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Heavy horizonal rib in "Electric Blue and Black" colorway.

Textile, Bangkok, introduced 1962
nylon, backing.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-13

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

Plain coarse weave in solid emerald green.

Textile, Knoll Nylon Homespun, 1957
nylon.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-12

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

Silk textile sample printed with pattern of black circles composed of triangles and darts, on a white ground.

Textile (USA), mid- 19th–early 20th century
silk.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-162

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

Fine, deep purple silk with woven vertical pleats.

Textile, Isadora, 1983
silk.
1990-81-1

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

Fantastical flowers in blues and reds with green, brown and black, scattered over a white ground.

Textile, Flower Fantasy, 1953
cotton.
Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer.
1953-57-2

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

Textile (USA)
linen.
1957-95-1

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

Small piece of blue fabric printed with with a black allover sprig-like design. The reverse has a sticker with the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind. She first came to the United States in 1850 at the invitation of the showman P. T. Barnum.

Textile (USA), ca. 1850
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. William P. Treadwell.
1916-33-39-a

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

Textile with horizontal design repeat. Design of three (different sized) igloos, four human figures (two in fur clothing), camp fire, dog, and body of water with ice floats, canoe, and other boat.

Textile (USA), 1930s
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Ella Ostrowsky.
1976-98-1

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

Sheer orange fabric with tropical floral design in yellow with touches of light blue.

Textile (USA), 1930s
silk.
Gift of Hilary Knight.
1988-7-3

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

Offset repeat of a small allover stylized leaf pattern in reddish brown, tan and black on a white ground.

Textile (USA), 1870–80
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. William P. Treadwell.
1916-33-38-a

This object was made by Merrimack Manufacturing Company.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

A repeat of the letters which spell 'cheerio'. Purple and lavender on white.

Textile, Cheerio, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-7

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

Silk crepe printed with a small-scale polychrome design of toys, animals, trees and lions on dark blue ground.

Textile (USA), ca. 1930
silk.
1935-11-1

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

Art Nouveau-style pattern of tapering flower forms in pale brown and white on a natural color ground. Parts of the flowers and stems are overprinted with accents of opaque white. Small stylized floral forms in pale brown are repeated in the background.

Textile (USA), 1960–69
linen, cotton.
1967-78-11

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

Strip of printed dress silk with an overall pattern of the word 'it' in various sizes in green on an off-white ground, sometimes overlapping to give blue.

Textile, Americana Print: It, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-6

This object was made by Stehli Silk Corporation.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Length of woven wool with fine vertical stripes of pale gray on an off-white ground.

Textile (USA), mid-20th century
wool.
Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.
1993-121-24

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

Length of printed cotton with an acid yellow ground and an all-over trompe l'oeil pattern of golf balls and their shadows.

Textile, Golf Magic, ca. 1953
cotton.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William Goulding.
2002-23-1

This object was made by Associated American Artists.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Silk crepe printed with polychrome design of circus tent, animals, clowns and ballons on light tan ground.

Textile (USA), ca. 1930
silk.
1935-11-2

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

Fragment of printed dress silk with an abstracted design of skyscrapers with diagonal shafts of light playing off the facades. In black and white, with reversals of positive and negative space.

Textile, Americana Print: Manhattan, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-4

This object was made by Stehli Silk Corporation.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

White ground with rows of straight and slanting bars about six inches long in turquoise and blue.

Textile, Sticks, 1957
linen.
Gift of Joseph Provato.
1957-171-3

This object was made by Creative Looms Inc..
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Textile (USA), 1920–29

Textile (USA), 1920–29
printed silk.
1980-35-2

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

Length of printed cotton with a fine linear, geometric design printed in black on a white ground, with some areas filled in with dark or light brown, with touches of yellow-orange. Small samples of five alternate colorways stitched to the upper back.

Textile, Taliesin Line: Design 107, 1957
cotton.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine.
1967-90-2

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

Textile, Village

Textile, Village
cotton.
1969-165-59

This object was made by Alexander Hayden Girard.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Length of woven textile with a subtle, shimmering vertical stripe of pearl and copper-colored metallic threads; the weft is beige chenille yarn.

Textile (USA), ca. 1944
cotton, plastic strips, lurex (colored film-coated foil).
Gift of Anni Albers.
1967-55-3

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

Fragment of a centennial print in a design of red and blue stars in vertical columns, each star holding in its center a letter, reserved in white, of the word: CENTENNIAL. Intersecting the stars are two horizontal rows: one with 1776, the other 1876.

Textile (USA), 1876
cotton.
1954-50-1

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

Descending parachutes against clouds. Three blues on white.

Textile, Parachutes, 1926–28
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-21-3

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

Urban street scene of people, automobiles and buildings in three shades of gray and yellow.

Textile, Metropolis, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-5

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

Linear rectangles forming blocks in red on white.

Textile, Campagna, 1948
cotton.
Gift of Angelo Testa and Company.
1948-119-5

This object was made by Angelo Testa and Company.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Length of printed fabric with a large-scale abstract floral pattern in brown, rust and orange on a natural-colored ground.

Textile, Glendale, 1930–39
cotton?.
Gift of Stephen Deskey.
1998-5-3

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

Piece of printed linen with rectangles and parallelograms printed in sheer gray ink, giving a design of dark gray and white triangular forms in a loose grid.

Textile, Grey on Grey, ca. 1943
linen.
Gift of Marianne Strengell.
1984-111-73

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

Rectangular textile printed with yellow center field showing deer, a bird, and two chickens among the grass next to a house. Inner border of branches with two-toned leaves, red squares at the top corners, and red rectangles bordered in yellow in the bottom corners. All within a light blue outer border. Printed in blue, red, yellow, (yellow over blue for green, yellow over red for orange, and all three colors for brown/deep purple.

Textile (USA), 1930s
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Ella Ostrowsky.
1976-98-28

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

Printed in green and blue on white linen in a design of rectangles made from triangles.

Textile, Armour, ca. 1955
linen.
Gift of Joseph Provato.
1957-171-2

This object was made by Creative Looms Inc..
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Two samples of printed linen with an vertical stripe of abstracted loom heddles; (a) is in shades of blue and green on a white ground, and (b) is in shades of pink on an orange ground.

Textile, Fibra, introduced 1953
linen.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1991-157-6-a,b

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

Textile with printed circus scene. Design shows animals and circus performers in and around the center ring. Borders show procession of circus animals and people on blue or red ground. Printed in two colors: blue and red (red over blue for purple.

Textile (USA), 1930s
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Ella Ostrowsky.
1976-98-14-a

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

Repeating design of an outlined brown boomerang (or shark tooth) shape superimposed on a solid green boomerang (or shark tooth) shape, on a mottled tan ground.

Textile (USA), 1950–59
cotton.
Gift of David Dutra.
1995-142-2

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

Geometrical motifs composed of block in blue and turquoise on a natural linen ground fabric.

Textile (USA), 1948
linen.
1949-14-1

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

Horizontal (weft) stripes in blues, pinks, and reds. Additional woven diagonal stripes in black and the same blues, pinks, and reds. Metallic throughout.

Textile, Cloth for a Mandarin, 1983
cotton warp, synthetic metallic weft.
Bequest of Terry A. Gentille.
1988-22-103

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