Floral Textile Designs

Beautiful panels and designs featuring floral motifs, showcasing textile patterning techniques through vibrant colors and intricate details often used in fabrics.

Ernest Capaldo, Printed Textile, c 1941 Printed Textile

Panel Made 1735-1755 Spitalfields. Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts . Anna Maria Garthwaite (Designer)

Floral design for printed textile, Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752-1818, Brush and gouache, graphite on blue wove paper, Brown leaf surrounded by black dotted pattern, green leaves, red flowers on purple branches. Graphite lined border., France, 1800-1818, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Leaf with flowers and grapes, anonymous, 1750 - 1800 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and grapes. Germany paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Panel. Culture: British, London, Spitalfields. Dimensions: H. 94 x W. 40 inches (238.8 x 101.6 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Leaf with regularly divided bush with flowers, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 Leaf with regularly divided bush or bouquet with flowers over the leaf. Germany (possibly) paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Leaf with flower and fruits, Anonymous, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with flank with flowers and fruits. Possibly used as a cover. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Design for a standing edge of leaves, lilacs and other flowers, for a printed fabric (toile de jouy), anonymous, c. 1800 Jouy-en-Josas paper. gouache (paint). cardboard

Bandbox. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 38.4 x 48.4 cm (15 1/8 x 19 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: length of fragment: 16", width 12". Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: David Dorfman.

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

Ernest Capaldo, Printed Textile, c 1941 Printed Textile

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 14.9 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.) Image: 18.8 x 12.4 cm (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

Panel, 18th century, 21 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (54.28 x 57.15 cm), Silk, metallic threads, France, 18th century, In eighteenth century France, the interior of a residence actually became far more important than the exterior because it reflected the social standing of its owner. Reception rooms were decorated with carved wall paneling, and tall windows were draped with heavy silk curtains. This silk panel, woven with an exotic floral design, likely was part of a drapery. During the early 1730s increasingly naturalistic designs were introduced, made possible by the shading technique, point rentré, invented by the designer Jean Revel (1684-1751). A gradual variation in tonalities was achieved by interpenetrating two different adjacent colors.

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper). Designed by J Bt Clere and Germain Frères; France, Lyon. Date: 1760-1790. Dimensions: 45.45 × 54.3 cm (17 7/8 × 21 3/8 in.). Ink and gouache on hand drawn graph paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lowe Part of an Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Boughs with leaves and clusters of flowers. Arched edge. Frills sketched along the hem., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 14.2 x 11.4 cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.) Image: 12.5 x 9.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric; France; brush and gouache on blue paper; 12.7 × 31.7 cm (5 in. × 12 1/2 in.)

Sidewall, Hand painted on handmade paper, Horizontal rectangle. Irregular serpentine intertwined vines, with morning-glory, lotus and other flowers, painted in colors on green ground., 1800-1825, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Design for a Book Cover, Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863-1961, Brush and gouache on paper, On gray-white ground, tall symmetrical arrangement of red carnations., USA, ca. 1887-1903, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing

Flower edges, Jan Brandes, 1770 - 1808 drawing Three different edges decorated with flower motifs. paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush ornament derived from plant forms. flowers

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 27.4 x 21.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.) Image: 25 x 19.3 cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by Thomas Strahan & Co., Manufactory (United States); machine-printed; 65 x 51 cm (25 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.); Anonymous Gift; 1948-14-5

Fragment (Mounted with 1919.544b), 1600s. Italy, 17th century. Brocade, silk; overall: 74.9 x 20.3 cm (29 1/2 x 8 in.).

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by W & H Gledhill; machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 91.5 x 49 cm (36 x 19 5/16 in.)

Ralph Atkinson, Quilt, 1935 1942 Quilt

Two textile fragments. Textile fragments, two embroidery and kirikane on gold thread of flowers and plants.

Printed Textile. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 36.3 cm (18 x 14 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 15" wide; 14" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arlene Perkins.

