Floral Textile Designs

Illustrations showcasing intricate floral patterns and designs suited for embroidery and textile prints, presented in a variety of styles.

Drawing, Unfinished Design for a Waistcoat; France; various gouaches on paper; 19.8 × 31 cm (7 13/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Design for an Embroidery or a Woven Horizontal Border, of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper, laid down on paper, Two bunches of roses which are fastened by ears of grain are shown over a row of lace panels., France, 1800-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Printed Textile. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 57 cm (17 15/16 x 22 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 25" wide; 16" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ernest Capaldo.

Sheet with an overall floral pattern 19th century Anonymous. Sheet with an overall floral pattern. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Quilt. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 24.9 x 24.5 cm (9 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 96" square. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Katherine Hastings.

Wallpaper. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.6 x 22.5 cm (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/4" repeat. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper). Designed by Germain Frères; France, Lyon. Date: 1760-1790. Dimensions: 45.1 × 58.15 cm (17 3/4 × 22 7/8 in.). Ink and gouache on hand drawn graph paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment Made 1625-1675 Italy. Silk, brocade plain compound cloth .

Piece 17th century Italian. Piece. Italian. 17th century. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-Woven

Lee Hager, Wallpaper Border, 1935 1942 Wallpaper Border

Drawing, Unfinished Design for a Waistcoat; France; various gouaches on paper; 19.8 × 31 cm (7 13/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Fragment (Japan)

Design for a plate with floral decoration. .

Frieze, Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica, Two bands of mirror-reversed repeating scroll pattern composed of vine, fleur-de-lis, and acanthus leaves separated and bordered by horizontal bands on a solid ground. Printed in black, greens, off-white and peach., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Two Pieces of Embroidery, 1723-1774. Philippe de Lasalle (French, 1723-1805). Embroidery, silk; overall: 24.8 x 41.3 cm (9 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.).

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, The repeat, four of which are shown, consists of a feather leaf rising from the left side of a blossom rosette from which two leave boughs hang downward., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Sidewall (probably France); block-printed

Drawing, Project for a wallpaper frieze; France; pen and ink, brush and gouache, oxydized white on paper; 23.1 x 31.6 cm (9 1/8 x 12 7/16 in.)

Print, Trial Proof for a Flower Chintz; France; woodcut in multicolored inks on tan ground on white paper; 53 x 44.5 cm (20 7/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

Coverlet. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 36.4 x 38.3 cm (14 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred E. Bent.

Cobweb Valentine with Morning Glory. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.7 cm). Date: 1840.Elaborately embossed paper by Dobbs as in 1981.1136.514. Borders are embossed with Cherubs and French phrases. The borders have laurel at top and bottom, and oak leaves on both sides. An embossed frame is added within, with corners signifying music and art.This is an exceptional Valentine, with the central design being a twisted paper confection which looks like a morning glory, and when untwisted, reveals a fine cobweb device, and both have been applied to the center of the page. The exterior of the cobweb is a painting of pink roses, white lilies, and pansies -- as a message in the Language of Flowers. It can only be viewed when the first paper puzzle is opened. A thread lifts the interior paper device to reveal a carefully painted image of Cupid in flight, above a flaming Altar of Love. There is finely written poetry on the interior "petals

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1780/85. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79099-9 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

Tapestry. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29.4 cm (9 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 3/8" high; 6 3/16". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pearl Gibbo.

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

Drawing, Design for a Printed Border; France; black chalk, brush and gouache, blue ink on paper; 30.6 x 45 cm (12 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Textile Panel for Fire Screen (replacement), c. 1780. France, Paris, 19th century. Needlepoint, wool on linen; overall: 89.5 x 66.7 cm (35 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.).

