Historic Textiles

Fragments of ancient textiles from Italy, Egypt, and Spain, showcasing intricate patterns and textures, with muted tones reflecting historical craftsmanship.

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 224097

Piece 15th century Italian. Piece 227127

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment. 3rd-4th century. Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave. Country of Origin Egypt. Textiles

Piece 16th century Italian. Piece 224097

Pieces mid-16th century Spanish or Italian. Pieces 219653

Piece ca. 1730 French. Piece 217311

Piece 19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 19th century. Silk, metallic thread. Textiles-Woven

Textile Sample from Sample Book 19th century Japan. Textile Sample from Sample Book 68220

Fragment. Europe. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 44.7 × 25.3 cm (17 5/8 × 10 in.). Linen and wool, plain weave; tied and free double cloth. Origin: Europe. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece mid-17th century Italian. Piece 229109

Galloon late 18th-early 19th century European. Galloon 225116

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

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67849

Trimming, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Yellow trimming fragment with a design of a vine ornament alternating with a motif of leaves. Border in a lozenge pattern at either edge., France, ca. 1820, trimmings, Trimming

Border. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 8.5 x 31.4 cm (3 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, hem, satin, and split stitches; edged with silk floss in buttonhole and detached buttonhole stitches. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece 16th century Spanish. Piece 216203

Fragment 16th century Italian. Fragment 230522

Textile Fragment 4th-5th century. Textile Fragment 445677

Rug early 18th century China. Rug 68438

Fragment 17th century Italian. Fragment 218859

Fragment silk velvet with a pattern in violet of palmets and leaves to symmetrical tendrils..fragment Silk Velvet with a Pattern in Violet or Palmets and Leaves on Symmetrical Tendrils on Yellow Soil. Italy, 16th century.

Fragment Made 1625-1650 Spain. Yellow rep ground; floral pattern of cut velvet outlined with uncut velvet, faded violet .

Cover early 17th century Italian or German. Cover 460785

Fragment; linen

Fragment. Egypt. Date: 1301-1500. Dimensions: 20.8 × 38.2 cm (8 1/4 × 15 in.)Weft repeat: 14.2 cm (5 5/8 in.). Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in plain interlacings. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Islamic.

Fragment; silk

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223424

Fragment Made 1700-1725 Japan. Damask; silk .

Textile Fragment 17th century. Textile Fragment 445258

Fragment Made 1750-1800 France. Silk, linen, and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet .

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67706

Sampler 1790 Spanish. Sampler 219515

Fragment (Japan)

Back of Court Robe late 18th century China. Back of Court Robe 69917

Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 443423

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71307

Fragment Made 1601-1625 Spain. Satin damask weaving .

Floral print ca. 1778 French, Jouy-en-Josas. Floral print 221838

Textile Fragment 16th century. Textile Fragment 454449

Floral garland with hunting trophies. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6" x W 5'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Trophies include bow, quivers spears & trumpets Border adapted as a valance. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 23968

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (16.5 x 9.5 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 16th century Southern German. Fragment 220072

Carpet 18th century. Carpet 447575

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443272

Sheath with a young man at the top. There is a young man with a sword and a stick on a candelalaber of vases and leaf rights.

Fragment late 16th century Italian. Fragment 213466

Table Runner Made 1875-1900 Russia. .

Fragment 17th century German. Fragment 215613

Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3 1 broken twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts some bound in weft-float faced 1 3 'S' twill .

Fragment of a Shoulder Band 5th century. Fragment of a Shoulder Band 443814

Fragment of a Border. France. Date: 1855-1875. Dimensions: 64.6 × 14.1 cm (25 3/8 × 5 5/8 in.). Silk, plain weave; with supplementary patterning warps forming cut pile (velvet); and self-patterning wefts which tie with supplemenatry binding warps in twill weave in pattern areas; alternating bands of velvet and patterned design. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67785

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224341

Fragment Made 1701-1800 France. Silk, cut, uncut, voided velvet against satin weave foundation .

