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White satin ground with delicate allover design of oak and thistle sprays, English lion, Tudor rose, crown; in cotton and silk weft floats in various plain and fancy twills. Two wide weft-ribbed selvages in plain cloth with grouped wefts. Woven for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Textile (England), 1953
silk, cotton.
1953-140-1

This object was made by Courtaulds Limited.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Length of printed cotton with Art Deco-inspired forms in shades of gray on a black ground.

Textile, Chrome City, 1970
cotton.
Gift of Sue Palmer.
1991-57-1

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

Length of printed cotton with pinwheels of diamonds in bright colors on a white ground.

Textile, Punchinello, 1960
cotton.
Gift of Eddie Squires.
1993-70-1-a,b

This object was made by Edinburgh Weavers.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Length of printed cotton with a very large scale graphic print of a spiraling column, in black and white.

Textile, Spiral, 1969
cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2007-5-3

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

Allover design of floral sprays in polychrome with small widely-spaced polka dots on a white ground.

Textile (England), late 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company.
1950-3-9

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

Length of printed cotton in a overall small-scale checkerboard pattern, in dark blue and white overprinted with blurred striations of lemon yellow. White plain cloth unprinted selvedges.

Textile (England), early 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl.
1953-90-6-a,b

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

Length of woven wool with a symmetrical repeating pattern of stylized roses and tulips, with foliage forming an ogival framework, with the tulips woven in dark and light blue-green, and the roses in red and ochre.

Object ID #18455101
wool.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1967-20-1-a,b

This object was made by Morris & Co..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Textile (England)

Textile (England)
cotton.
1960-55-1

This object was made by Ollive and Talwin and Bromley Hall.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Large-scale symmetrical design of stylized plant forms in black, green, yellow and orange.

This object was made by Stroheim & Romann.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Length of woven silk, brocaded with an undulating pink ribbon forming an overall S-curve, interspersed with baskets of flowers, in red, rose, yellow-green, dark green, and blue, on a white ground woven with a monochrome honeycomb pattern.

Textile (England), 1700–1750
silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads.
Museum purchase through gift of Madame Raimundo de Madrazo.
1955-162-2-a,b

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

Length of printed cotton with bands of contiguous organic shapes which resemble tree knots, root systems, or shells, in fine white line on a dark grey ground.

Textile (England), ca. 1960
cotton.
Gift of Eddie Squires.
1992-6-1

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

Length of printed cotton with a collage-like arrangement of architectural sketches, botanical drawings, acanthus leaves, penmanship studies, tiles and other patterns in gray, taupe, and pale orange/pink on an off-white ground.

Textile, Academia, 1993
cotton.
Gift of Warner Fabrics.
1993-116-1

This object was made by Warner Fabrics.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sample of fabric used at Coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth of England, May 12, 1937. Gold background formed by extra wefts of one flat strip of gilt tinsel and three wefts of gold-colored silk. Design in blue mercerized cotton in satin weave. Great swinging bands form ogives with crown at lower point and Tudor rose at upper point. Each ogive encloses a stiffly symmetrical arrangement of central stem, fleurs-de-lys, and oak leaves, topped by Tudor rose. Extra warp of gold-colored silk ties down the gold wefts in twill with diagonals running from lower right to upper left. Functional weft of unbleached linen (?). Both selvages present.

Textile (England), 1937
cotton, linen, metal.
1939-16-1

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

Heavy cotton, printed on both sides. Design shows horizontal rows of crocus and daffodils. Shade of yellow, tan, and red for some outlines. Stuff is 31" wide. Both selvedges present.

Textile (England), ca. 1890
cotton.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould.
1952-105-27

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

Half-drop repeat of a swagged pillar topped with three feather plumes. A garland of flowers wrapped around the top of the draped pillar forming a base for the plumes. The trailing ends of the garland frame the motif and by shading create a vertical curve. Predominantly rose and purple and ivory on a gray background.

Textile (England), 1920–29
cotton.
1973-30-1

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

Parabolic shapes arranged as an abstract floral, with solid and dotted lines as stems. Printed in black, blue, and chartreuse on a printed brown background; areas of the white ground cloth left as part of the pattern.

Textile, Calyx, 1951
acetate (warp), viscose rayon (weft).
Gift of Eddie Squires.
1992-3-4

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

Length of printed cotton with a horizontal lattice of white lines overlaid with a grid of small diamonds, in off-white, tan, and pale orange. Samples of three alternate colorways attached.

Textile, Fantasia, 1993
cotton.
Gift of Warner Fabrics.
1993-116-2

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

Black horse hairs used end to end as the weft, with several inches left unwoven at each side. The warp is white viscose used in irregular vertical bands. The horsehair is used more or less densely to create wide horizontal bands alternating between sheer and opaque.

