Works of Art (21)
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Brocade, 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread (59.58) |
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Brocaded silk, 1760s, French, Silk and metal thread (69.79.3) |
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Brocaded silk, design dated 1748, Anna Maria Garthwaite, designer; Thomas Brant, weaver, English (Spitalfields), Silk (62.136.1) |
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Cape, second half of 16th century, French, Velvet brocade with gold ground and small set pattern of geometric motifs woven in tan velvet of cut pile (06.941) |
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Court dress, ca. 1750, British, Blue silk taffeta brocaded with silver thread (C.I.65.13.1a-c) |
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Court gown, 1760s, French, Cloth-of-silver brocaded with silver lace trim (50.168.2a,b) |
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Evening coat, 1935, Madame Grès (Alix Barton) (French), White silk brocade with polychrome birds and polychrome striped silk (C.I.46.4.19a,b) |
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Loom-width piece of velvet, late 15th century,
Probably Bursa, Turkey, possibly Venice,
Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (53.157) |
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Mantua, ca. 1708, English, Bizarre silk in salmon-pink damask with floral and foliate pattern brocaded with polychrome silk and gold metallic file (1991.6.1a,b) |
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Men's ensemble, ca. 1790, French, Three-piece men's suit composed of tailcoat, waistcoat, and breeches of green silk velvet with green and yellow silk brocade and ivory silk twill and ivory linen lining (2003.45a–c) |
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Noh costume (atsuita) with clouds and hexagons, Edo period, 19th century,
Japan,
Silk twill damask with silk brocading wefts and supplementary weft patterning in metallic thread (19.88.3) |
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Noh costume (chôken) with water plants and mulberry leaves, Edo period, 18th century,
Japan,
Silk gauze (ro) brocaded with metallic thread (32.30.4) |
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Noh costume (karaori) with cherry blossoms and fretwork, Edo period, first half of 18th century,
Japan,
Brocaded silk twill (19.88.2) |
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Noh costume (karaori) with cypress fans and yûgao blossoms, Edo period, 18th–early 19th century,
Japan,
Brocaded twill-weave silk with supplementary weft patterning in metallic thread (61.151.6) |
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Pieced panel of brocaded silk, second half of 16th century,
Probably Bursa, Turkey,
Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (17.29.10) |
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Robe à la française, ca. 1765, French or Austrian, Pale blue silk satin brocaded with silver (2001.472) |
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Robe à la française, ca. 1770, French, Shell-pink faille, brocaded with polychrome floral bouquets (C.I.61.34a,b) |
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Robe, mid-18th century, French, Patterened light blue ribbed silk, brocaded in polychrome silks, metallic gold, and silver (C.I.62.28a,b) |
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Textile with coiled dragons, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), China, Tabby, brocaded; silk and gold thread (1989.205) |
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Waistcoat, 1747, Textile designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite (British); Textile manufactured by Peter Lekeux (British, 1716–1768), British (London) Silk, silver, wool, cotton, linen (C.I.66.14.2) |
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Yellow gros de Tours with anemones and lilacs, 1811,
Jean-Pierre Séguin (Séguin et Cie), Lyon, France, Brocaded silk (28.28.1) |
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Thematic Essays (10)
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