Floral Textile and Design Patterns

A collection of textile and design artworks showcasing intricate floral patterns, vibrant colors, and diverse techniques from different cultures and centuries.

Sidewall - fragment, Block-printed, Bouquet of flowers in basket or urn, with acanthus scrolls supporting a foliate swag beneath. Printed in green, brown and black on tan ground., 1840-80, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave block printed on plain weave printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, On white ground, vertical pattern of large swag of roses centered on rising serpentine of tendrils, from which spring sprays of small leaves. Roses, tendrils, and all outlines delicately printed in red, probably by copper-plate, with green and blue leaves carelessly overprinted by block. Left selvage present., England, 1820-40, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Design for a Ceiling with Square Central Compartment and Semicircular Ends, the Ornament of Foliage and Grotesque Motifs late 18th century Anonymous, British, late 18th century British. Design for a Ceiling with Square Central Compartment and Semicircular Ends, the Ornament of Foliage and Grotesque Motifs 362216

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Cushion or Divan Cover, 1600s - 1700s. Azerbaijan, 17th-18th century. Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground; overall: 113.4 x 63.6 cm (44 5/8 x 25 1/16 in.).

Applique Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 53.7 x 43 cm (21 1/8 x 16 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred E. Bent.

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, Boughs with leaves and two pomegranates each, of which three are shown, stand over two staggered rows of three rosettes., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Patchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.6 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gladys Phillips.

Butterflies (Schmatterlingen) Gustav Kalhammer Austrian Publisher Wiener Werkstätte 1907

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Sidewall - fragment, Block-printed, Bouquet of flowers in basket or urn, with acanthus scrolls supporting a foliate swag beneath. Printed in green, brown and black on tan ground., 1840-80, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Two sheets with spreading pattern of flowers and fruits with an interrupted lines Fond, Anonymous, 1750 - 1900 Two sheets with spreading pattern of flowers and fruits with an interrupted lines foref. Two separate halves of a cover. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Printed Quilted Patches. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 28.1 cm (14 1/8 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.

Textile Fragment first half 17th century. Textile Fragment. first half 17th century. Silk, metal thread; brocaded. Attributed to Iran. Textiles-Woven

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper, Crest border of palmettes alternating with leaves growing from calyxes., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Sampler

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 5.7 × 12.3 cm (2 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66048

Tapestry. unknown, author

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67766

Fragment, Medium: wool and silk Technique: piecing, embroidery and couching, Unrelated pieces sewn together so that two yellow guard borders appear on the right and left of a dark green field section which has floral sprays in let-in wools in red and beige shading into pale blue (painted) blue-green and tan with silk chain-stitch outlines and details in beige, yellow and orange. Guard borders have a design of alternately up and down turned flower heads in scallops of serpentining stem in the same technique. Couched striped silk cords set off guard strip and field except at modern joining., Resht, Persia, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Border, Machine-printed on paper, Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque-style border; stylized floral motifs and geometric shapes. Printed in burgundy, black and white on ocher ground. Band of parquet or basket-weave design across bottom edge and beading across top edge. Printed two across., USA, 1880-89, Wallcoverings, Border

Drawing, Textile Design: Säge (Saw); Designed by Marianne Perlmutter (Austrian, b. 1891, active early 20th century); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); Austria; brush and gouache on paper; 10.8 × 6 cm (4 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.7 cm (12 1/2 in. × 18 in.)

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and gouache, graphite on glazed tracing paper, A rinceau consists of a feathery leaf, parts of acanthus, a laurel bough, with a flower at the end of the spiral. One and a half repeats are shown., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Madeline Arnold, Applique Quilt, c 1936 Applique Quilt

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, All-over vining floral pattern, with iris and various other flowers. Printed in blue, green, orange, mauve, yellow and brown on beige ground., France, 1800-1825, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Dress Trimming. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 31.6 x 24.3 cm (12 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Herbert Marsh.

