Historical Textile Samples

Artistic fabric samples from various periods, showcasing intricate patterns and designs from Italian, Spanish, and Chinese cultures.

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223306

Piece 1725-30 Italian or French. Piece 227868

Piece 17th century Spanish. Piece 222996

Piece. Culture: Italian. Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Strip early 17th century Spanish. Strip 226729

Piece 17th-18th century China. Piece. China. 17th-18th century. Silk, metallic thread. Textiles-Woven

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223306

Piece 17th century Italian or French. Piece 220530

Piece 1725-30 French. Piece 217290

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 220393

Part of an overskirt ca. 1730-40 French. Part of an overskirt 230858

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224252

Piece 18th century French. Piece 216731

Border 16th-17th century Italian. Border 222428

Cushion cover. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 22 3/4 x W. 14 3/4 inches (57.8 x 37.5 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece late 17th century Italian. Piece 219662

Piece 1550-99 Spanish. Piece 222628

Piece 17th century Spanish or Italian. Piece 222995

Fragment (From a shawl) Made 1825-1875 Iran. .

Cover 16th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. 16th century. Linen. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece 17th century Italian or French. Piece 227856

Fragment 17th century French. Fragment 220701

Millefleurs ground with two medallions. unknown c. 1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'11" x W 17'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: The Saint Louis Art Museum (by 1928). French & Co. purchased from City Art Museum of St. Louis 12/23/1948 transferred to SS 57801 SS 80257. French & Co. purchased from City Art Museum of St. Louis 12/23/1948; sold to V & C Vigo & Charles Sternberg 3/26/1962 SS 57801. Possibly purchased at auction in Cape Cod, c.1976. United States, New York, New York, Vojtech Blau. Medallions with figural & landscape scenes; medallions decorated garlands of flowers & fruit, & brackets headed & footed by grotesque face (BRD) garland of oversize flowers & fruit interspersed with bunches of grapes; (L & R BRD) flowers & shoots springing from bottom French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80257 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 57801 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), fig.253 Davis, BullSt.Louis 13 (Jan. 1928), 6-8 Related Works: Compositiona

Fragment of a Tunic 6th century. Fragment of a Tunic 443749

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223753

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223291

Fragment (Dress Fabric) Made 1701-1800 Iran. .

Piece 19th century Japan. Piece 70401

Kloskant dress strip with circles and checks, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1820 Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On a coarse mesh stock there is a closed edge of flat scales, above which symmetrically grouped circular and diamond patterns, connected by swingers, rise. Leaf branches come from this, while above the circles large feathers are getting along of twigs with rosette flowers. In addition, there is an airy, asymmetrical garland. Geraardsbergen (Possible) silk bobbin lace Black bobbin jelly strip: Chantilly side. On a coarse mesh stock there is a closed edge of flat scales, above which symmetrically grouped circular and diamond patterns, connected by swingers, rise. Leaf branches come from this, while above the circles large feathers are getting along of twigs with rosette flowers. In addition, there is an airy, asymmetrical garland. Geraardsbergen (Possible) silk bobbin lace

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224356

Cope ca. 1500 Italian. Cope 468108

Curtain (For a Bed). Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Patmos. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 323.2 x 188.6 cm (127 1/4 x 74 1/4 in.)Repeat: 3.5 x 19 cm (1 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running stitches (pattern darning); four loom widths joined. Origin: Pátmos. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 216897

Textile Fragment 6th-7th century. Textile Fragment 448914

Cover 17th-18th century Spanish. Cover. Spanish. 17th-18th century. Silk on linen

Piece mid-18th century French. Piece 217153

Strip 19th century French. Strip 212395

Piece 1780-90 French. Piece 223301

Piece ca. 1735 French. Piece 217285

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 224469

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 72 1/2 x W. 21 1/2 inches (184.2 x 54.6 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Towel mid-18th century. Towel 451058

Headcovering 19th century. Headcovering 445981

Border early 19th century Italian, Sicily. Border. Italian, Sicily. early 19th century. Machine net. Textiles-Laces

