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Deep red cut and voided velvet with a design of lobed medallions containing a central pineapple or pomegranate motif, in the linear style.

Textile, 15th–16th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-731

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

Flowers and sprays on pale ground.

Textile, 18th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-942-a,b

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There are 2 images of this object.

Pattern of circles in blue and yellow.

Textile, 16th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-966-a,c

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There are 3 images of this object.

Curving bands containing blossoms and interlaced shapes in yellow, white, green and rose.

Textile (Spain), 15th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-326

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There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of woven silk with zigzag bands of Kufic script in white on a red ground. The inscriptions are translated as (top to bottom):

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the prophjet of God (repeated)

Say: He is God alone: God the Eternal! He begetteth not and is not begotten; and there is none like unto him

Allah (repeated) Muhammad (repeated)

Truly we have given thee an abundance; Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims. Verily whoso hateth thee shall be childless

Textile, 16th–17th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-381

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There are 2 images of this object.

Twining vines and leaves with crowns and bouquests.

Textile, 16th–17th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-931

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There are 2 images of this object.

White taffeta embroidered in colored silks (chain sittch) in design showing an ornament composed of flowers and leaves.

Textile, ca. 1770
silk.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-16-12

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There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of white satin embroidered in floral pattern in colored silks.

Textile, ca. 1780
silk.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-16-11

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There are 2 images of this object.

Design of cardinal's hat with seven tassels on each side surmounting a coat of arms composed of a blue shield with a black bird in each quarter on which is a small red shield with a griffin(?) and part of a sunburst; yellow mantling.

Textile
silk.
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
1931-65-153

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There are 2 images of this object.

White satin ground, with hunters, dogs, lions, peacocks and trees brocaded in brillian polychrome silks and blue, red and tan chenille.

Textile (Portugal), 17th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-12-a/d

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There are 4 images of this object.

Upholstery fabrics of pale orchid. Ground of moire with vertical satin stripes. Over the moire areas small floral groups and wreaths in satin. Triangular in shape.

Textile, 19th century
silk.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1937-8-4

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There are 2 images of this object.

Three samples of printed chiffon, with a design of solidly massed iris blossoms and foliage. Both selvedges present on all samples.

Textile (France), ca. 1919
silk.
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-82-11-a

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Reversible design in green and gold-colored silk of symmetrical pattern in alternating horizontal rows. One row has three tulips crowning a pedestal formed by curving bands that have pairs of confronted birds. The other row has a fountain of a highly stylized animal forms.

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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. Incomplete right selvedge.

Textile (China), late 18th–early 19th century
silk.
Gift of Miss Beatrice Kates.
1940-4-9

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There are 3 images of this object.

All-over pattern of small butterflies reserved in plain ribbed cloth on a black ground formed by extra warps in dark teal carried on the face of the material in long floats

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Navy ground with surface divided into octagonal areas with squares intervening. Both the squares and the octagons contain stylized floral forms. The entire pattern is composed of extra wefts of white, tan, gold, and chartreuse silks.

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There are 3 images of this object.

Design of conventional flower forms in supplementary gold-colored silk wefts on navy blue, ribbed, plain cloth ground. Ribbing formed by bundled black silk wefts covered by the navy blue warps.

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Design of ho-o birds and other conventional birds and cloud forms in secondary wefts of brown silk on navy blue ground.

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Pattern of peacocks and foliage in rose, yellow, and white on blue, very loosely woven, ground in satin weave.

Textile (Italy), early 18th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks Collection.
1943-46-19

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Striped white taffeta with small-scale floral sprays brocaded in polychrome silks.

Textile (France), 18th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks Collection.
1943-46-7

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There are 2 images of this object.

Length of thin orange taffeta brocaded with typical Louis XV design of small bouquets in yellow, pale blue, pink, brown, green and white arranged with curving twisted lace ribbons brocaded in white silk floss.

Textile (France), 18th century
silk.
1949-114-16

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There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical rows of medium-sized ogives bordered with broad continuous bands of Kufic lettering and enclosing confronted peacocks with tails spread to top of a Tree of Life between them. Winged sphinxes, addorsed regardant, in interspaces. Olive-green floss in cloth tie on golden tan fine cloth ground.

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Hexagonal motif enclosing rosettes. Blue, red and green on tan ground.

Textile (China), 18th century
silk.
Gift of Walter Hochstradter.
1950-21-1

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Cream-colored square with a block printed design in black showing a naked horseman spearing a wild boar that is surrounded by hunting dogs. In corners outside circle are horses and dogs. Design mostly reserved in color of the silk with black outlines and details. At the bottom of the circle: "Biddle 1923."

Textile (USA), 1923
silk.
1952-102-1

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Ivory silk square with a block printed design in black showing an Eastern-style sailing canoe with two kneeling men, one with a spear. Fish leap in stylized waves around the boat. Corner spandrels each have two crossed fish. At the bottom of the circle: "Biddle 1923."
One complete panel and part of a second.

Textile (USA), 1923
silk.
1952-102-2

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There are 3 images of this object.

Vignettes of people in a city environment. Four shades of brown on ivory.

Textile, My New York, 1926–28
silk.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1953-108-1

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There are 2 images of this object.

Sample of white silk twill weave printed with blue polka dots. Blue dots are comprised of clusters of small dots printed closely together. Spaces between dots are lightly printed with small dots in the same color.

Textile, 1940–49
silk.
1953-59-5

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There are 3 images of this object.

Printed dress silk with an abstracted design of parachutes descending parachutes against clouds, in several shades of blue on white.

Textile, Parachutes, 1926–28
silk.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1953-108-3

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There are 2 images of this object.

Small sample of dark blue silk printed with mottled green dots.

Textile (USA), ca. 1942
silk.
1953-59-6

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There are 3 images of this object.

Sample of silk with a red ground printed in a design of a small white circles crossed with uneven X-marks.

Textile, 1940–1949
silk.
1953-59-4

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There are 3 images of this object.

Sample of printed silk in shades of red, black for outlining and flecks of the white ground showing. Design is an allover flower pattern, perhaps wild rose or similar blossoms, with foliage.

Textile, 1940–49
silk.
1953-59-1

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There are 3 images of this object.

Sample of silk printed in two shades of red, with white ground showing as an uneven outline.

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There are 3 images of this object.

Silk textile sample printed with pattern of green ombre circles against a white ground.

Textile (USA), mid- 19th–early 20th century
silk.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-148

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There are 2 images of this object.

Silk textile printed with pattern of stylized floral sprays in brown, olive green, and two blues on a white ground.

Textile (USA), mid- 19th–early 20th century
silk.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-161

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

Silk textile with pattern of white curves against a black ground.

Textile (USA), mid- 19th–early 20th century
silk.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-143

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

Silk textile printed with pattern of white right angles with circles at each end against a black ground.

Textile (USA), mid- 19th–early 20th century
silk.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-156

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