Ray Holden, Stencilled Wall Decoration, c 1936 Stencilled Wall Decoration

Grace Halpin, Glazed Chintz, c 1937 Glazed Chintz

Textile fragment, embroidery and print of chrysanthemums and leaves on beige damask background., anonymous, Japan, 1751 - 1764, Horeki period, silk, height 28.4 cm × width 21.5 cm

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper). France. Date: 1760-1790. Dimensions: 35.25 × 55.9 cm (13 7/8 × 22 in.). Ink and gouache on hand drawn graph paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Frieze, Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, Machine-printed paper, Horizontally repeating pattern of ribbon-like swag and trefoil medallions composed of stylized foliate motifs. Trompe loeil effects are used to make this machine-printed wallpaper resemble a woven tapestry. Pattern is printed in greens, pinks, reds, and grays on a tan background., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Sidewall, Block printed, large foliage pattern(blue-green and black) with red flowers on white background (first layer of wall #1), 18th-early 19th century, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket, Brush and watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper, Design for a man's waistcoat or gilet pocket featuring pink and purple flowers with green and brown leaves. A pink flower is positioned in the center of the pocket flap. Below the center of the flap two pink flowers appear, with a purple flower on either side. Flowers also appear to the left of the pocket flap. Purple edges delineate the waistcoat pocket and pocket flap., France, ca. 1785, embroidery & stitching, Drawing, Drawing

Textile Fragment first half 17th century. Textile Fragment 446829

Amsterdam, Groot Keur, Gijsbert de, Wilhelmus de derde, Prince van Orangien, verso - stamped, Equestrian portrait of William III, Prince of Orange, and a trumpet angel with coat of arms, surrounded by an oval frame of two bound together orange tree branches. Below the image a four-line verse., print, popular print, popular prints, prints, height 391 mm, height, 289 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1738 - 1767, paper, woodcut, colours, letterpress printing, print maker, printmaker

Drawing, Design for an Embroidery; France; pen and ink, brush and blue watercolor, brush and gouache, gold on dutch paper; 26.5 × 17.7 cm (10 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Panel, Medium: linen, silk, glass beads Technique: embroidered beaded, Beaded panel with three tabs on top has an elaborate design of two cornucopias, large multicolored blossoms and birds. Some flowerheads have appliqued fabric forming the petals., Europe, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Panel

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Gledhill Wall Paper Co.; machine-printed paper, embossed; 91.5 x 49 cm (36 x 19 5/16 in.)

Border (USA); machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 92 x 49.5 cm (36 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)

Panel (Spain); silk and velvet on canvas

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; 6.7 × 13.7 cm (2 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Dorothy Lacey, Hooked Rug, 1935 1942 Hooked Rug

Phyllis Dorr, Crewel Embroidery, 1935 1942 Crewel Embroidery

Fragment of a Kaftan Back. Dimensions: Textile: L. 52 in. (132.1 cm) W. 27 in. (68.6 cm)Mount: L. 58 3/16 in. (147.8 cm) W. 33 1/8 in. (84.1 cm). Date: mid-16th century.This fragment originally was part of a kaftan back and is created in the distinctive luxury silk fabric technique with silver- or goldcolored threads known in Turkish as seraser and in French as taqueté. In the mid- to late sixteenth century, very eccentric largescale designs were preferred, as they were visible from a distance and favored for parade garments. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Liberty Wall Paper Company; machine-printed paper; 92 x 49 cm (36 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)

Rug. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 33.6 x 53.1 cm (13 1/4 x 20 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 42" wide; 68" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jessie Trueworthy.

Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions, Brush and gouache, graphite on paper, A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature on top. White flower boughs form lozenges with curved outlines in which dark leaf boughs form other lozenges. In these are petals for which alternative suggestions were made. The leaves are shaped like palm tops, above; they have tri-dented tops below. A garland made of sunflowers frames the top., Austria, 1835-50, wallpaper designs, Drawing, Drawing

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, A row of hearts is at the bottom, a row of hanging leaves at the top, a row of lace buds over calyces in between., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Horizontal Border, Pattern No. 23 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 32 × 45.8 cm (12 5/8 × 18 1/16 in.)

Fantasy 'Persian' flowers, Anonymous, 1800 - 1850 Leaf with fantasy 'Persian' flowers. Netherlands paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Blossoming Plum Branch, Interlocking Circles (Shippo) and Treasures. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century. Textiles. Silk figured satin (rinzu),paste resist (yūzen ) and stenciled imitation tie-dyeing (kata kanoko shibori), silk and gilt paper wrapped silk embroidery

Drawing, Design for the Embroidered Border of a Waistcoat; France; graphite, brush and terra cotta, blue, lilac, and brown gouache on paper; 29 × 12.9 cm (11 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper) Made 1760-1790 France. Ink and gouache on hand drawn graph paper .