Sampler 1782 Dutch. Sampler 228145

Piece 18th century China. Piece 71488

Piece 18th century French. Piece 230917

Fragment 18th century Italian. Fragment 230391

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66999

Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68625

Chasuble Italian 1720-30

Strip 17th-18th century Flemish or Italian. Strip 217735

Fragment of Shoulder Band 3rd-4th century. Fragment of Shoulder Band 443966

Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 11 x W. 11 inches (27.9 x 27.9 cm). Date: 1762. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Border. Date/Period: Late 17th-early 18th century. Border. Medium: linen. Technique: needle lace. Author: UNKNOWN.

Cover 17th century Italian. Cover 222552

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

Square From Hanging (Egypt); warp; s-spun linen. wefts; z-spun linen, z-spun wool

Four Pieces for Obi () 19th century Japan. Four Pieces for Obi () 70929

Border 17th century German. Border 216504

Piece 16th century possibly Italian. Piece 222568

Kain Panjang (long Sarong) (Indonesia); cotton

Sutra Cover 17th century China. Sutra Cover 69829

Table cover. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 58 x W. 35 inches (147.3 x 88.9 cm). Date: 15th century (). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roundel. Dimensions: H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)W. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut voided supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet), Small-patterned or 'miniature' velvet with a light green ground formed by floats of a secondary weft thread. Over this, cut pile in beige with background pattern of narrow vertical stripes alternating with fine diagonal stripes. Border design in red and green pile of rose and minute floral intertwining serpentines., France, 1750-1800, woven textiles, Fragment

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

Gallon; End of the 18th century (1791-00-00-1800-00-00);

Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave, Fragment of border in fine cotton plain cloth. Design in white on dark blue ground, arranged in horizontal bands. Vine motif, and geometric ornament formed by blocks of small white squares with blue centers., India, 14th-15th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Bib fragment, Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cord with needle lace, reticella style, Bib-type fragment with four radiating circles within a grid format., Italy, 16th-17th century, lace, Bib fragment

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 445764

Sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 x W. 8 3/4 inches (29.2 x 22.2 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th century German, Saxony. Piece 214719

Chasuble 17th century Italian. Chasuble 226561

Fragment, Cooper Union Museum Lace Study Card; Made for Cooper Union Museum; Belgium; linen

Piece first half 18th century China for Western market. Piece 70658

Sampler 19th century. Sampler 451451

Lazio Roma Velletri Museo Capitolare5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Breviaries (two, 14-15th century); "The Passion" on vellum (French school, late 13th century); reliquaries. Post-medieval: Paintings, frescoes, vestments, sculpture, metalwork, panel painting Object Notes: Bibliographic material housed in Center library. Hutzel photo campaign dates: one undated, another November 9, 1985. It is likely that notes for the Pinacoteca Cattedrale (no separate Hutzel entry) describe items under this heading. TCI seems to indicate that the Museo Capitolare is adjacent to the cathedral. As well, some prints are missing; the initial Hutzel entry indicates that there are 422 prints. At this count, I can find 142. 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 documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, inclu

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443295

Fragment. Dimensions: 10 5/8 in. high 9 13/16 in. wide (27 cm high 25 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century, Djege Coulibaly, Malian, born before 1940, 57 x 36 1/4in. (144.8 x 92.1cm), Cotton; strip-woven mudcloth (bogolanfini); dyed, Mali, 20th century

Carpet fragment, Medium: wool Technique: double cloth, Floral and lozenge design in red, green and blue., USA, 19th century, woven textiles, Carpet fragment

Cover Made 1701-1900 Spain. .

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66969

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 444274

Hanging late 16th century Spanish. Hanging. Spanish. late 16th century. Wool, linen. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece 1745-50 French. Piece 224392

Beatrice DeKalb, Trailboard, c 1939 Trailboard

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 217208

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67755

Band with a triangle motif ..

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