Chiné piece, 19th century, 27 1/4 x 19 in. (69.22 x 48.26 cm), Silk; printed, France, 19th century

Fragment (China); tempera on silk

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment; France; white, red, and black gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted; 21.3 × 11.8 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

Dorothy Posten, Quilt, c 1937 Quilt

Dayton Brown, Quilt, 1937 Quilt

Drawing, Design for a Book Cover; Designed by Alice Cordelia Morse (American, 1863-1961); USA; brush and gouache on paper; Mat: 18.8 x 12 x 0.1 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 1/16 in.); 1943-33-1-21

Sidewall - Sample, Lily; Designed by William Morris (British, 1834-1896); Manufactured by Jeffrey & Company (United Kingdom); Made for Morris & Co. (United Kingdom); block-printed paper

Drawing, Design for a printed fabric; probably France; graphite, brush and gouache on heavy laid paper; Sheet: 48.2 x 38.7 cm (19 in. x 15 1/4 in.) Image: 39 x 29.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Cray (Furnishing Fabric) Designed 1884 England. Cotton, plain weave, block printed . William Morris (Designer)

Boucheron, four seasons (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.

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper; 224 x 49 cm (88 3/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Sievers Carl (1834-1891), decoration studies (1856-1856): Vegetable ornament. Pencil watercolored on paper, 68.4 x 58 cm (including scan edges) Sievers Carl (1834-1891): Dekorationsstudien

Wallpaper, 1920s, maker unknown. Gift of Ray and Betty Weeber, 2010.

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: painted, White silk, thin taffeta, painted in colors, in thin, delicate all-over vine design, of roses, small blossoms, berries, buds. Colors red, violet, blue, green, brown; overpainting and shading. Two breadths from a skirt, each 59cm long, shows gathering at top and one breadth seamed at top. Fragment (B) of same., Europe, late 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Textile Design: Mise-en-carte for a brocade, Unknown, French, Brush and gouache over printed (intaglio) grid, on off white laid paper, Pattern of fantastic flowers and leaves painted in blue, blue-green, purple and white with a striped orange background, all painted on a printed grid., Verso contains hand written information pertaining to the construction and manufacture of the textile. See Curatorial Notes field., France, ca. 1760, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Fragment, Medium: tempera on silk Technique: printed and painted on plain weave, White ground fabric with a design of a central slender twining stem with rose-colored blossoms and buds with scattered floral sprays in green, blue and rose at either side., China, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Design for a Valance with Bundles and Garlands of Flowers and Musical Instruments 1870-1900 () Anonymous, French, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a design for a valance from the second half of the nineteenth century, inspired on the style of Louis XVI, forming part of the Neo-Classical Revival that took place in France and Britain from the 1850s on. The style was part of the Classical and Renaissance Revival that took place from about 1850, where the interest on the art and architecture from Ancient Rome and the 15th and 16th centuries was propelled by archaeological discoveries in Greece, Italy and Egypt. Through this style, Classical and Renaissance pieces of art and design were reinterpreted in a variety of forms and motifs, and classical figures, scrolling decorations, strapwork, and grotesques and moresques, became central element in design. This Revival was characterized by the use of design motifs that alluded to Classical Antiquity, including vases and trophies wi

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin weave, Fragment of white satin embroidered in floral pattern in colored silks., Asia, ca. 1780, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Textile fragment, print decoration in oblique strips., anonymous, Japan, 1818 - 1830, Bunsei period, silk, height 20.5 cm × width 29 cm

Print, Design for Printed Textile; Workshop of Oberkampf & Cie. (France); France; woodcut on cream laid paper, lined; 35.7 x 31 cm (14 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.), irregular

Printed Cotton. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 35 cm (11 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" high; 8 3/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ernest Capaldo.