Piece 1670-90 French. Piece 226452

Sutra Cover 17th century China. Sutra Cover. China. 17th century. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Fragment. Dimensions: Textile: L. 5 in. (12.7 cm) W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)Storage mount: L. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)W. 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece second half 18th century French. Piece 227831

Piece 18th century French. Piece 223341

Piece 16th-17th century Italian. Piece 223412

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 19 in. (25.4 x 48.3 cm) (loom width). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece probably early 19th century French. Piece 219123

Piece ca. 1720 French. Piece. French. ca. 1720. Silk and metal thread. Textiles-Woven

Fragment. Dimensions: 21 1/16 in. high 7 1/2 in. wide (53.5 cm high 19.1 cm wide). Date: 3rd-4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1730 French. Piece 217274

Piece 1700-1715 Italian. Piece 224530

Band 4th-5th century. Band 445933

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224462

Piece ca. 1735-50 Italian. Piece 220447

Piece late 18th century Italian, probably Sicily. Piece 226976

Sampler 1858 German. Sampler 228531

Shawl. France. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 200.7 × 101.6 cm (79 × 39 3/8 in.). Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Border 18th century Russian. Border. Russian. 18th century. Embroidered net. Textiles-Laces

Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 72 x W. 23 3/4 inches (loom width)182.9 x 60.3 cm. Date: ca. 1830. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hooked Rug ca. 1850 American. Hooked Rug 13959

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443441

Embroidered darning sampler. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: H. 18 3/8 x W. 18 3/4 inches (46.7 x 47.6 cm). Date: 1771. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rug. Culture: Japan or Central Asia. Dimensions: 115 x 115 in. (292.10 x 292.10 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Handkerchief. Culture: American or British. Dimensions: 31 x 34 1/4 in. (78.7 x 87 cm). Date: ca. 1824. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Large-leaf verdure (feuille de choux) with two vases. Clynckere, Jan de (Netherlandish (before 1600), act.ca.1550-1600) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Oudenaarde Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Darsa, received 10/5/1955; "missing 1965". Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Two vases with flowers on ornamental band of shrubery in front of screen of greenery composed of plants with flowers & fruit amidst curling acanthus-like leaves (BRD) narrow band with geometric design of flowers in quatrelobe compartments Perhaps woven by Jan de Clynckere of Oudenaarde, whose mark resembles the one on the lower guard. Strip along bottom of central field looks odd but I believe is OK since the narrow border looks OK, & especially because of the presence of the weaver's mark; a rare mark. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 56491 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923),

Piece 18th century French or Italian. Piece 230916

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 18 1/2 x W. 18 inches (47.0 x 45.7 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 445908

Dress border 1697 Greek, Crete. Dress border 221712

Sampler 19th century German. Sampler 228512

Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223650

Carpet. Dimensions: H. 103 in. (261.6 cm)W. 70 in. (177.8 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224001

Hanging 17th century Spanish or Portuguese. Hanging 227069

Pieces (2) Russian 19th century

Dress border early 19th century French. Dress border 223156

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 15 x W. 16 7/8 inches (38.1 x 42.9 cm) (loom width)Each panel: H. 13 7/8 x Greatest W. 7 5/8 inches35.2 x 19.4 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Furniture Cover for Table 18th century China. Furniture Cover for Table 69751

Piece late 18th century French. Piece 223638

Veil 17th century Italian. Veil 222697

Border Made 1601-1700 Italy. Linen, darned netting .

Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 226972

Sampler 18th century. Sampler 445949

Grille 15th-16th century European. Grille 468475

Piece 15th-16th century Italian. Piece 227154

Fragment with Hook Pattern 10th-15th century Ica. Fragment with Hook Pattern 308093

Sample ca. 1830 French, Mulhausen. Sample 219980

Piece 1760-70 French. Piece 216463

Sutra Cover 17th-18th century China. Sutra Cover 69799

Openwork Headband 12th-15th century Chancay. Openwork Headband 310695

Band 18th century possibly German. Band 215657

Chasuble. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 39 x W. 30 inches (99.1 x 76.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Textile Fragment 3rd-4th century. Textile Fragment 443246

Square 18th century German. Square 217236

Two Fragments Made 1701-1800 France. Silk, satin damask weave; brocaded; polychrome floral pattern on red ground (research card) .

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