Italian Textile Patterns

Historical fabric fragments and pieces featuring intricate floral and patterned designs typical of Italian textile art from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Fragment 17th-18th century French or Italian. Fragment 212469

Length of velvet 16th century Italian, Venice This design was traditionally worn by senators of the Venetian Republic.. Length of velvet 227538

Fragment. Italy. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: . Silk. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment 17th-18th century French or Italian. Fragment 212469

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 29 1/2 × 19 3/4 in. (74.9 × 50.2 cm). Date: mid-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th century Probably by Giovanni Baritta and the Marzari Sons, Quarter of San Giacomo, Venice. Piece 222574

Piece ca. 1720 Italian, Venice. Piece 227375

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 24 x 22 inches (61.0 x 55.9 cm). Date: late 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Length. Culture: British or American. Date: 1820-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. ca. 132 x W. 43 inches (335.3 x 109.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Orphrey. Spain or Italy. Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 92.8 × 24.2 cm (36 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.). Plain compound satin. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: a) L. 73 x W. 32 inches (185.4 x 81.3 cm). Date: ca. 1735 (). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1725-30 French, Lyons. Piece 216264

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 x W. 16 1/2 inches (50.8 x 41.9 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: L. 70 x w. 41 inches (177.8 x 104.1 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 34 x W. 12 inches86.4 x 30.5 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

. Napkin from white linen damask with the woven show following the marriage of Philips V and Marie-Louise van Savoye

Tablecover. Culture: American. Dimensions: 53 x 58 in. (134.6 x 147.3 cm). Maker: J. Cunningham (born 1793). Date: 1846. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 13 3/4 in. (25.4 x 34.9 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 30 inches (21.6 x 76.2 cm). Date: ca. 1750. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hanging. Dimensions: H. 46 3/4 in. (118.8 cm)W. 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 3 3/4 x W. 4 3/4 inches (9.5 x 12.1 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Border 17th century Italian, Venice. Border 221155

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66845

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: a. L. 133 1/2 x W. 22 1/4 inches (loom width) (339.1 x 56.5 cm). Date: ca. 1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th century French. Piece 224442

Millefleurs ground with vase, birds and lions. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'8" x W 10'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Vase of foliage & flowers surrounded by 2 birds & 2 lions (L & R BRD) abstracted elongated scrolls of vines; (UPR BRD) abstracted vine-scrolls Probably woven in Oudenaarde. Bottom border missing. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 34474-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236830-0236835, 0184420

Piece 17th century French. Piece 220599

Fragment 16th century Italian. Fragment 220073

Panel 18th century Spanish. Panel 230860

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 7 inches (16.5 x 17.8 cm). Date: 17th-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 6 1/2 x W. 4 inches (16.5 x 10.2 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 14 x W. 12 inches35.6 x 30.5 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hanging early 19th century. Hanging. early 19th century. Silk on linen. Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 7 x W. 11 inches17.8 x 27.9 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece ca. 1735-55 Italian, Genoa. Piece 227844

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 25 inches (24.1 x 63.5 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 32 x 8 3/4 in. (81.3 x 22.2 cm). Date: 1730-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tapestry Fragment with Figures 10th-15th century Nasca (). Tapestry Fragment with Figures 307933

Embroidered Rug. Culture: American. Dimensions: 58 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (148.6 x 81.9 cm). Date: ca. 1870s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: possibly French. Dimensions: L. 22 1/4 x W. 11 inches (56.5 x 27.9 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel 17th century Italian. Panel 227824

Fragment (Border). Iran (Persia, Yazd). Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 7 x 20.8 cm (2 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Brocaded, twill weave. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 19 1/2 x W. 5 1/2 inches49.5 x 14.0 cm. Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment of orphrey 15th century Italian. Fragment of orphrey 216408

Piece ca. 1735-40 possibly Dutch. Piece 224429

Ornamental Tapestry Panel late 6th-7th century. Ornamental Tapestry Panel 443572

Orphrey 1591 Spanish. Orphrey 222924

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 18 1/2 x W. 10 inches47.0 x 25.4 cm. Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 x W. 9 1/2 inches50.8 x 24.1 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cover 18th century. Cover. 18th century. Silk on linen. Attributed to Caucasus. Textiles-Embroidered

