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Fragment of a quilted fabric with a design of small-scale floral sprigs in bright colors on a dense green leafy pattern on a black ground. Quilting at bottom is a border of narrow ribs.

Textile (France), late 18th–early 19th century
cotton.
1973-25-16

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

Partial length of monochrome purple fabric with a straight repeat which includes classical figures and Roman-style ruins.

Textile (France)
cotton.
Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund.
1980-33-7

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

Classical medallions printed in blue on white. Women in classical dress and garlands of grape vine frame medallions containing a sphinx, a winged head flanked by two roosters, a putti riding a bull. Pattern incomplete on left side.

Textile (France), 1805
cotton.
1976-65-1

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

Design of seated Louis XVI with a lion at his side, welcoming Liberty accompanied by Mars and Minerva; next to him a standing female figure holds a cap of liberty on a pike; to the right are a citizen and Mercury. Above a cartouche contains a scene of two peasants driving a plow pulled by two horses. There is a small circular medallion with a view of the Bastille being demolished and a banner bearing the inscription "Louis XVI restaurateur de la liberte" (Louis XVI, restorer of liberty). All in red on white ground.

Textile, Louis XVI restaurateur de la liberte, 1789
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-37-a,b

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

Four scenes, captioned in French, illustrating courtship and marriage. In purple on white.

Textile, The Village Marriage, ca. 1820
printed by engraved plate on cotton plain weave.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-205

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

"Mademoiselle de LaValliere". Four vignettes showing episodes concerning Mademoiselle de Lavalliere. Printed in red on white. Cf. Clouzot, Hitorie de la Manufacture de Jouy, etc., Paris, 1928, pl. 75.

Textile, Mademoiselle de Lavalliere, ca. 1825
cotton.
Gift of W. and J. Sloane.
1943-43-11-a

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

Red print on white ground showing six vignettes from the life of Jeanne d' Arc; including storming a wall, scenes in camp, entry into city, appearance before king, at prayer, and at stake. Ground has all-over design of minute dots and stars.

Object ID #18556799
cotton.
1939-38-3

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

Two side-by-side repeats of exotic foliage within a curving border in gold metallic brocade on a plum-colored ground. The repeats give the impression of a central vase or columnar form, but the design is not symmetrical.

Textile (France), 1690–1710
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-414

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

Grape vines form a lattice enclosing a pagoda by a palm tree, and other chinoiserie motifs. Printed in two shades of red, purple and green on a white ground. Reproduction of an earlier style possibly by Oberkampf.

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

Allover design in very stylized rendering, houses, and waterall, flowers and bird in tan, gry and rose on green background

Textile (France), 18th century
silk.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1950-49-4

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

Cream colored cotton, block-printed in design of flowers and delicate intertwining garlands of thin pointed leaves and stems. Blossoms show remains of Indian influence. Some appear to be carnations. Colors red, blue, sepia for stems, and violet. No selvages.

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

Section of undyed cloth embroidered with medium-scale stylzied semi-fantastic flower sprays with graceful S-curve, in wool chain stitch in shades of pink, blue, green, yellow, white; horizontal rows, diagonal repeat. One plain selvage.

Textile (France), 18th century
crewel wool, cotton, linen.
1952-116-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Pale mauve ribbed silk with bright polychrome flowers and twigs in loose continuous serpentine over broad stripe made up of white cross-hatched serpentine on band of white zigzags. Fine floral, leaf and other details in white weft floats.

Textile (France), ca. 1775
silk.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1952-149-5

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

Canary yellow ground showing a design in ivory of diapered scrolls forming ogives and enclosing floriated leaf palmettes.

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

Two panels of cotton, plain cloth, printed in red, copper plate. Chinoiserie design inspired by an opera by Gretry "panurge dans l'Isle des Lanternes," design horizontally arranged shows performers on a stage, processions, etc., personages in fantastic dress.

Textile (France), ca. 1785
cotton.
1952-80-4-a

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

Very long narrow vertical symmetrical repeat of floral forms with long spreading and enclosing leaves and some filling decoration. In white, dark green, rust, pink, and dark golden tan wool pile formed by extra pile warps on a ground of very dark linen. Several dark plain cloth selvages.

Textile (France), late 17th century
wool, linen.
1953-175-1-a/f

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

Cream satin ground with vertical pencil stripes of weft floats, embroidered in bright pastels with bouquets tied with ribbon bow in four corners. Holy monogram surrounded by rays and flower sprays, lower center. Piped with bright pink ribbed silk lined with strie silk cloth of period.