Textile, Horsehair, 2006
horsehair, viscose.
Gift of June Swindell, Salt UK Ltd..
2007-10-1

This object was made by Salt..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Black knitted hanging with voids and multicolored metallic highlights.

Textile, Flight Configuration, 1989
cotton, metallic yarns.
Museum purchase from BASF Corporation Fund.
1990-135-1

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

Length of printed linen with a large scale design of an iguana caught in the tendrils of a fantastical plant that is both an aloe and a pineapple, with parrots, moths, bugs and blossoms. Printed in red, green and black on a white ground.

Textile, Iguanus, 1990
linen.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
1990-164-1

This object was made by Timorous Beasties.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Square of printed cotton with twisted fringe on two warp ends. Checkerboard design in dark reddish-brown and tan with brown crackle effect. The lighter squares contain a brown ring in an irregular square; the brown squares contain a shield-like form. Strings of beads run throughout the design.

Textile (England), early 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl.
1953-90-12

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

Panel of natural-colored linen printed in a multicolored design of interlacing enframements enclosing flowers. The design is taken from the painted rooms at Cornmarket Street, Oxford, which was decorated circa 1550. Colors are green, red, yellow, dark and light brown, and blue.

Textile, Davenant, 1920–29
linen.
1960-155-1

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

Textile (England)

Textile (England)
cotton.
1971-79-2-a,b

This object was made by Bannister Hall Printworks.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Length of woven fabric with a deep blue ground and a stylized floral design. An ogival framework with alternating red and white roses at the points of intersection encloses symmetrical white tulip forms, with pale green leaves.

Textile, Tulip and Rose, 1893
cotton warp, silk wefts.
Gift of Mrs. James M. Breed.
1964-18-3

This object was made by Morris & Co..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Ribbons of film and shapes resembling a camera shutter and brushstrokes. Green, two shades of blue, purple and brown on cream. The same camera shutter and seashell shapes are on the woven ground.

Textile, MERLIN, 1991
silk.
Museum purchase from Pauline Cooper Noyes and General Acquisitions Endowment....
1991-10-2

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

Length of printed cotton with an Art Deco-inspired cityscape of overlapping skyscrapers in shades of blue and white.

Textile, Big City, 1960s
cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2007-5-2

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

Vertical stripes of shiny white and gold viscose fibers held in a stainless steel mesh, alternating bands of warp conventionally bound with bands where the warp is permitted to drift.

Textile, Stainless Steel Longitude, 2006
stainless steel, cotton, viscose.
Gift of June Swindell, Salt UK Ltd..
2007-10-3

This object was made by Salt..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Black lace with a vertically symmetrical "urn and flowers" style pattern, where the urn is replaced by the face of the devil, and the cherubs by tiny demons.

Textile, Devil Damask, 2007
98% cotton, 2% polyester.
Gift of Timorous Beasties.
2007-40-2

This object was made by Timorous Beasties.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Glazed chintz panel with a design of double hollyhocks in shades of red, green, and yellow on a cream-colored ground.

Textile (England), early 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram....
1931-4-76

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

Rhythmic treatment of an abstract pattern in orange, brown, maroon and black.

Textile, Abstract Design, 1925
linen.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-13

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Heavy cream-colored cotton with large allover design of flower clusters and heavy foliage in red, green, yellow, violet and gray.

Textile (England), ca. 1922
cotton.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould.
1952-105-20

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

Panel of damask with large scale design of oak leaves, rose and thistle, and crown; gold Lurex pattern on blue satin ground. Made for the coronation of Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953.

Textile, Queensway, 1950s
cotton, rayon, silk, lurex.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-9-13

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

Swirling circular shapes with tails, inspired by fern fiddleheads. Fucshia, orange and green on navy.

Textile, Fiddlehead, 1991
silk.
Museum purchase from Pauline Cooper Noyes and General Acquisitions Endowment....
1991-10-1

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

Length of printed cotton crepe with a teal blue ground and a wide central column made up of narrow horizontal rectangles in various shades of blue, green, yellow, white and gray; thin lines extend from the center to the edges of the fabric.

Textile, Causeway, 1967
cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2007-5-1

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

Supplementary warps very loosely bound leave long floats meandering over the surface, in deep shades of blue and green.

Textile, Kingfisher Floats, 2006
cotton, viscose.
Gift of June Swindell, Salt UK Ltd..
2007-10-2

This object was made by Salt..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

"Toile" style pattern in blues on a white ground; the scenes are of the contemporary life and architecture of London.

Textile, London Toile, ca. 2006
linen.
Gift of Timorous Beasties.
2007-40-1

This object was made by Timorous Beasties.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.