Wallpaper Sample Book Morris & Company (London, England, 1875 - 1940). Wallpaper Sample Book, before 1917. Printed paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm). Decorative Arts before 1917

Two fragments of textile, textile fragment, Textile fragments, two, embroidery on silk., anonymous, Japan, 1648 - 1652, Keian period, silk, height 23.7 cm × width 5.7 cm × height 24 cm × width 7.6 cm

Drawing, Design for a Book Cover; Designed by Alice Cordelia Morse (American, 1863-1961); USA; brush and gouache on paper; Mount: 21 x 13.8 x 0.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/16 x 1/16 in.) Sheet: 19.8 x 12.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.); 1943-33-1-7

Frieze, Machine-printed paper, mica flakes, Flitter frieze with garlands of cabbage roses, rosebuds, and leaves, supported by swags of large and small beaded strings joined by fleur-de-lys. Flowers and foliage are outlined in gold mica flakes, as are the bead swags. Bands running along top and bottom edges. Printed in mauve, red, pink, shades of green and gold mica flakes on a background that shades from tan to pale blue., New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Frieze, Machine-printed, a:, b: On frieze, tan ground, swag of stylized fleur-de-lis in metallic bronze and gold with shiny white; metallic bronze scalloped border at bottom., USA, 1890-1910, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Leaf with diamond pattern with flour and point stock as field filling, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with diamond pattern with flour and point stock as field filling. Numbered top left: N.2. Possibly dominotier paper. France (possibly) paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Paper cut-out with The Lord's Prayer. Artist: Martha Anne Honeywell (American, Lempster, New Hampshire ca. 1787-1848). Dimensions: Framed: 8 1/4 × 7 5/8 in. (21 × 19.4 cm). Date: ca. 1830.Miss Honeywell could, with amazing skill and precision, embroider, cut, do needlework, write, and draw using her mouth. In this astounding example, Miss Honeywell has created a complicated decorative frame with a microscopic but legible Lord's Prayer that could fit under a five-cent piece. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel from a Skirt Made 1741-1742 England. Silk, plain weave with weft-float faced 2 1 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts

Predicted for an anti -pendium of batist with a wide edge mixed side with curling tifles along the two long sides and continuously along the bottom, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1699 Predicted for an antispendium of batist and natural -colored mixed side: Venetian ribbon side. Standing rectangular model. The side is sewn along the two long sides and continuously along the bottom of the canvas. Side: pattern with curved tendrils, curls and palm shapes. Venice linen (material). batiste mixed lace / Venetian tape lace (mixed lace) Predicted for an antispendium of batist and natural -colored mixed side: Venetian ribbon side. Standing rectangular model. The side is sewn along the two long sides and continuously along the bottom of the canvas. Side: pattern with curved tendrils, curls and palm shapes. Venice linen (material). batiste mixed lace / Venetian tape lace (mixed lace)

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co.; machine-printed paper; 94 x 47 cm (37 x 18 1/2 in.)

Drawing, Floral design for printed textiles; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 12.8 x 18 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Image: 11 x 16 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Wallpaper Sample Book Morris & Company (London, England, 1875 - 1940). Wallpaper Sample Book, before 1917. Printed paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm). Decorative Arts before 1917

Fragment early 18th century Italian, Venice. Fragment 230276

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

Frieze, Machine-printed paper., Borders printed two across the width (not mirrored). Two layers of waving floral scrolls or rinceau connected by floral swag and foliate scrolls. Beading on bottom. Ground is cream. Printed in gold mica and blues., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Bandbox Fragment; block-printed paper on pasteboard support; 27.5 x 6 cm (10 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Two textile fragments, Anonymous, 1736 - 1740 Textile fragments, two, embroidery and Kirikane on gold thread of flowers and plants. Japan silk. Textile fragments, two, embroidery and Kirikane on gold thread of flowers and plants. Japan silk.