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 22 x 9 1/2 in. (55.9 x 24.1 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sample. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 2 3/4 x W. 2 1/8 inches10.2 x 10.2 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Panel. Culture: Italian, Venice. Dimensions: L. 84 x W. 64 inches (213.4 x 162.6 cm). Date: first half 18th century.Panels such as this--with its extraordinary patterns in long repeats--were called "bizarre" by the Danish scholar Slomann, who believed they were made in India. Most scholars consider them an exotic phase in the history of European silk weaving. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Velvet with the arms of Philip II of Spain Flemish 16th century

Fragment Made 1701-1800 France. brocaded silk .

Piece early 18th century French. Piece 216905

Piece early 17th century Italian Punto in arialiterally, "stitches in the air"is one of the earliest styles of needle lace, which is itself developed from cutwork of primarily geometric design. When lacemakers transitioned to using a foundation of threads laid out according to a pattern drawn on parchment, they were able to incorporate more fluid lines and curves into their designs.. Piece. Italian. early 17th century. Needle lace. Textiles-Laces

Panel 18th century. Panel 447312

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 20 3/4 x W. 19 inches (52.7 x 48.3 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (33.7 x 21.0 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Wholecloth calamanco quilt ca. 1775-90 American The top of this quilt is of a glazed indigo-blue wool, while the backing is of a more coarsely woven unglazed golden-brown wool. The edge binding and the top are both made from the same indigo-blue wool. The piece is quilted in a design of scrolls, flowers, and leaf sprays against a diagonally quilted ground.. Wholecloth calamanco quilt 13861

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 11 inches (19.7 x 27.9 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Band. Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Date: 5th-6th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Italian or Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 21 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (54.6 x 42.9 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Band 5th-6th century. Band 445825

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 16 inches (18.4 x 40.6 cm). Date: 1750-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: L. 21 1/2 x W. 18 inches (54.6 x 45.7 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment. Dimensions: 5 1/2 in. high 5 1/2 in. wide (14 cm high 14 cm wide). Date: 4th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Marches Macerata Camerino Pinacoteca5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Piece ca. 1725 () Spanish. Piece 213147

Large-leaf proscenium-verdure with parrot. unknown c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 8'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Sumner Healy, invoiced 3/22/1932; sold to Rhode Island School of Design 5/24/1945. Proscenium incorporated into border; greenery composed of wispy flowering plants amidst scrolling acanthus-like leaves inhabited by large parrot & other birds (BRD) foliate impinging on central field; (L & R BRD) columns ornamented by foliage, fruit & flowers; (UPR BRD) central mask flanked by festoons; (LWR BRD) central urn with foliage flanked by bunches of fruit French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 38729-a Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236819, 0244440

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 21 x 20 1/4 in. (53.3 x 51.4 cm). Date: 1715-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66842

LACE INSERTION, NEEDLEWORK, 19th CENTURY EMBROIDERY

Sardinia Sassari Castel Sardo Cathedral7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: 16th century architecture, built in late Gothic style; architectural sculpture; choir stalls; sculpture; paintings on canvas and panel; altarpiece; fresco; pulpit; tomb monuments; baptismal font; sacred objects 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, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Campania Salerno Padula Monastery of S. Lorenzo57. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 There are views of a number of antiquities. Their specific location within the monastery is unknown. There are two views of the tomb of Tommaso Sanseverino and one view of a statue. There are views of the altar, the frescoed ceiling and statues in niches. niches. Views are of the ceiling, paintings, and statues in niches. There are views of the loggia and its balustrade. There are two views of the ceiling fresco. There are views of the fountain, portico, columns and capitals. There are views of the votive cross, loggia, and landscaping. There are views of the cloister, the fountain, and the loggia. There are views of the colonnade, the floor, and frescoes. There are general views of the cloister, the fountain, and the columns. There are interior views of the church altar, the valuted, frescoed ceiling, and comprehensive coverage of the two choir stalls. There are exterior views of the carved wooden door. There are

Bound Print (France)