Mary Berner, Bed Hanging, c 1936 Bed Hanging

Unknown architect, wallpaper pattern. Monthly competition January 1874 (01.1874): View. Pencil watercolored on paper, 44.4 x 53.4 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Tapetenmuster. Monatskonkurrenz Januar 1874

Leaf with flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and fruits, with coloring in windscreen pattern. Half of a cover. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Window shade, Block printed and hand painted on paper, Assortment of leaves and berries along with gothic motifs. Black outline on gold background on brown paper ground., USA, 1875-1900, Wallcoverings, Window shade

Kesa Made 1801-1825 Japan. Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2 1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts some bound in weft-float faced 1 2 'Z' twill interlacings; lined with silk, plain weave; silk cords .

Leaf with flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and fruits. With label with inscription: 'J. Hinlopen ... Civilis Rom. ". Half of a cover. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Panel late 18th-early 19th century. Panel 447921

Jules Lefevere, Embroidered Coverlet, c 1936 Embroidered Coverlet

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, map, pencil, drawing, flower, gouache, project

Fragment, Medium: silk, polychrome paint Technique: painted and printed on plain weave, Panel with several repeats of a conventionalized design made from leaves and flowers, arabesques and curving, intersecting lines., China, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Tapestry. unknown, author

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white, blue gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 19 × 31.8 cm (7 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

Martha Elliot, Embroidery, 1935 1942 Embroidery

Panel (Dress Fabric) Made 1706-1716 France. Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7 1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts in 3 1 and 2 2 twill interlacings .

Linen Square. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.6 x 35.6 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Maud Schmid.

Handwoven Coverlet. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" wide; 90" long. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Howard H. Sherman.

Flora G Guerra, Friendship Quilt, 1935 1942 Friendship Quilt

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 glazed tracing paper, The lateral and bottom edges of the flap of the pocket and the edges of the waistcoat show a moulding with a black and white strip separated by a zigzag line. Two insects, two flower boughs, a bunch of flowers, and leaves are shown on the flap. From the bottom edge of the pocket are suspended a drapery festoon with a bunch of fruit and a flower bough. Plants grow from the edge., France, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Velvet Fragment, c. 1385-1402. Italy, Milan , late 14th-early 15th Century. Velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metal; overall: 26.7 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.).

Candace Wheeler double frame ca. 1880-1900 Manufactured by Associated Artists. Candace Wheeler double frame 20176

Pyx veil unknown

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 14.3 × 30 cm (5 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Drawing, Design for a Plate or Bowl; Made for Noritake; Japan; brush and gold gouache, watercolor, graphite on cream paper; 29 x 15.4 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.7 x 45.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.); 1985-14-6

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Applique and Patchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 39.9 x 34.8 cm (15 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 93" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Oster.

Embroidered Cushion Cover, 18th century. Turkey, 18th century. Embroidery, silk thread on silk ground; average: 108.6 x 48.3 cm (42 3/4 x 19 in.).

Frank Fumagalli, Bandbox, 1935 1942 Bandbox

Chrysanthemum in art nouveau patterns for stained glass, wallpapers and fabrics. Lithograph by M. P. Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897. Eugene Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the art nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century.

Drawing, Design for a Waistcoat; France; pencil and various gouaches on paper; 16 × 32.4 cm (6 5/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67336

Design for a Woven Border, Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper, A bunch of flowers with a very big fantastical blossom is shown top right; a flower bough extends from it toward left, ending with a calyx from which a plant grows. Leaves are sketched top left. Bottom center: a border of lace canopies which are connected by double fans. One unit and parts of the adjoining ones are shown. A lilac strip is beneath top center., France, 1815-1840, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment. France or Italy possibly for the Portuguese market. Date: 1706-1712. Dimensions: 64.1 × 42.8 cm (25 1/4 × 16 7/8 in.)repeat: 34.2 × 17.9 cm (13 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.). Silk, and silvered- and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary patterning wefts, and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; b: right selvage present. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Quilt - Appliqued in Bellflower Design. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.8 cm (14 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" wide; 78" long. Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Linsley.