Skirt panel. Culture: British, London, Spitalfields. Dimensions: L. 41 1/2 x W. 20 3/4 inches (105.4 x 52.7 cm ) (loom width). Date: ca. 1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a printed fabric, Pen, brush and black ink, watercolor, gouache on paper, Most of a fantastical flower bough is shown obliquely on dark lilac ground., France, 1820-40, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

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

Suzanne Roy, Quilt, 1935 1942 Quilt

Textile Design (East Indian style), 18th century, Unknown, 15 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (38.42 x 28.89 cm) (sheet, irregular), Watercolor and gouache, England (), 18th century

Sidewall and border, Block-printed on joined sheets, Red roses on branch with bow know at end. Rose motifs separated by vining foliage with red berries. Printed in red, white, blue and black on spotted ground. Narrow acanthus architectural molding along 2 edges. Original document for 'Flower and Ribbon,', France, ca. 1800, Wallcoverings, Sidewall and border

Border, Block-printed on handmade paper, Horizontal rectangle. Across top, heart-shaped leaf motif in neutral yellows on neutral red-orange field. Below, chain of flowers and foliage. Printed in white, orange, red, violet and green on a blue field., France, 1805-15, Wallcoverings, Border

Crewel Embroidered Bedspread. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 49.5 x 57.3 cm (19 1/2 x 22 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" wide; 87" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Suzanne Roy.

Detail of Painting on Altar Panel. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Actual size. Medium: watercolor, gold ink, colored pencil, and graphiteon paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Emery Gellert.

Applique Coverlet. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 28.1 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 84" wide; 96" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jr. Ernest A. Towers.

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of the Left Side of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," "Gilet" Design"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 24.3 × 18.6 cm (9 9/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Wall Paper. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 33.4 x 30.3 cm (13 1/8 x 11 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Karl Joubert.

Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers and paisleymotives, anonymous, c. 1720 - c. 1760 Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers and paisley -like motifs, on a stock of points and small flowers. Used as a cover for a publication from 1740. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Design for a Book Cover, Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863-1961, Brush and gouache on paper, On tan ground, vertical empty oval box at center framed by green and red lines; surrounded by frame of green leaves and bright red berries., USA, ca. 1887-1903, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Drawing, Designs for Embroidered or Woven Floral Motifs of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Finished and Unfinished; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; incised lines, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper; 13.9 × 21.1 cm (5 1/2 × 8 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

Textile fragment, embroidery on silk., anonymous, Japan, 1648 - 1652, Keian period, silk, height 30 cm × width 10.4 cm

Tile, Tin-enamelled earthenware, underglaze polychrome decoration, Vertical rectangle, Time from a stove, with flanges of back broken off. Decorated with checkered squares diagonally placed, with hatching running in alternating directions, in green; rococo cartouche outlined with manganese violet scrolls, with reverse, in centre of which is a spray of yellow, blue and violet roses with green foliage., Rorstrand, Sweden, ca. 1770, tiles, Decorative Arts, Tile

Frieze, William H. Mairs and Company, Brooklyn, New York, Machine-printed oatmeal paper, Large-scale poppies on stem with flowers running along top edge and stems at bottom. The space between the band of poppy flowers and the top edge is printed deep red. Printed on pink oatmeal paper., Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Quilt Applique Pattern. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 54.9 x 70.4 cm (21 5/8 x 27 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 82" long; 96" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Maud M. Holme.

American 20th Century, Plate 44 Painted Chest Design From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico, 1935 1942 Plate 44: Painted Chest Design: From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico

Mildred E Bent, Applique Quilt, 1935 1942 Applique Quilt

Frieze, Robert S. Hobbs & Co., Brooklyn, New York, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Art nouveau. Spiraling and scrolling medallions connected by vining with large flowers. Bottom band of waving scrolls/spirals. Printed on light beige ground in beige, light green, red-brown, pink-brown, metallic gold and metallic copper. Printed in top selvedge, 'Robert S. Hobbs & Co.' pattern number '2616'., Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Frieze (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.)