Panel 17th century Italian. Panel 219760

Tablecloth. Culture: Flemish. Dimensions: Overall: 84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm). Date: 1667. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Armenischer Teppich.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 75 x W. 21 inches (190.5 x 53.3 cm). Date: 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Grotesque with birth of child. unknown c. 1540-1560 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'5" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from C. A. Platt, invoiced 6/7/1927; returned 6/26/1928. Field with grotesque ornament; arched opening with childbirth scene in room with canopied bed on R & fireplace on L (UPR BRD) centered by crowned coat of arms flanked by reclining figures; (L & R BRD) garland with fruit & flowers suspended by figures within strapwork, with figures at mid-points & caryatid figures at bottom; (LWR BRD) centered by mask flanked by reclining figures French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15098

Altar frontal ca. 1600 Italian. Altar frontal 226818

Fragment with seated prince holding falcons in kufic medallions, 1654-1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran , in the style of the Buyid period (945-1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 63.5 x 47.6 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in.).

Piece. Culture: American. Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 24 7/8 in. (44.5 x 63.2 cm). Date: 1892. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece mid-16th to mid-18th century Japan. Piece. Japan. mid-16th to mid-18th century. Silk. Edo period (1615-1868), Kyh (1716-36). Textiles-Embroidered

Piece. Culture: Flemish. Dimensions: L. 5 3/8 x W. 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sample. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 2 3/4 x W. 2 1/2 inches7 x 6.4 cm. Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lappet late 17th-early 18th century Franco-Flemish The Metropolitan Museum's great lace collection was started when the Museum became the first among American museums to organize a permanent collection of lace with the acceptance of the McCallum Collection in 1879 and the bequests of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Mrs. Augustus Cleveland, and Mrs. A. W. Winters shortly thereafter. In 1893 a loan collection of antique laces shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was assembled by a committee of New York women headed by Catharine Augusta Newbold. About 1900 Miss Newbold arranged and labeled an exhibition of laces and linenworks lent to the Metropolitan Museum by Mrs. James Boorman Johnstone and the Misses Johnstone. "Her scholarly knowledge of lace technique enabled the Museum for the first time to offer a comprehensive display of lace illustrating its historical development," wrote Miss Frances Morris, then curator of the textile department. Miss Newbold's na

Monkeys playing clarinet. Vredeman de Vries, Hans (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, 1527-ca.1604) (cartoon creator, attr.) painter c. 1550-1560 Tapestry Dimensions: H 350 x W 330 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 258-7489. Monkey playing clarinet, seated below central arbor, another monkey sits across, 2 monkeys play at top of arbor among motifs of flowers, fruits, vases & birds (BRD) garlands of flowers interspersed with allegorical figures; (UPR BRD) figure of Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) in center; (LWR BRD) figure of Architecture in center; (L BRD) (from top to bottom) Venus (Aphrodite), Minerva (Athena) & Juno (Hera); (R BRD) (from top to bottom) Jupiter (Zeus), Ceres (Demeter) & Mars (Ares) Junq

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo75. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Tabernacle from S. Maria delle Grotte in Fossa with scenes of the Presentation at the Temple, the Flagellation, the Annunciation, and the Betrayal by Judas. Museo Nazionale housed in Castle: several exterior views (The Archeological Museum is one gallery (Sala IV) of the Museo). Remaining views of museum collection, including paintings, processional crosses, reliquaries, chalices, ceramics, textiles, manuscripts, and a number of eighth century Abruzzan Madonna sculptures. Works from the church Madonna del Soccorso also stored in Museo. Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo Roman inscriptions, sculpture and relief 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, including objects of the Etruscans

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 13 x W. 8 inches (33.0 x 20.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

"Pleasures of the Four Seasons" ca. 1785 Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet I French. "Pleasures of the Four Seasons" 221978

Piece French Late 17th century

Piece. Culture: French. Dimensions: L. 12 3/4 x W. 9 1/2 inches32.4 x 24.1 cm. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 21 x 10 3/4 in. (53.3 x 27.3 cm). Date: 1760-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Campania Caserta San Prisco S. Prisco0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: 6th century mosaics. Post-medieval: 18th century architecture, architectural sculpture and decoration; baldacchino; wooden organ; paintings on canvas; frescos 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, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Fragment 18th century Netherlandish. Fragment 218757

Piece. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: L. 6 1/4 x W. 3 1/4inches (15.9 x 8.3 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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