a red foundation in a floral vine pattern with birds and fruit., Italy, 16th-early 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Textile Fragment, 1774-1793. France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793). Droguet; silk and gold thread; overall: 17.2 x 10.8 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.).

Carpet Fragment; wool on linen and cotton

Fragment ; silk

Piece 17th century Italian. Piece 216271

Taffeta Fragment, 1774-1793. France, 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793). Taffeta, warp-patterned and brocaded; silk; overall: 51.4 x 47 cm (20 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.).

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Green textile brocaded with pink and yellow silk showing symmetrical pattern with ribboned bouquets along central vertical axis, and serpentine florals on either side., France, 19th century, woven textiles, Textile

Textile (Italy); silk, metal-wrapped silk thread

Fragment Zijddamast with diagonally constructed design of bizarre flower and leaf work, c. 1710 - c. 1715 Fragment Zijddamast with diagonally constructed design of whimsically, so -called bizarre flowers and leaves in écru on a yellow stock. Eastern textile. China silk damask Fragment Zijddamast with diagonally constructed design of whimsically, so -called bizarre flowers and leaves in écru on a yellow stock. Eastern textile. China silk damask

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed, Ground molette-printed in grey with an all-over dotted tracery pattern. Over-printed with floral sprays and blossoms, all outlined in black, in red, blue, lavendar, blue-green and white., 1851-63, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation, Stylized leaf and flower pattern in green cut and uncut velvet against a dark yellow ground., Italy, 16th-17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Fragment; silk

Fragment 17th century Italian. Fragment 230328

Design for a Snuffbox Lid ca. 1750 Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Design for a Snuffbox Lid 343828

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: raised supplementary warp pile in satin foundation (velvet); ciselé voided, Cream-colored ground with pattern of pomegranate sprigs with rampant lions and birds., Italy, 16th-17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Piece 1750-60 possibly British. Piece. possibly British. 1750-60. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Flounce 17th century Italian, Venice. Flounce 226251

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

Fragment 16th-17th century Italian. Fragment 230642

Fragment multicolored brochure side. Fragment multicolor silk tissue. A white ground has a pattern of lace garlands that form medallions in which flower bouquets.

Head Cloth (kain Kepala) (Indonesia); cotton

Loom Piece, 1700s-1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Silk; overall: 1550.2 x 78.2 cm (610 5/16 x 30 13/16 in.).

Fragment (Spain); silk

Fragment of silk fabric pattern of motifs made by ogees, spirals and flower motifs unknown

Fragments, Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask, Seven lengths of antique silk damask in olive green color; saymmetrical floral pattern of baroque character., Spain, late 17th-early 18th century, woven textiles, Fragments

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by Henry Gledhill & Co.; machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 91 x 49 cm (35 13/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Excerpt green with yellow silk lamas, anonymous, 1700 - 1730 Fragment silk tissue. The symmetrical pattern has vertical garlands with large poppy flowers that cross each other in a flower, completely left and right surrounded by volute ornaments of floured tires. France (possibly) silk lampas (textile material) Fragment silk tissue. The symmetrical pattern has vertical garlands with large poppy flowers that cross each other in a flower, completely left and right surrounded by volute ornaments of floured tires. France (possibly) silk lampas (textile material)

Fragment; silk; Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-56-83

Fragment; medium:silk, metallic

Fragment (France); silk, metallic yarns

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

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: damask weave with supplementary weft floats (brocade), Textile fragment in the bizarre’ style showing pattern of grey damask brocaded with polychrome florals and strapwork., France, late 17th-early 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Book cover with two borders with floral patterns 19th century Anonymous. Book cover with two borders with floral patterns. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Cover (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1701-1900 Iran. Stamped brocaded cloth panel, blue ground .

