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Decorative crochet band in pink and white with scalloped edge.

Band (England)
cotton.
Gift of The Cleveland Museum of Art.
1983-63-10

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

Design for fretwork at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, perhaps for the glass passage. Horizontal rectangle. Elevation of a section of a wall, with the design of a series of columns with lattice-work patterns between them.

Original album associated with this collection still exists. See 1948-40-1 accessory

Drawing, Design for Fretwork, perhaps for the glass passage, 1803 or earlier
pen and blue, black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1948-40-51

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Border of tatting in wheel design sewn to linen cloth.

Border (England), ca. 1880
cotton thread, linen foundation cloth.
Gift of Annie May Hegeman.
1944-71-8

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

Ovoid body, flared slightly at bottom, reeded upper edge; flat domed lid with ball finial; duck bill spout; looped hardwood handle with curled thumb rest.

Biggin And Cover (England), ca. 1800
copper, silver.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-5-a,b

This object was made by Matthew Boulton and Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Salesman's Sample Book (England)

Salesman's Sample Book (England)
marbleized paper, cardboard, cotton, linen.
1950-91-1

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

Long valance-shaped fragment of coarse cotton. Design is incomplete, but shows a large floral motif and foliage. Background is blue and the design is reserved in white with blue accents and interior lines. Parts of the foliage are outlined in small white dots, and larger leaves contain interior decoration of white dots. The fragment might be the lining of a valance and is pieced with lighter shades of the same design to make a scalloped shape.

Valance (England), 18th century
cotton.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1955-123-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Unlined bed cover made up of two lengths of printed fabric. Pattern composed of two stripes: the wider with an urn of flowers on a blue background. 18.5cm. wide and the other with a monkey giving another monkey a haircut alternating with a monkey playing a horn seated under a flowering plant. 9.5cm. wide. Two groups of stripes are half dropped and with an additional wide stripe fill full width of fabric. Unit of repeat: 36.5 cm. high x 28 cm. (11") wide.

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

Basket of flowers with feathery-tailed bird at each side.

Textile (England), 1920–30
cotton.
1988-28-1

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

Length of printed cotton with design imitating malachite tiles in black and dark green on a bright green dyed ground.

Textile (England), 1940–50
cotton.
1982-17-1

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

Glazed chintz printed in dark brown, buff and blue green. Design shows horizontal bars of black and buff on a blue ground which has faded from green. Green color produced by printing blue over yellow. Perpendicular stripe of buff in the form of a Gothic arch.

Textile (England), ca. 1850
cotton.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1951-167-6

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

Long white valance resist printed in two shades of blue. Pillar design with foliage at the top. Two figures of naked boys clinging to pillar rendered in light blue. Between pillars are large flowers on a vine. Design is incomplete. Piece is bound on three sides with narrow tape printed in blue.

Valance (England), 1750–75
cotton, linen.
Gift of Mrs. Rudolph Fleugge.
1965-49-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Symmetrical design of long leafy shoots intertwining to form frames containing large poppy-like flowers and smaller roses. In blue, green, and orange on a white ground.

Textile, African Marigold, 1876
cotton.
Gift of Robert W. Friedel.
1951-103-22-a

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

Length of printed cotton with a design imitating strongly grained wood, pieced and patched as for a fence, in shades of taupe and brown on a tan ground.

Textile (England), 1940–50
cotton.
1982-17-2

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

A free hand drawing of floral swags on cream color satin with part of the embroidery completed.

Design For Embroidery (England), ca. 1750
silk, ink, graphite.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane and Mrs. William Goulding.
1998-26-1-a,b,c

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

Textile, Balsas

Textile, Balsas
cotton.
1989-40-1

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

Length of printed cotton with architectural sketches in pale gray on a mottled cream ground.

Textile, Galleria, 1993
cotton.
Gift of Warner Fabrics.
1993-116-3

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

Central head of a horned creature (gold) above a bright green beetle surrounded by fish wrapped in sunflower vines. Border of flowers and bugs at each side. Strong, deep colors of black, blue, red and yellow.

Textile, Gargoyle, 1990
cotton.
1991-121-1

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

Textile, Panache

Textile, Panache
cotton.
1991-103-6-a/g

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

Design in black and white, a pastiche of engravings. Interiors of churches with a baboon and an ocelot.

Textile, Los Angeles/Historistamus, 1987
cotton.
1988-61-1

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

Textile, Srinagar

Textile, Srinagar
cotton.
1989-40-2

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

A four-legged rectangular table made in mahogany with brass handles. This table folds out into a small ladder.

Metamorphic library table-steps Metamorphic Library Table-steps, ca. 1795
mahogany, brass, felt.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-45-28

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Shaped panel, the equivalent of one-fourth of a woman's skirt. Design of Spanish dancers and accessories in bright colors on black.

Skirt Panel (England), 1975
cotton.
1991-18-23

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

White ground with all-over small-scale floral pattern, medallions in dark purple with Jubilee above and 1887 below.

Apron (England), 1887
cotton.
Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2008-21-9

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

Design shows a large flowering vine of natural scale roses and morning glories.

Textile (England), 1760s
cotton.
1957-153-1-a/d

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

White cloth embroidered with a design of a tea pot, a tea caddy, another container and eight cups without handles in two blues, two greens, red, pink and yellow. A 2 1/4 inch floral border in the same colors on all four sides. A flowering plant in the same colors rises diagonally from each corner.

Cover (England), 18th century
silk embroidery; linen ground.
Museum Purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
1997-44-1

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

Ebonized beech bench with turned back sections, supports, and legs. Rush seat set into frame.

Sussex Settee, late 19th century
ebonized wood, rush.
Gift of Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd..
2004-29-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Ivory non-woven casement fabric patterned by rows of diamonds between slender verticals.

Sample, Scrimshaw, 1960
cotton.
Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc..
1973-67-11

This object was made by Jack Lenor Larsen Incorporated.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 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.

Printed scarf with hand-rolled edges. The border has a finely detailed drawing of waves, fishes, nets and buoys, and mermaids. The field is divided by a long undulating ribbon; each side has an oval vignette with a seascape in a field of isolated wave caps. In dark gray, blue, yellow, and red on off-white.

Scarf, Wish You Were Here, 1990
H x W: 108 x 103 cm (42 1/2 x 40 9/16 in.).
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
1991-9-1

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tall back with straight molded enframement sides and bottom, shaped at top. Crest of pierced volutes and scrolls. Slender arms, scrolled and raked at the knuckles, on turned supports. Flat scrolled and molded front legs terminate in bun feet. Flat front stretcher of pierced volutes and scrolls below straight molded seat rails. Turned side, center, and rear stretchers. Turned rear legs sharply raked. Remains of black varnish. Upholstered in colored wool needlepoint of large floral and animal designs.

wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery Armchair, 1690–95
walnut, wool needlepoint.
1949-16-1-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Multicolored design printed on tan natural linen shows two large exotic birds with lavender heads, red breasts, and long red tail feathers. Two large white cranes with red and grey heads and long legs stand in grey water under a large brown tree with light green leaves and lavender fruit. Long brown bamboo shoots at edge of water.

Textile (England), 1918
linen.
Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
1968-110-11

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

Short curtain panel printed in a multicolored design of a detached floral pattern showing chinoiserie influence. In body of the curtain, a wide border of pavilions, boats, people in Chinese dress. Border is printed in one piece with the curtain. In shades of red, blue, violet, yellow and green (blue over yellow).

Panel (England), 1806
cotton.
1953-18-1-a/d

This object was made by Charles Swainson.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.