Textile (France), 18th century
silk on silk.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1954-167-1

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

Textile (France)

Textile (France)
silk.
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-82-16-c

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Sample with a black ground with repeating rows of a life-size spray of roses in shades of blue and yellow.

Textile (France)
silk.
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-82-18-e

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Textile (France)

Textile (France)
printed.
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-82-29-i

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Fragment of upholstery fabric in red, black and white stripes.

Textile (France), early 19th century
silk.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram....
1931-4-73

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

Textile, Les Monuments de Paris

Textile, Les Monuments de Paris
cotton.
1942-68-1-a/e

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

White ribbed ground with grouped stripes. Brocaded in detached design of rosebuds and carnations in reds, blues and greens.

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

Heavyweight fragment in a small allover design of leaf and bud clusters. Ground in red picotage. Leaf with a green center and leaves in red and dark brown. Buds are yellow rising from small mounds of red and blue.

Textile (France), ca. 1780
linen warp, cotton weft.
Gift of Harold M. Bailey.
1960-79-3

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

Curving bands of foliage and ribbons, more or less symmetrically arranged: a hunter on horseback blowing his horn and pursuing a stag with hounds. block print in polychrome, now somewhat faded; red, blues, borwn, black for outlines and olive green (yellow with blue).

Textile (France), 18th century
linen warp, cotton weft.
1957-129-2

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

Panel of cotton, plate-printed in red. Design shows Apollo, the Sun God, and the Muses. Below, Apollo playing the Lyre.

Apollo descending from the sun chariot is represented as the god of music holding a lyre and presiding over nymphs. Apollo at his bath recalls statues by Girardon and Reynaudin in the park at Versailles dating from th e1680's.

Textile (France), 18th century
H x W: 103 x 98 cm (40 9/16 x 38 9/16 in.).
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1957-51-4

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

Five scenes illustrating the story of Don Quixote. In red on white.

Textile (France), ca. 1815
cotton.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-135-103-a

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Fragment of printed cotton with a fine curving vine with scattered exotic blossoms in shades of blue, purple and red on a white ground, which is filled with very fine red branching vines.

Textile (France), 1760–70
linen, cotton.
Gift of Elinor Merrell.
1973-62-11

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

Fragment of printed fabric: 6 circular, oval and octagonal pictures each illustrating a different one of the fables of Fontaine on a background of classical columns. LeRenard et le Buste (from Book IV), Le Vieilleur et Ses Enfans (from Book IV), L' hustre et les plaideurs (from Book IX) La Lionne qui a perdu Ses Lionceaux (in Fontaine La lionne et l' Ourse in Book X), Le Sature et le passant (Biij V) and le cheval qui a casse Sa bride (in Fontaine Le Cheval et l'ane from Book VI)

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

Half-drop repeat of landscape showing a man holding a banner crossing bridge leading to a garden pavilion. Scenic motifs very deeply dovetailed. Red background.

Textile (France)
cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.
1975-60-47-c

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Series of scenes involving couples in amorous pleasures in pastoral settings. One scene shows a man kneeling before a woman while two seated older men (presumably the two fathers) watch. This is the scenes which gives the fabric its title. Another scene shows a gentleman looking off into the distance with a telescope while his page dallies with a seated woman. In red on white.

Textile, La Demande en Marriage, ca. 1795
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-34

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

Design illustrating a boat hunt with two scenes alternate with scenes of mounted riders (one blowing a horn) and a groom holding the reins of a woman on horseback and a standing man holding a gun, both drinking a stirrup cup. In red on white.

Textile (France), ca. 1785
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-46

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

Classical ruins, fishermen with nets and assorted boats in red on white. Condition poor.

Textile, Le Port de Mer, ca. 1780
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-80-a,b

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

Two different stories, that of Coriolanus and that of Scipio, printed in red on a background of chickens. There is text in French under each of the scenes.

Textile, Coriolanus and Scipio, ca. 1825
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-152

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

Pastoral scenes and scenes of hunters with the hartmann manufactory at the extreme right. In red on white.

Textile, Valley of the Wormsa, ca. 1840
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-172

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

Polychrome design of a rider blowing a french horn following a stag chased by dogs in a diamond grid of flowers and ribbons.

Textile (France), 1770–90
linen warp, cotton weft.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-250

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