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Pleated fan. Leaf of black chantilly bobbin lace with design of a flower basket in center and scrolls on each side, backed with white georgette crêpe. Guards and sticks of tortoise shell.
Pleated fan, white silk leaf painted with flowers in gouache on the obverse. Reverse blank. Plain mother-of-pearl sticks.
Pleated fan. Leaf of black mousseline de soie; obverse applied with scalloped band of same material; decorated with steel sequins of varying shapes arranged in flower shapes, swags and lines. Tortoise shell sti More
Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf. Obverse: a Turkish scene showing a seated man reclining with with women, servants and musicians. Reverse: a Renaissance scene showing bobbin lace making and sp More
Pleated fan. Leaf of 17th century white Milanese bobbin lace. Carved and painted ivory sticks with flowers and feathers. Guards carved with baroque detail and painted. Rivet is set with faceted glass. Gilt metal bail.
Pleated fan. Painted paper leaf showing village scene; figures with appliquéd silk costumes and painted ivory faces. Ivory sticks pierced and carved à jour. Gilt metal bail with knotted red and purple silk tassel.
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Bishop and two angels looking down from the clouds to bless an Italian town that is on a river by the sea. The angels and the bishop's hands and face were painted on paper which was then cut out and pasted on t More
Alphabet at top. "THIS WORK IN MY HAND MY FRIE/ NDS MAY HAVE/ WHEN I AM DE/ AD AND IN MY/ GRAVE." Signed and dated. Green, blue, black and beige.
Panel showing birds, animals, initials "PS" and date, "1704" worked in cross stitch; surrounded on three sides by a band of drawnwork with pattern of birds and animals in darning. Edge worked in clustered overcasting.
The central scene shows the Woman of Samaria at the well with Jesus. Other motifs are alphabets, vases, crowned initials, etc. Numerals in the box at the upper right are all backwards.
Verse of "The Dying Christian to his Soul." Large scattered motifs of bowls of fruit and flowers within curving floral border.
Fragment of silk brocade with an orange ground with a minute tulip pattern forming a diaper in the background. The main, symmetrical floral pattern is brocaded in pale shades of blue, green, red, white, and gold.
Vertically symmetrical pattern of flowers stemming from shell-like shapes. Very bright colors and gold and silver on a gold backgound.
Half-drop repeat of a fruit tree growing in a flowering mound with two pheasants. Multicolored on a green background.
Pattern in gold on a rust red background. Faded. Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Yellow and brown floral and scroll motifs on blue background. Selvage at both side but piece is seamed in the center.
Short length of red damask in a symmetrical arrangement of large flowers and scrolling leaves.
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.
White horizontally ribbed ground with a design of slender serpentine stems with large blossoms of carnation, lotus, peony and chrysanthemums in red, purple, yellow and green.
White grounded with an incomplete design of slender stems with blossoms and berries and large petal flowers in green, blue, purple, rose, yellow and white.
White ground with a design of slender serpentine stems with side stems curving horizontally across the piece, with small blossoms, buds and berries. Painted in green, red, blue, yellow and purple.
The fragments of 1906-21-45-a,b,c and 1906-21-48-a,b have been sewn together to fragments 1906-21-33-a,b to form one panel.
White ground with serpentine of intertwining ribbons and vines with floral sprays springing from them. Painted in rose, green, blue, white, orange, yellow, brown, purple, gold and silver.
White ground with narrow vertical stripes of pale blue. Serpentine dark green stems with light green, almond-shaped leaves and red, purple, and blue flowers.
White ground with a design of intertwining slender stems with large scalloped petals and bell-shaped blossoms, berries and leaves in green, yellow, dark pink, purple and blue.
Sheer scarf of fancy gauze weave; white with tiny all-over painted flowers; warp of some vegetable fibre-weft of silk. One tuck near hem.
Satin ground has alternating broad white and narrow green vertical stripes. Over white stripes are powdered small floral sprays painted in tempera.
Panel with several repeats of a conventionalized design made from leaves and flowers, arabesques and curving, intersecting lines.
Two fragments of white silk painted in polychrome tempera. Design of twisting branches, wrapped with pink ribbon, from which spring varicoloured flowers and foliage and berries.
Six fragments of blue silk grosgrain painted in polychrome tempera. Design of a slender floral sprays twisting about, crossing themselves and forming loops.
