Textile Patterns and Designs

Varied textile designs showcasing floral patterns and intricate motifs, painted and printed on fabrics, representative of historical textile arts.

Preparatory Design for Silk Brocade, Claude Serancourt, 1677 - 1756, Watercolor and gouache over etching on white laid paper, Obliquely directed lattice with flowers against a background of rows of small flower twigs. One large red flower with blue green leaves at left., Lyon, France, France, 1710-40, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: plate printed, White length printed in red with a design of delicate floral serpentines., England, late 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

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

Textile, Medium: silk; tempera Technique: painted on plain weave, Light blue-green silk with polychrome tempera painted design. Brown serpentine branches with green foliage and flowers in white, orange and pink. Green, orange and violet birds., China, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Border, USA, 1880-90, Wallcoverings, Border

Textile (England); cotton; Warp x Weft: 99 x 66 cm (39 x 26 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-111

Preparatory Design for Silk Brocade, Claude Serancourt, 1677 - 1756, Watercolor and gouache over etching on white laid paper, Obliquely directed lattice with flowers against a background of rows of small flower twigs. One large red flower with blue green leaves at left., Lyon, France, France, 1710-40, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 31.7 x 50 cm (12 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ralph Atkinson.

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

Length of dress silk 1748-52 British The first part of the 18th century was a particularly fruitful and distinctive period in the history of British design for the silk weaving industry. Anna Maria Garthwaite (1690-1763) is the designer mostly closely associated with this period due to the survival of her design drawings, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Though this pattern does not match any of the published Garthwaite designs, it has much in common with her compositions of carefully observed flowers and plants arranged on a pale foundation color. The species illustrated on this silk panel include tulips, roses, chrysanthemums and holly.The floral silks produced in the Spitalfields area of east London during this period provide a provocative comparison with British porcelains of the same period. A set of plates made by the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory in the 1750s (2016.217-.229) display the same interest in contemporary botanical illustration as do the silk designs. Se

Dress Fabric. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.7 x 29.2 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Meyers.

Sidewall (France); block-printed on handmade paper, distemper colors; 71 x 51.5 cm (27 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers and large fruits, anonymous, 1750 - 1900 Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers and large fruits. Half of a cover. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Textile (France); Produced by Soehnee L'Aine et Cie; cotton; Warp x Weft (a,b): 129.9 x 170.3 cm (51 1/8 in. x 5 ft. 7 1/16 in.) Repeat H: 69.9 cm (27 1/2 in.)

Panel mid- to late 18th century Indian, probably Gujarat. Panel 229291

Fanchon Larzelere, Crewel Embroidery, c 1936 Crewel Embroidery

Ernest A Towers, Jr, Appliqued Coverlet Tree Design, c 1936 Appliqued Coverlet - Tree Design

Textile, Medium: crewel wool, linen, cotton Technique: embroidery on plain weave, Delicate attenuated pink stems bearing small rose-buds, daisies, carnations, in shades of tan and pink; various small leaves in blue; each stem rising diagonally in continuous somewhat irregular serpentines from small mound in tan and blues. Two and one half mounds in this piece. In satin, herringbone, a little knot stitch. Linen warps; cotton wefts; except for two heavy cotton warps inserted at intervals., Europe, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Sidewall, Machine-printed, gilt, glazed, Vertical rectangle. Simulated trellis framework of bound bamboo strips in brown and gilt, with flowering fuchsias and petunias in pink, blue-gray and green. Printed in colors and gilt on glazed green ground., USA, 1870-85, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

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

Ethel Dougan, Quilt Tulip Design, c 1937 Quilt - Tulip Design

Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave with supplementary weft, White ground with a design of landscape vignettes; one complete vignette is in the center. Vignettes have scenes of architectural structures, trees and blue skies with clouds. Each vignettes is surrounded by a decorative silver frame. Between vignettes are large-scale multicolored pendant flowers, foliage and fruit., France, early 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment

Quilted Bedspread. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.8 x 23.3 cm (12 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" wide; 96" long. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Irene Schaefer.

Fragment (Japan)

Appliqued Coverlet - Tree Design. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 30 cm (14 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jr. Ernest A. Towers.

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

Scheppig Carl (1803-1885), ornament in Civitavecchia (03.04.1833): View. Pencil watercolor on the box, 27.4 x 21.6 cm (including scan edges) Scheppig Carl (1803-1885): Ornament, Civitavecchia

Leaf with four rows with alternating flowers and birds, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with four rows of four alternating branch with flour and fruit, and bird on a branch. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms. ornament derived from animal forms. birds

Textile, Medium: silk Technique: satin damask with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Blue-green satin, brocaded in white, rose, green and light brown. Pattern is of tree with large scale fruit., Italy, early 18th century, woven textiles, Textile

Length of Chiné velvet ca. 1788 Maison Pernon. Length of Chiné velvet. French, Lyons. ca. 1788. Silk. Textiles-Velvets

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle. Repeating design of bunch of pink roses and baskets of apples, with intertwining vine of pink jasmine, on green field., France, 1780, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Project for a woven fabric, Gouache colors on oiled tracing paper, Horizontal rectangle. Two white undulating vines, with lavender blossoms, flank a lavender vine with green blossoms., France, ca. 1820-30, 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 lace leaf in a wreath stands obliquely over a scalloped border. Three repeats are shown., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, Offset cartouches showing Neptune with trident riding horses and causing a storm; and a youth riding a dolphin away from a shipwreck. Spaces between the cartouches filled with arabesques, putti and garlands., Nantes, France, 1780-85, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Leaf with spreading pattern of saved leaves, anonymous, 1750 - 1900 Leaf with spreading pattern of saved leaves and flowers. Half of a cover. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms

Drawing, Design for a Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and light blue and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 38.7 × 32.8 cm (15 1/4 × 12 15/16 in.)