Wallpaper Design, Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper, A dado is shown at the bottom, and an entablature on top. Vertical staggered candelabra repeating a single plant motif, beneath; garlands decorate the panel., Austria, 1840-60, wallpaper designs, Drawing, Drawing

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

Embroidery from Bedspread. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 41.1 x 71.4 cm (16 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Majel G. Claflin.

Frieze, Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, Machine-printed paper, embossed, Floral design, with rose stem running horizontal near top with pendant rose clusters, lacy scallops below., New York, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Panel Made 1801-1900 United States. Linen (canvas), plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk yarns in cross stitch and tent stitch worked over a laid yarn (tram); beaded with cotton thread in glass and metal beads .

Design for a ceiling with floral design second half 19th century Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise French. Design for a ceiling with floral design 388273

Textile (France); silk; Warp x Weft: 107 x 55 cm (42 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

Design for a Plate, Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on cream paper, Design for a plate with dark green rim with white spots; inside plum blossoms with green leaves with white spots and wheat stalks. In graphite, above, several tableware designs., Japan, 1880-1910, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing

Strack Heinrich (1841-1912), cover decoration (without dat.): Colored ceiling ornament. Pencil watercolored to transparent, 46.8 x 28.1 cm (including scan edges) Strack Heinrich (1841-1912): Deckendekoration

tile baseboard, glazed ceramic, Museu de Mallorca, Palma, Majorca, Spain.

Leaf with flowers and fruits, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and fruits. Used as a cover. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Sidewall, Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, French, 1725-1811, Block printed on handmade paper, Repeating design of floral arabesques and scrolls, with pink and white roses, and fuchsias in a vase. Printed on a green ground. Vertical rectangle., Paris, France, ca. 1790, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

SERVATE; XIXW. (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);

Wall paintings from the Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras, Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen, Reimer, Berlin, 1832.

Frieze, Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, Machine-printed oatmeal paper, Repeating motif of a large-scale pink poppy. Each motif has a flower intertwined with a leaf on the next motif. The stalk and foliage is in a stylized, very symmetrical arrangement. A light green band runs along the top edge. Printed on a light tan oatmeal paper., New York, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece 72019

Pillow cover, 18th century, 18 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (46.99 x 35.86 cm), Linen, silk; embroidery, lace, Germany, 18th century

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper. Alternating motifs: peacock perched on left side of a running fountain, surrounded by flower garlands, sprays and drapery; and basket of flowers held by twisted ribbon and bow, with long trailing flower garland., France, ca. 1785, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and light blue and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Composed of leaf scrolls from which fantastic flower boughs rise and bunches of seeds hang., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

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, graphite on glazed tracing paper; 32.1 × 23.5 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Love, Truth, Constancy, Fidelity (Valentine) 1845-1855 England. Lithograph in gold ink, with collage and watercolor on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (lace) .

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67617

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white and light blue gouache on glazed tracing paper, Fringed lace shawls for a row of festoons with bunches of flowers rising from the knots., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Design for a Woven of Embroidered Horitontal Border, Brush and orange, yellow gouache on glazed tracing paper, Floral heart forms alternate with downwards disposed palmette plants. A strip is at the bottom., France, 1800-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Hooked Rug. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.3 x 24.5 cm (13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 54" long; 26" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ruth M. Barnes.

Panel. France, Jouy-en-Josas. Date: 1780-1789. Dimensions: 78.6 × 39.9 cm (30 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.). Cotton, plain weave, block printed; background with picotage. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Applique and Quilted Coverlet. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 27.9 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Manuel G. Runyan.

Fragment of Woodblock Printed Linen, c. 1798. France, Beautiran , late 18th century. Woodblock print on linen; overall: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.).

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Traced, graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Unfinished design for the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat. Large plant under the pocket. Rose boughs and leaves along the rising edge., France, 1790-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 504 of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Left bottom corner; slightly rising bottom edge. Row of flower scrolls along the edges. The letter 'A' on a support and in a palmette framing forms the central motif in the bottom part. Festoons are suspended from the top center of the palmette and lacy flower boughs are rising from its bottom. A bunch of flowers rises from the bottom center on the pocket., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment (France); silk; paint

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