Sidewall, Queen Anne's Lace; Manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co. (United States); USA; machine-printed paper; 46 x 50 cm (18 1/8 x 19 11/16 in. )

Detail of Japanese textile print

Wallpaper Design, Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper, A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature on top. The panel shows vertical rows consisting of waved and intertwined white and blue garlands, and of vertical poles. The left side suggests alternatively to show boughs in the intervals between the rows. A vine garland for which a brown or red coloring is suggested alternatively is laid across the top., Austria, 1850-60, wallpaper designs, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Wallpaper Design; Austria; brush and gouache, graphite on white paper; 34.4 x 23.1 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Carriage of chrysanthemums. Octogonal print in album with 39 prints.

Frieze, Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, Machine-printed paper, Large floral swag and ribbon suspended from architectural molding. Printed in red, green, brown, taupe and purple on a ground that shades from deep ocher at bottom to light yellow at top., New York, New York, USA, 1906-1907, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Drawing, Design no. 533 for an Embroidered Vertical Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 13.7 × 8.2 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

Frieze and border, Machine-printed paper, Interweaved floral and foliate pattern, composed of top frieze and matching chair-rail border., USA, 1907-08, Wallcoverings, Frieze and border

Apron. England. Date: 1701-1725. Dimensions: 55.9 × 78.8 cm (22 × 31 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Ceiling paper, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Floral motif with small two-flower bouquets inside a petal-like scroll pattern. Individual flowers in the resulting negative spaces. Between each floral motif is a row of either horizontal or vertical dots. Background has an overall layer of the same foliate motif. Printed in blues, greens, white and blue mica on white ground., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Ceiling paper

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Frieze, Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Blue poppies with green leaves and scrolls. Areas of lattice run along bottom. Printed in blue, green and mica on tan ground., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Sidewall, The Poppy; Produced by F. Arthur; England; machine-printed paper, mica

Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1785/90. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79099-15 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th century

Panel from a Tent Lining (Qanat). Dimensions: Textile: L. 103 in. (261.6 cm)W. 50 in. (127 cm)Mount: L. 114 1/4 in. (290.2 cm)W. 59 in. (149.9 cm)D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Wt. 165 lbs. (74.8 kg). Date: 17th century.The size, shape, and design of this panel tell us that it was probably once joined to a series of similar panels that would have enclosed an outdoor space. These textiles, known as qanats, were used in gardens within the palace compound and for camping during overland journeys. The central motif of a flowering plant is a fantastic hybrid of blossoms including irises and Chinese lanterns. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Majel G Claflin, Design from a Proposed Portfolio, 1935 1942 Design from a Proposed Portfolio

Five Schweifwerk Ornaments surrounded by flowers, Meynert Jelissen, c. 1622 print One elongated Schweifwerk ornament in the middle, around four smaller ones. Groningen (possibly) paper etching / engraving

Sidewall (England); machine-printed; 57 x 49.5 cm (22 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Margaret Knapp, Wall Paper, c 1937 Wall Paper

Large -leaved destruction with flowers, fruit, birds and butterflies (fragment), anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1600 Fragment of a wall carpet with large -leaved slower. Southern Netherlands Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk tapestry Fragment of a wall carpet with large -leaved slower. Southern Netherlands Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk tapestry

Textile, Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759-1815), Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed on plain weave with blue and yellow applied by brush, Two groupings of Chinese-style ceramics arranged in two columns in a half-drop repeat. The two columns have different groupings. Design is multicolored and printed on a white ground., Jouy-en-Josas, France, ca. 1780, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Pillar print textile ca. 1800 British. Pillar print textile 221813

Colourful patterned marble inlay on the wall of the Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Drawing, Wallpaper Design; Austria; brush and gouache, graphite on white paper; 33.2 x 24.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Leaf with alternating spreading pattern of flowers on Line Fond, Anonymous, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with alternating spreading pattern of flowers on vertical lines paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Frieze, Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, Machine-printed paper, Garland of roses suspended from blue knotted ribbon. Swagged band of rope twist or cable molding below swag. Printed in red, green, blue and gold on white ground., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

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

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