Leaf with pattern of flowers between band work, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1850 brocade paper Leaf with pattern of flowers between band work. Used as a cover. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Design simulating ribbon-like brocade, with vertical stripes of white line-work and vertical rows of pink flowers, singly and in sprays. Vertical rectangle., France, ca. 1780, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Sidewall, Floral Brocade; Manufactured by Zuber & Cie (France); France; block-printed paper, embossed; 65 x 50 cm (25 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

Fragment textiel, anonymous, 1681 - 1684 Textile fragment, embroidery of flowers and plants on crem-colored background. Japan silk Textile fragment, embroidery of flowers and plants on crem-colored background. Japan silk

Sidewall; block-printed; 69 x 49.5 cm (27 3/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Repeating design of putto and dog on pedestal connected by floral swags in random arrangement, with straight across match. Pedestal group, blue-gray. Roses and carnations, pinkish orange. Pin dot background, dark blue on cream., France, 1780, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Sidewall, Block-printed, canvas mount, Roses and foliate forms and scrollwork, gray and blue. Pale gray ground has sprig diaper., Rixheim, Alsace, France, 1850-1900, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave with mordant, immersion dyed, Stylized plant forms in brown and red., India, 17th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Design for a Woven Fabric, Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Gouache Support: varnished laid paper laid down on beige wove paper, Lyon, France, France, ca. 1805-15, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Length 1760-65 Philippe de Lasalle French. Length. French. 1760-65. Silk, brocaded lampas with twill foundation weave. Textiles-Woven

Panel Made 1755-1780 France

Sidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Arabesque-style Chinoiserie. Alternating motifs in orange and dark green; pergola hung with bells played by man and boy in Chinese costume, surrounded by foliage and supporting floral and fruit festoons; an urn filled with flowers and scrolled acanthus. Printed on deep blue ground. Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper., France, 1773-80, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Purse, Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch, White silk embroidered in chain stitch in designs of birds, flowers, and flaming hearts within borders., France, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Purse

Quilt. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 44.6 x 37.8 cm (17 9/16 x 14 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marion Curtiss.

Wallpaper Design, Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper, A dado is shown at the bottom, a very high entablature, the moldings of which are variously colored, on top. The wall panel is densely covered by candelabra consisting of a repeated single plant motif. They are staggered and differently colored in alternate rows., Austria, 1840-60, wallpaper designs, Drawing, Drawing

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: roller (mule) printed on plain weave, Piece of thin glazed chintz, printed by combination of roller and block or roller and 'surface roller'. Yellow ground, pillar design in red with capitols in yellow, black and red; sides of pillars ornamented with flower sprays in yellow, red and black. In yellow field between flower clusters of natural size, roses, pansies and columbines, with butterfly, in shades of red, sepia and yellow., England, ca. 1830, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Applique Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 54.9 x 41 cm (21 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred E. Bent.

Cotton fabric, stitched with silver and gold - fragment of lady folk kaftan (short upper garment). Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonist

Chintz fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds, brown, black and lavender applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied (by brush) over resist; yellow applied by brush over blue for green; chintz on plain weave, Fragment of a palampore. Architectural shapes and plants. The border changes direction., India, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Chintz fragment

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave, Design of serpentine branches and perching peacocks in black on a reddish ground., Central Europe, 1800-1850, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Picture (Susannah and the Elders) Made 1695-1715 England. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long and short, up and down shading, stem, outline, back, couching, satin, chain, knot, bullion, feather (or fishbone) stitches .

Sheet with overall vine and dot pattern 19th century Anonymous. Sheet with overall vine and dot pattern. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Honeysuckle, May Morris, (British, 1862-1938), Block-printed paper, All-over pattern of meandering honeysuckle flowers and foliage. Printed on off-white ground., London, England, 1883, Wallcoverings, Sidewall, Sidewall

Printed Bedspread. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 43.5 x 56.5 cm (17 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Kibbee.

Ruth M Barnes, Quilt (Section), c 1936 Quilt (Section)

Carton with decoration Floraln; Rudnicka, Zofia (Fl. Post 1900); around 1900 (1895-00-00-1905-00-00);Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940), Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, decoration designs, plants

Floral design for printed textiles, Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752-1818, Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper, Orange, purple, pink and white flowers on dotted brown and black ground., France, 1800-1818, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Joseph Lubrano, Yellow Glazed Chintz, c 1939 Yellow Glazed Chintz

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Ruffled edge with a broad brown strip, the inside edge of which is formed by a flower stem from which boughs branch into strip and field. The field is decorated by a repeat composed of two flower boughs, connected by a lace cloth festoon, the right end of which is held by a button from which lace scallops hang., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Sidewall (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 92.5 x 54.5 cm (36 7/16 x 21 7/16 in.)