Bandbox (USA); block-printed on paper; 44.5 x 24 cm (17 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 71803

Rug; Ok. PO. 19th century (1845-00-00-1860-00-00);rug

Textile, Medium: silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound weave, Black ground with large diaper pattern in green with points punctuated with flowers. Diamonds are filled with smaller diaper patterns in blue, green, and metallic gold. Rows of alternating large flowers, squares, and decorative roundels in yellow, red, green, white, and pink silk., China, 19th century, woven textiles, Textile

Tablecloth, embroidered flower motifs unknown

Linnamast napkin with a flower pattern, anonymous, c. 1740 Linnamast napkin with a flower pattern. The napkin is part of five napkins (BK-1973-177-A to BK-1973-177-F) and a tablecloth (BK-1973-176). linen (material) damask Linnamast napkin with a flower pattern. The napkin is part of five napkins (BK-1973-177-A to BK-1973-177-F) and a tablecloth (BK-1973-176). linen (material) damask

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Red ground with a staggered repeat of whirling rosettes in yellow, black, red, and reserved white. Spaces between rosettes have interlaced circles and links., England or France, 1800-1850, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Carpet Fragment (France); wool, linen on hemp ground

Fragment; silk

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67601

Fragment, Medium: linen (ivory), silk (lt. rust, tan/ivory), wool (red, green) Technique: plain weave (linen) with supplementary warp (silk) and supplementary wefts (red, green), Small ogives framing alternately red and green palmettes., 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Kennet, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Large-scale design of long-stemmed flowers leaning diagonally, on a ground of small all-over twining vines, leaves and flowers. In two shades of golden tan on white. Wide plain unprinted selvedges., England, designed 1883, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile, Textile

Piece 19th century China or Japan. Piece. China or Japan. 19th century. Silk / Compound weave. Textiles-Woven

Cravat end, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style Label: linen bobbin lace, Cravat end of Brussels-style lace with a hunter on horseback in the center, surrounded by fantastic foliage, trees and flowers, birds, a rabbit, a deer, and other animals. A figure with a spear blowing a horn in the lower right corner, and two figures carrying birds in the upper left., Belgium, 1700-1750, lace, Cravat end

Napkin of Linnendamast with a weapon. Napkin of Linnendamast with the coat of arms of Schimmelpennck. The napkin belongs to Elf Napkins (BK-1973-216-A to BK-1973-216-L) and a tablecloth (BK-1973-215).

Textile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: compound weave with supplementary weft, White and silver striped fabric with supplementary weft of flat silver strips whose floats form vertical stripes with leaves at intervals. White floats of the weft form outlines for serpentine floral sprays spread over the striped areas., France, 18th century, woven textiles, Textile

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Woven, symmetrical arrangement of multicolor flowers on a blue background., 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Fragment multicolored brochure silk, c. 1700 - c. 1760 Fragment multicolored silk tissue. The white soil has wavy, lobed tires and fields with a fine striped or a ZIG-Zag pattern. On the white pattern, the pattern has multicolored flower branches with small blue, pink and white flowers and large red flowers. Netherlands silk Fragment multicolored silk tissue. The white soil has wavy, lobed tires and fields with a fine striped or a ZIG-Zag pattern. On the white pattern, the pattern has multicolored flower branches with small blue, pink and white flowers and large red flowers. Netherlands silk

Fragment late 16th century Italian. Fragment 230504

Fragments, Medium: silk Technique: cut voided supplementary warp pile in a five-harness satin foundation (velvet), Red cut velvet pattern on a voided red ground; an ogee lattice formed by a leafy floral vine, the branching leaves and flowers of which fill the ogee shapes defined by the main vine. A bracket or ring encircles the points of the ogee lattice., Italy, 17th century, woven textiles, Fragments

Tapestry. unknown, author

Piece 18th century French. Piece 230865

Fragment Made 1601-1700 Europe. Linen, compound weave (ie. Beiderwand or Lampas 2 1) .

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 30.7 x 49.8 cm (12 1/8 x 19 5/8 in.)Weft repeat: 25.5 cm (10 in.). Silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Basket of flowers alternate with cornucopia of fruit. Birds and vines. In red on white., England, ca. 1810, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Fragment; medium; silk

Fragment of Brocade, mid 1700s. England, mid-18th century. Lampas weave, brocaded; overall: 39.7 x 20.3 cm (15 5/8 x 8 in.).

Fragment of silk fabric naturaIIstic flower pattern unknown

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