Italy, Florence
1953.129CCCC0
Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz (orphrey)
1950.85CCCC0
Italy, Florence, 14th century
1978.36CCCC0
Prizrend, Serbia, or Scutari, Albani, late 19th century
1943.381CCCC0
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49)
1950.347CCCC0
Iraq, probably Baghdad, Seljuk period
1952.257CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) | 1987.57 | silk and gold thread; embroidery | Overall: 119.4 x 302.1 cm (47 x 118 15/16 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) | 1991.2 | Silk and gold thread on silk satin ground, embroidery | Overall: 43.8 x 19.5 cm (17 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.); Mounted: 56.8 x 31.8 cm (22 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | 1960.276 | Silk and gold thread; embroidery | Overall: 118.7 x 76.2 cm (46 3/4 x 30 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin | CCCC0 | |
Italy, early 16th century | 1977.169.b | Silk, gold and silver thread; embroidery | Overall: 41.9 x 54.6 cm (16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson | CCCC0 | ||
| Italy, Florence | 1953.129 | Embroidery with gold, silver, and silk thread; split, satin, and couching stitches, or nué (shaded gold) | Overall: 57.8 x 57.8 cm (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 14th century | 1949.503 | Silk, gold and silver thread, linen; embroidery: split and couching stitches | Overall: 85.7 x 18.1 cm (33 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.); Mounted: 109.2 x 28.6 cm (43 x 11 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | 1916.1352 | Silk and gold thread: embroidery | Overall: 101 x 129.6 cm (39 3/4 x 51 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | 1916.1356 | Silk and gold thread: embroidery | Overall: 110.5 x 132.1 cm (43 1/2 x 52 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1994.20 | needleloop embroidery and knotting; silk, silvered paper, gilded paper and gold thread | Overall: 84.5 x 21.7 cm (33 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, Florence, 14th century | 1929.904 | Silk, gold and cotton thread, linen; raised work, embroidery: split, stem, and couching stitches | Overall: 29.2 x 41.9 cm (11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.); Mounted: 38.7 x 51.4 cm (15 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century | 1934.206 | Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery | Overall: 21 x 42.2 cm (8 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95) | 1948.70 | silk, satin weave; silk, gold metal thread, and peacock feather embroidery | Overall: 31.1 x 31.1 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century | 1934.231 | Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery | Overall: 16.8 x 38.7 cm (6 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz (orphrey) | 1950.85 | Velvet: cut pile and voided; silk, gold and silver thread: embroidery; split and couching stitches | Overall: 122.2 x 73.7 cm (48 1/8 x 29 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Central Asia | 1987.145 | silk and gold thread over two layers of cotton, embroidery | Overall: 66.5 x 45 cm (26 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, late 16th century | 1994.155 | Silk, gold thread; embroidery: couching, stem, long, and short stitches | Overall: 50 x 204.6 cm (19 11/16 x 80 9/16 in.); Mounted: 62.2 x 216.5 cm (24 1/2 x 85 1/4 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Liao dynasty (907-1125) | 1995.20 | Silk and gold thread: embroidery on silk gauze ground; silk lining, silk batting | Overall: 130 x 177 cm (51 3/16 x 69 11/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Italy, Florence, 14th century | 1978.36 | Silk, gold thread, linen; raised work, embroidery: split, stem, running, fishbone, and couching stitches | Overall: 16.8 x 127 cm (6 5/8 x 50 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 137.2 cm (11 x 54 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 19th century | 1976.50 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 207.7 x 177.8 cm (81 3/4 x 70 in.) | Gift of Phyllis Peckham in memory of Elizabeth and George G. G. Peckham | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 18th century | 1916.1449 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 64.8 x 64.8 cm (25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, Florence, 16th century | 1998.51 | Silk, gold and silver thread; velvet, embroidery: or nué (shaded gold), split, satin, and couching stitches | Overall: 55.7 x 56.3 cm (21 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.); Mounted: 66 x 66.7 cm (26 x 26 1/4 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Prizrend, Serbia, or Scutari, Albani, late 19th century | 1943.381 | silk, velvet; gold- and silver-thread: bands, cords, couched embroidery | Overall: 117 x 170.2 cm (46 1/16 x 67 in.) | Gift of Jeannette Cox Morrill | CCCC0 | |
China or Japan, 8th century | 1954.70.zz | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 24.2 x 15.9 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | India, 18th-19th century | 1916.1275 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 47.6 x 32.7 cm (18 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 18th century | 1916.1451 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 288.3 x 26.7 cm (113 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49) | 1950.347 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 28 x 40.6 cm (11 x 16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Sara Mattsson Anliot | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 19th century | 1939.144 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 112.4 x 117.5 cm (44 1/4 x 46 1/4 in.) | Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 18th century | 1942.164 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 62.2 x 89.5 cm (24 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 18th century | 1916.1336 | embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 114.5 x 84.2 cm (45 1/16 x 33 1/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 18th century | 1956.684 | embroidery in silk, gold and silver threads on natural linen ground | Overall: 214.6 x 49.5 cm (84 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, late 19th-early 20th century | 1916.1317 | embroidery; silk and gold thread on silk ground | Average: 168.9 x 33.7 cm (66 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | 1916.1350 | Silk and gold thread: embroidery | Overall: 78.8 x 113.1 cm (31 x 44 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | 1916.1355 | Silk and gold thread: embroidery | Overall: 141.1 x 205.7 cm (55 9/16 x 81 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1992.93 | embroidery, needlelooping; silk and gold thread, silvered and gilded paper | Overall: 10.8 x 12.3 cm (4 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.) | Gift of David Tremayne | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, 16th century | 1939.153 | embroidery: silk and gold thread on velvet, fringe border | Average: 285.8 x 52.7 cm (112 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.) | Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1992.92 | embroidery, needlelooping; silk and gold thread, silvered and gilded paper | Overall: 7.8 x 9.4 cm (3 1/16 x 3 11/16 in.) | Gift of David Tremayne | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1992.94 | embroidery, needlelooping; silk and gold thread, silvered and gilded paper | Overall: 11 x 12.1 cm (4 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.) | Gift of David Tremayne | CCCC0 | |
| Iraq, probably Baghdad, Seljuk period | 1952.257 | plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched, split, running, and outline stitches: silk and gold thread | Overall: 40 x 26 cm (15 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Armenia or Greece, 18th century | 1916.1420 | embroidery: silk, gold and silver thread, pearls | Overall: 16.5 x 30 cm (6 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1260 | embroidery: silver filé and gold strips over cotton thread, couched at edges by silk, on silk ground | Average: 128.9 x 74.3 cm (50 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Rajasthan | 1916.829 | Silk, gold and silver thread on satin; embroidery | Overall: 15.3 x 25 cm (6 x 9 13/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1992.91 | Silk and gold thread: embroidery, needlelooping; silvered and gilded paper | Overall: 8.5 x 9.1 cm (3 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.) | Gift of David Tremayne | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, first half of the 16th century | 1931.443 | Plain-weave linen with silk and metal thread embroidery; or nué (shaded gold) | Overall: 24.7 x 62 cm (9 3/4 x 24 7/16 in.) | Gift of Max Littwitz in memory of Mrs. John L. Severance | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, first half of the 16th century | 1931.442 | Plain-weave linen with silk and metal thread embroidery; or nué (shaded gold) | Overall: 24.6 x 60.6 cm (9 11/16 x 23 7/8 in.) | Gift of Max Littwitz in memory of Mrs. John L. Severance | CCCC0 |