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

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Manufacturer's record book containing very small swatches arranged by manufacturer's name for the fabric. There are 207 entries.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 192 images of this object.

Scrapbook, assembled in New York, containing 655 fabric and ribbon swatches. Several 'looks', some very contemporary. 6 pages of J. Claude Freres samples. 1 design on paper. (woven, printed and warp printed, machine embroidery)

Scrapbook, 1913–14
silk.
1967-54-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 176 images of this object.

Manufacturer's record book containing 532 examples of lightweight printed silk. Some colorways. Some contemporary patterns.

Sample Book (France), 1890
silk.
1967-54-17

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 160 images of this object.

423 textile swatches pasted and pinned into a scrapbook assembled in New York (printed including discharge, metallic, warp, printing).

Scrapbook, 1910–15
silk.
1967-54-13

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 166 images of this object.

Scrapbook containing 599 fabric swatches covering a variety of fashionable trends including Egyptian revival and Art Moderne.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 154 images of this object.

Scrapbook containing 614 examples of fabric and ribbons (woven, printed, machine embroidered, metallic yarns).

Scrapbook (France), 1920s
silk.
1967-54-6

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 107 images of this object.

Scrapbook, probably assembled in New York, containing 739 examples of French textiles and ribbons. There are several Egyptian revival ribbons.

Scrapbook (France), 1920s
silk.
1967-54-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 96 images of this object.

Sample book has 94 ribbon samples with stripes in various colors: 288 checks, 243 samples in plain cloth, moiré, chiné, and rep; 92 with fancy woven border; 11 with short fringes; 100 with jaquard weaves; 2 woven labels; 3 small flags.

Sample Book Of Woven Ribbons (USA), 1893–98
silk.
1945-19-2

This object was made by Appel Brothers Manufacturing Company.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 60 images of this object.

Scrapbook, assembled in France, containing 186 textile swatches including 9 woven as ascots or ties and 1 woven as a handerkerchief corner.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 51 images of this object.

150 examples of woven silk plaid pinned and pasted into a scrapbook. Some, probably all, of the fabrics are of Swiss manufacture.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 50 images of this object.

White satin embroidered using colored silks in designs of flowers on curving stems intertwined with ribbons or floral sprays with ribbons.

Salesman's Samples (France), ca. 1770
silk.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-16-29-a/l

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 35 images of this object.

One hundred samples of silks, dress, ribbons in stripes, plaids and flowered. Mounted on paper leaves of a book; cover: cloth, decorated with raised applied ornaments in style of Chinese jars.

Sample Book (USA), ca. 1900
silk.
1967-41-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 27 images of this object.

All-over small scale repeat of paired addorsed birds, dogs, griffons.

Fragment, 13th–14th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-334-a/o

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 25 images of this object.

Book with a blue and red plastic cover with "Ducharne" in white. Contains samples of printed silks of crepe, mousseline, and other fabric types.

Sample Book (France), 1940
silk.
Gift of William Hardy, Inc..
1940-103-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 20 images of this object.

Narrow bands of trimming with crisscrossing leaf and flower design with guard borders of half-circles in cut pile of red, green, and yellow on a white foundation.

Trimmings (possibly France), late 18th–early 19th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-56-79-a/t

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 20 images of this object.

Fringe (USA), ca. 1940

Fringe (USA), ca. 1940
silk.
Gift of Grand Central Art School.
1944-58-1-a/i

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 18 images of this object.

Fragments (France), late 19th century

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 20 images of this object.

Fragments of a pattern which included within one repeat a ship at sea, flowering trees, man kneeling aiming gun at feline animal, seated man smoking pipe, and a peacock. Multi-colors on cream background. Chenille used for may details or entire motifs. At least two intervals a narrow 1 3/8" band interrupted the pattern for a border at top and bottom. A small section of the repeated pattern was used for the border band.

Fragments, 17th century
silk.
1974-74-1-a/j

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 16 images of this object.

Thirteen samples of vertically-striped silk moiré in various colour combinations. Stripes of different widths, but all rather narrow.

Textile (France), ca. 1920
silk.
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-82-53-a/m

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 14 images of this object.

Eight fragments of trimmings for coach or livery in multicolored velvet with the heraldry of family, profession or Catholic Church.

Livery Trimmings, 18th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-56-35-a/h

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 14 images of this object.

Pocketed folder containing 9 samples.

Sample Book, Oceana, 1990
silk.
1991-84-4-a/l

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 12 images of this object.

Twelve samples of marbleized silk. [2017]

Samples (Japan), mid-1960s
silk.
1991-25-21-A/L

This object was made by Auburn Fabrics Inc..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 12 images of this object.

Pocketed folder containing 18 samples.

Sample Book (USA), 1990
silk.
1991-84-5-a/l

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 12 images of this object.

Fragments (Iran)

Fragments (Iran)
silk.
1949-99-6-a/j

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 13 images of this object.

Seven velvet braids of different designs.

Fragments, late 18th–early 19th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-56-179-a/f

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Design of concentric circles in blue/green.

Textile, 16th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-998-a/h

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Narrow strips of a red damask in a symmetrical pattern of a lattice enclosing palmettes and foliage. Selvages present.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Six fragments of velvet with an ivory satin ground and cut and uncut pile in shades of brown, green, rose and red. Large scale symmetrical arrangement with a floral bouquet framed by foliage, drapery and scrolls.

Fragments (France), 1850–70
silk.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1967-20-3-a/f

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Trimmings for coach or livery woven in multicolored velvet in a design designated for bishops. Green galero (hat) with tassels alternates with a heraldic shield. The initials "PN" appear between the tassels.

Livery Trimmings, 18th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-56-34-a/e

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 11 images of this object.

Panel (India)
silk.
1946-101-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

All-over pattern of branches with leaves; (a) dark tan, light tan, and blue on ivory; (b) olive green, blue and turquoise on navy; (c) red, orange and blue on green; (d) green, dark tan and ochre on dark brown; (e) violet, pink and ochre on ivory; (f) dark brown, light brown, turquoise and ivory on beige.

Textile (Austria), 1903–32
silk.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-8-57-a/f

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 17 images of this object.

White ground with leafy blue zigzags and curling floral sprays in green, dark pink, purple, yellow, blue and orange.

Fragments (China), 18th century
silk.
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.
1906-21-39-a/g

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Eight small panels painted with various Chinese scenes on a black ground.
A) Reedy branch with three pink flowers and buds, two brown birds.
B) Orchids and leaves in white, pink and green.
C) Pink and white flowering branch.
D) Red and white roses on branches.
E) Two white swallows of pink cherry blossoms
F) Arcs of pink bell shaped flowers.
G) Yellow flowers and brown and blue flower.
H) White flower and closed buds.

Panels (China), 19th century
silk.
1960-233-3-a/h

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 16 images of this object.

Paired, confronted, crowned lions supporting a heart within foliage framework. In red and ywllow.

Fragments (Spain), 17th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-458-a/h

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Sleeves of dalmatic. Each sleeve with upper and lower panel showing two versions of “bizarre silk,” one with large debased floral forms of Indian inspiration in yellow, with touches in blue and white, on bright pink satin ground. The other, more bizarre forms in various silver and gold threads, with touches of blue and green on rose-red satin. Edged and divided by broad gold galloon probably of the period. Lined with rust linen.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 8 images of this object.