Sampler (England); Embroidered by Margaret Collier; linen, silk

Drawing (France)

Book Illustration, Ornamente aller klassischen Kunstepochen (Ornaments from all classic periods of art), pt. 1, no. 11; Antike Wandmalereien in der Casa del Gran-Duca di Toscana, in der Strada della Fortuna zu Pompeji (Ancient wall mural from the House of the Grand Duke of Tuscany on Fortuna Street in Pompeii), plate 51

Tile. Iran, Isfahan, 17th century. Ceramics. Fritware, cuerda seca technique

Design for a Plate, Brush and watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream paper, Design for a partial plate decorated at border with green, vines, and pink roses; inside with brown vines bearing pink and yellow flowers with yellow and green leaves; well contains a circle of the same pattern as the border containing similar flowers. Unfinished design in graphite at lower right., Japan, 1880-1910, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing

Applique Quilt. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 48.8 x 38.9 cm (19 3/16 x 15 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mae A. Clarke and Sylvia De Zon.

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1785/90. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79100-15 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

James Vail, Hooked Rug, 1936 Hooked Rug

Mildred E Bent, Printed Scarf, 1935 1942 Printed Scarf

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 15.2 × 25.8 cm (6 in. × 10 3/16 in.)

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 20.8 × 31.7 cm (8 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 67246

Wey, 1882-83. William Morris. Watercolour for Printed Fabric Design

"Peacock and Dragon" designed 1878 Designed by William Morris British. "Peacock and Dragon". British, London. designed 1878. Wool. Textiles-Woven

Floral field and border, White on glazed paper, France, 1780-1815, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Quilting on Silk (Detail). Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Jewett.

Anonymous. Embroidery drawing project. Pencil and gouache on a map, around 1780-1790. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Embroidery, fashion drawing, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century

Ceiling border, Block-printed paper, Wallpaper roll. Ceiling border corner with stylized floral and foliate motifs. Printed in copper, blue and olive green on taupe ground., USA, 1875-1906, Wallcoverings, Ceiling border

Fragment, 700s. China or Japan, 8th century. Plain cloth, resist printed; overall: 6.1 x 7.7 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.).

Holger Hansen, Wall Paper, 1935 1942 Wall Paper

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66565

Fragment (Japan)

Scarf sample, Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave, Quarter of a printed scarf with plain red field, red and black border with design of fabric swatches, England, mid-19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Scarf sample

Fragment, Medium: wool, linen Technique: tapestry weave, A rectangular fragment of woven wool and linen on an undyed linen backing. Design shows brown ground with with white vines forming diamonds, enclosing Coptic crosses. At bottom, a polychrome border of interlocking shapes., Egypt, 4th-6th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Velvet Fragment, 1400-1450. Italy, Lucca or Venice , first half 15th century. Velvet (cut, voided, brocaded); silk and metal thread; overall: 41.9 x 59.4 cm (16 1/2 x 23 3/8 in.).

Design for a tile tableau with two camels, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing paper. pencil brush other ornament derived from animal forms. hoofed animals: camel

Quilt. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 41.7 x 37.5 cm (16 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 89"long x 89"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marie Alain.

Domino Paper (France); block printed and stencilled paper; 45 x 35 cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Irene Schaefer, Patchwork and Applique Quilt, 1935 1942 Patchwork and Applique Quilt

Drawing, Design for a Woven Border; France; brush and gouache on oily tracing paper; 28.4 × 35.1 cm (11 3/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Leather (Netherlands); leather, silver leaf, varnish; 149 x 59 cm (58 11/16 x 23 1/4 in.)

Boucheron, Etui Abeilles (main title), 1945. Graphite, ink and gouache on the front, gouache on the back on layer. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

A medium-strength paper drawing by Francesco Borromini showing geometric ornamentation with bees and suns at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, executed in brown ink and watercolor, 1625-1641.

Design for a Woven, Printed or Embroidered Border Made 1701-1900 France. Design on paper .

Dated Quilt. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 53.7 x 41.4 cm (21 1/8 x 16 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 78" square. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Therkel Anderson.

Inside back cover. 1820 - 1831. Book covers. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Leaf with flower branch and decorative frame, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with flower branch and decorative frame with lines with stripe and block. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

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