Three fragments of white silk grosgrain with polychrome tempera design alternating large-scale floral sprays and long delicate trailing flowering vines.
Textile fragment. Cream-colored (originally white) silk with design painted in polychrome tempera. Design of vertical repeat of flower wreaths and garlands, held in place by ribbons, and with birds and insects More
Fragment of red velvet with cut pile in a satin ground. Design of peonies, butterflies, bats, coins and small swastikas.
Geometrical design in green, tan, yellow and blue. Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Small fragment with scrolls and flowers in green and blue on an orange and yellow background.
Octagonal motifs with a central medallion in green, gold, pink, yellow, red, and blue.
Irregularly shaped piece of natural coloured gauze weave silk. Very worn so that complete design cannot be deciphered. Appears to be a fret or triangle and a six-petalled flower. Two selvages.
Cream-colored ground with slender intersecting serpentine stems and blossoms of various types and colors, some tied with ribbons in red, dark pink, green, blue, brown, purple, yellow, gray and iridescent paint.
Fragment from a hanging embroidered in multicolored silk and metallic thread on an orange ground. The design shows a European coat of arms set in a curving flowering vine with birds.
Flying phoenix holding curving sprays of tree peony in deep blue cut velvet on a rectangular foundation of tarnished gold. Border of stylized lotus and leaves reserved in gold on deep blue cut velvet ground. Na More
Pale blue ground with vertical series of landscapes painted in polychrome tempera. At bottom, spotted deer beneath blossoming apple tree. Next two pieces have been joined together leaving an incomplete design o More
Four pieces which, when assembled, would form a small pillow. Each panel contains a dragon with fangs surrounde by cloud motifs.
Three fragments of a rank badge showing parts of two birds against a cloud background.
Gold silk satin ground with pattern of sinuous vines, flowers, and lozenge shapes. Pattern woven in weft with tarnished metallic covered paper threads, green and blue silk.
Design of serpentine tree trunk throwing off flowering branches with birds. Panel is composed of several pieces, pasted together and mounted. White ground.
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.
Piece of black silk embroidered in bands for the decoration of costume. Design of leaves, blossoms, and gourds in polychrome silks with couched gold threads outlining the gourds.
Decorated floral circles on diaper background in blue, red, green on beige ground.
Blue ground with metallic gold continuous geometric pattern with swastikas. Horizontal pattern with alternating large and small flowers in multicolored threads.
Length of red satin damask in an allover floral pattern in an 18th century style.
Dark blue satin ground with small-scale, all-over repeat of scrolling vine with five-petalled flowers, in gold. Fragment cut on bias, edges turned over, as if for collar. Starched or stiffened on back.
Light terra-cotta satin ground with incomplete small scale, closely-spaced design based on lotus forms, highly conventionalized in ploychrome silk wefts. At one end portion of warp end of fabric.
Yellow satin ground. Closely-spaced all-over design: elaborately scrolling leafy branches and decorative blossoms, in polychrome silk wefts. Very closely woven heavy fabric, started or stiffened on the back. In More
Cream-coloured ground with a design of vertical slender green serpentine stems with green leaves and flowers in blue, purple, rose, and white. Scattered floral sprays between the serpentines.
Eight samples of wide ribbon. Background of plain weave with a design of interlacing lines outlined in gold thread. Highly stylized gold rose blossoms and scrolling lines form a border on each side. Both selvag More
Small bag of open knotted net in cotton, filled with skeins of colored wools for weaving.
Belgium bobbin lace copy of Venetian needle lace. Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Unbleached cotton with overall pattern in faded red. An overall lattice like effect is created as the petals of flower heads elongate and extend to create an interlaced framework. With smaller eight-petaled flo More
Design resist-printed with red ground, brown, and reserve areas in white. Torch-like motifs are placed at the apex of an undulating vine with dots. Below is a straight band of dots bordered by two parallel li More
Square patchwork shawl with a square center containing four squares that are red, green, violet and blue. Each is isolated by black bands. The primary emphasis is the border with is a continuous arrangement of More
Border of linen gauze weave embroidered in yellow and red silk in a serpentine leaf and ribbon pattern.
Book of jacquard woven silks, separated by transparent paper sheets, bound in leather. Samples in various colors with floral and geometric designs; many monochrome, some in two colors.