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Painted-and-dyed cotton hanging depicting a European conflict in South India
Souheastern Indian for the European market, before 1763
The Met (2014.88)
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Silk-embroidered linen 3-piece ensemble
English, ca. 1700
Royal Ontario Museum (sold 1999)
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Block-printed cotton bedcover
John Hewson (American), ca. 1790–1810
Philadelphia Museum of Art (2011-101-1)
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Linen cutwork and needle lace table cover
Italian, ca. 1580–1600
Art Institute of Chicago (sold 2008)
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Embroidered silk imperial court dress
Russian, ca. 1890s
Moscow State Art Gallery of Ilya Glazunov (sold 2014)
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Crewelwork linen curtain
American (Boston), ca. 1740
Minneapolis Institute of Art (2002.247)
Image © Mia
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Silk crepe chiffon and lamé evening gown
Callot Soeurs (French), Fall/Winter 1928
The Met (2019.52)
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Beadwork basket
English, ca. 1660–65
Milwaukee Art Museum (M2014.7)
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Embroidered silk coverlet with Chinese slips
Swedish or Norwegian, ca. 1725–50
International Quilt Museum (2015.052.0001)
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Brocaded bizarre silk mantua
British, ca. 1708
The Met (1991.6.1a, b)
Image © The Met
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"Concetto spaziale" screen-printed cotton-rayon
Lucio Fontana (Italian), 1954
Philadelphia Museum of Art (2018-13-2)
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Prestige Hanging (Kpoikpoi)
Mende or Vai people (Sierra Leone)
early 20th century
The Met (2013.986)
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Robe à la piémontaise
French, the silk probably Chinese, ca. 1775–80
Colonial Williamsburg (sold 2021)
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Screen-printed linen with Peruvian-inspired motifs
Ruth Reeves (American), 1949
Now at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (2015-19-5)
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Banyan or wrapping gown
English; the outer silk Chinese, the lining Persian or Indian, ca. 1700–20
Colonial Williamsburg (2010-20)
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Tapestry-woven silk and silver-gilt table cover
Kawashima Textile Co. (Japanese), ca. 1910
Kyoto Costume Institute (sold 2015)
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Brocaded silk banyan and waistcoat
French, ca. 1740–60
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (2015.99.1.1-2)
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Silk tambour-embroidered cotton yardage imitating Spitafields silks
Indian (Gujarat) for the British market, ca. 1750
RISD Museum (2019.32.3)
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Painted-and-dyed cotton palampore
Southeastern Indian for the European market, ca. 1700–40
Ashmolean Museum (EA2008.57)
Image © Ashmolean Museum
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Silk embroidery with allegorical scenes
German (Lower Saxony), ca. 1450
The Met Cloisters (2006.255)
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Silk on linen sampler
Ann Holwell (English), dated November 14, 1669
Colonial Williamsburg (1998-162)
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Brocaded silk robe à la française
French or Austrian, ca. 1765
The Met (2001.472a, b)
Image © The Met
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Painted-and-dyed cotton palampore
Southeastern India for the European market, ca. 1700–40
LACMA (M.2012.73)
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Silk damask round gown
American (Massachusetts), ca. 1805; the silk Chinese, ca. 1775
Worn by Miriam Lord Manning (1748–1826), grandmother of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
Historic Deerfield (HD 2022.6)
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"IBM Disks" screen-printed cotton
Angelo Testa (American), ca. 1952–56
LACMA (M.2006.88.5)
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Brocaded silk nightgown (robe à l'anglaise)
English, ca. 1760, the silk ca. 1735
Museum at FIT (2009.11.1)
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Cotton album quilt
American (Baltimore), ca. 1847–50
Museum of Fine Arts Boston (1999.531)
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Appliqued silk day dress
Madeleine Vionnet (French), 1923
Philadelphia Museum of Art (2017-80-1)
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Block-printed wool crepe tunic
Raymond Duncan (American), ca. 1915–20
FIDM Museum (2008.905.1)
Image © FIDM Museum
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"Legge Mediterranea" screen-printed cotton-rayon
Gio Ponti (Italian), 1954
Art Institute of Chicago (2022.1492) and
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2022.50)
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"American Scene" block-printed cotton
Ruth Reeves (American), 1930
St. Louis Art Museum (sold 2022)
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Painted-and-dyed cotton palampore
Southeastern Indian for the Sri Lankan market
first quarter 18th century
The Met (2010.337)
Image © The Met
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Embroidered silk taffeta ball gown with matching parasol
French, ca. 1864
Kyoto Costume Institute (AC10376 2000-40-3AD)
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Brocaded bizarre silk
French or Italian, ca. 1710–15
Abegg-Stiftung (sold 2006)
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Quilted and embroidered colcha
Indian (Bengal) for the European market, mid-17th century
Peabody Essex Museum (sold 2007)
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Embroidered silk mantua
English, ca. 1745
V&A Museum (T.41&A-1978)
Image © V&A Museum
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Bizarre brocaded silk shoes
French (?), ca. 1720s, the silk earlier
Bata Shoe Museum (sold 2018)
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