silk, metallic thread | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Square fragment of a brocaded silk with a U-shaped floral garland of roses and carnations; heavy rose blossoms are at the bottom of the wreath. Inside are two birds resting on a stringed musical instrument and a bow and a quiver filled with arrows rests nearby. Garland is surrounded by a more delicate ring of flowers that is entwined with a tasseled cord in the lower corners. Ground is cream-colored with a fine red stripe. In the style of Philippe de la Salle.

Textile, 1750–1850
silk, metallic thread.
1978-4-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Narrow woven ribbon with a pattern of fruit and floral forms on a curving ribbon in multicolors on a gold background.

Ribbon, 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1976-70-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of a dress fabric with solid stripes in two tones of blue and stripes of brocaded metallic gold. Gold-patterned stripes have plant motifs and a chinoiserie pattern.

Textile, 17th century
silk, metallic thread.
1976-65-12

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two alternating floral vine pattern stripes, three-quarters of an inch wide, one gold and the other silver on a red-purple background.

Fragment (possibly India), 19th century
silk, metallic thread.
1975-9-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile
silk, metallic thread.
1975-71-1-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

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.

Hanging (China), 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1975-52-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Piece of brocaded silk with a 'bizarre' style design of exaggerated curvilinear shapes piercing and being pierced by foliate forms. In gold and silver thread with red accents on a green ground.

Textile, late 17th–early 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
1975-1-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Tassel (Spain), 18th century

Tassel (Spain), 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1974-50-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Tassel (Spain), 18th century

Tassel (Spain), 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1974-50-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Fragment with a cone or butah pattern in gold on a dark red ground.

Fragment, 19th century
silk, metallic thread.
1974-101-9

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Dark blue fragment with a floral border and a field with peacocks and leafy forms.

Fragment, 19th century
silk, metallic thread.
1974-101-36

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Flowers and incomplete ogival form on a dark red ground.

Fragment, 17th–18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1974-101-31

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Red and beige velvet fragments with dragons, Fu dogs, clouds, and flowers.

Fragments, 19th century
silk, metallic thread.
1974-101-26

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Textile
silk, metallic thread.
1973-60-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Man's Outer Hip Wrapper (double Saput) (Indonesia)

Man's Outer Hip Wrapper (double Saput) (Indonesia)
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Gradient horizontal stripes of black, purple, magenta, pink, orange and yellow are woven with supplementary gold threads that form a chevron pattern over the stripes and are separated by solid horizontal bands of black.

Textile (France), 1920–1930
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-26

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile (France)

Textile (France)
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-25-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fragments, somewhat related to the bizarre style, in cream and silver thread with red and green outlining. Densely patterned with curving stylized leaves and flowers.

Fragments, early 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-24-a/e

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Fragments
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-23-a/c

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Fragments
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-22-a/d

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Multicolored fragment in a continuous symmetrical pattern has a fan-like architectural motif and floral pendant suspended above drapery swags heavy with hanging flowers and leaves. Below is a pagoda-like architectural element with symmetrical parasols.

Fragments, 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-21-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of a continuous symmetrical pattern of a palmette with leafy forms and flowers. Primarily cream-colored with tarnished gold metallic thread and grey and pale orange silk.

Fragment, 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-20

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of a cream-colored silk with diagonally intersecting lattice of silver and cream-colored threads. Over this lattice are yellow pieces of fruit and delicate curving floral vines in green, red and blue-gray.

Fragment, late 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-17

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-16-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Fragments
silk, metallic thread.
1972-6-13-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fragment of an embroidered band with intersecting arcs alternating with rosettes. Intersection between arcs also filled with small rosettes

Band, 17th century
silk, metallic thread.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-54

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Four fragments of an embroidered band have stylized leaves and rosettes within yellow borders. Yellow and white appliqué on red velvet.

Fragments, 17th century
silk, metallic thread.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-53-a/d

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Narrow band with an appliqué of leaves in yellow on red.

Band, 17th century
silk, metallic thread.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-49

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fleur-de-lis pattern with yellow on green counterchange.

Band, 17th century
silk, metallic thread.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-47

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Embroidered circular picture of St. Mark in his study.

Roundel (Italy), 14th–15th century
silk, metallic thread.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-45

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Square scarf with plain red silk crepe borders and black silk satin squares in each corner sewn to a ground fabric patterned with rows of naturalistically mainly red blossoms in alternate alignment, facing left in one row and right in the next. On a black background covered with small silver triangles.

Scarf (France), 1920–29
silk, metallic thread.
1971-27-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Isolated flowering plants and insects embroidered in multicolored silk and a variety of metallic yarns filling a rectangle of ivory silk. In the center is a naturalistic rose surrounded by concentric circles of other flowers including tulip, pansy, carnation, grape vine, oak branch, etc. Among the plants and flowers is a butterfly, beetle, centipede, dragonfly, winged aegis with twined serpents, and an eagle clutching arrows.

Sampler (Mexico), 1800–1850
silk, metallic thread.
1970-29-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Bold floral pattern with large blossoms surrounded by a narrow scroll border in green and gold on a black background.

Shawl (France), 1920s
silk, metallic thread.
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1969-50-30

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Variety of floral clusters including poppies, daisies and thistles in red, blue, yellow, ivory, and blue-green silk embroidered on a silver fabric with an open grid of slits.

Textile, 1920–1930
silk, metallic thread.
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Berthide D. Bullowa c/o Mr. Arthur M. Bullowa.
1969-43-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Panel with rows of flowering plants facing alternate directions in each row in shades of orange and green on a silver ground. Fragment is enclosed on all sides by four woven strips applied as borders, all patterned by flowering plants on worn metallic ground. In each corner is a triangular-shaped fragment with rows of small flowering plants on a metallic ground. Guard stripes of silk taffeta in vermillion, purple, light purple, and light blue-green.

Textile, 18th century
silk, metallic thread.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-87-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.