Drawing, Textile Design: Anemones, Apple Blossoms, and Narcissi; Designed by Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939); France; brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper; Sheet: 58.8 × 46.4 cm (23 1/8 × 18 1/4 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle composed of three joined sheets giving one and one-half repeats of drop-repeating design, which repeats twice in one width. Vertical twisted cable, entwined with floral sprays, flanked by alternating large and small clusters of roses., France, 1775-85, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Margaret Knapp, Wallpaper, 1935 1942 Wallpaper

Bed Cover (Palampore) early 18th century. Bed Cover (Palampore). early 18th century. Cotton. Attributed to India, Chennai (Madras). Textiles-Painted and/or Printed

Bedspread. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 58.2 x 53.7 cm (22 15/16 x 21 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Winter.

Drawing, Design for a Waistcoat; France; black crayon, various gouache colors on paper; 20.9 × 26.9 cm (8 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.)

Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers and fruits, anonymous, c. 1720 - c. 1760 brocade paper Leaf with spreading pattern of flowers and fruits, with white edges and decorative frame on three sides. Used as a cover for a publication from 1739. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin, Fragment of the outer border with flowers, vines and ribbons., China, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 91 x 49.5 cm (35 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Rouvenat, Léon (1809-1874). Pin. Graphite pencil, watercolor wash and white gouache enhancement on tray paper glued on paper. n.d .. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris

Piece ca. 1740 British, London, Spitalfields. Piece. British, London, Spitalfields. ca. 1740. Silk. Textiles-Woven

Panel (France); silk; metallic thread; flat strips of metal; linen

Fragment Made 1650-1700 Italy. Silk, warp-float faced satin weave, self-patterned by areas of twill interlacings .

Segment of a wreath of poppies and blue cornflowers. Brush and watercolor on paper. Date: ca. 1802. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Design for a Waistcoat, Black crayon and various gouaches on paper, Design for the embroidery of the left bottom part of a man's waistcoat. Lilac edges. Bunches of flowers decorate the flap of the pocket and the field beneath it. Leaves and flower boughs grow from the edge in the bottom angle and at the rising side of the waistcoat. Verso: Blotter of a part of an indistinct design: flower, France, 1780-1790, Drawing, Drawing

Umbrian Canvas. Spello. Umbria. Italy

Drawing, Design for a printed fabric; France; pen, brush and black ink, watercolor, gouache on paper; 11.2 x 8.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Bedspread (Detail). Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 54.8 x 43.2 cm (21 9/16 x 17 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred E. Bent.

Sidewall - fragment, Block-printed, Small orange flower sprigs between vertical lace stripes, on newspaper support. Pasted and/or scotch-taped to cardboard mount., 1840-70, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Fragment of pattern with offset arrangement of oval medallions containing scenes of courtship and marriage purple super-imposed on a floral vine pattern on a purple background., 1801-25, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed (red, brown) and block printed (blue), Peacocks in a rockery in a straight repeat., England, 1830s, Textile

Sheet with overall floral and vine pattern late 18th-mid-19th century Anonymous. Sheet with overall floral and vine pattern. Anonymous , Italian, late 18th-mid 19th century. late 18th-mid-19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Leaf with flowers and fruits, Johann Georg Edlinger (Possible), 1762 - 1800 brocade paper Leaf with flowers and fruits. Used as a cover. Augsburg paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms

Frieze, Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Machine-printed paper, Swags of roses hung from vine entwined with daisy chains linking to large ribbon bows. There are stripes on the edge., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

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 . Anna Maria Garthwaite (Designer)

Design for textiles. Design for textile with fantasy flowers and leaves.

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Cory-Heller Company; machine-printed paper; 164 x 50 cm (64 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

Frieze (USA); machine-printed paper, embossed; 56.5 x 29 cm (22 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.)

Wall Paper. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 51.1 x 58.4 cm (20 1/8 x 23 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Holger Hansen.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric). France. Date: 1780-1800. Dimensions: a: 220.7 × 94.6 cm (86 3/4 × 37 1/4 in.)b: 224.1 × 28.3 cm (88 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.)Warp repeat: 100.4 cm (39 1/2 in.). Cotton, plain weave; quilted; block printed. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Sheet with brown floral pattern 18th century Anonymous. Sheet with brown floral pattern. Anonymous , Italian, 18th century. 18th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Frieze (USA); Distributed by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper; 234.5 x 49.5 cm (92 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Imperial Wallcoverings Inc. (United States); machine-printed paper; 91.5 x 49 cm (36 x 19 5/16 in.)

Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company; machine-printed; 87 x 49 cm (34 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)

Bandbox (USA); block-printed paper; 40 x 30 cm (15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

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