Italy, Florence
1953.129CCCC0
Italy, Florence, 14th century
1929.904CCCC0
Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz
1950.85CCCC0
Italy, Florence, 14th century
1978.36CCCC0
Italy, 16th-17th century
1939.352CCCC0
Germany, Altenberg on the Lahn, Premonstratensian Convent, 14th century
1948.352CCCC0
Italy, 16th-17th century
1939.353CCCC0
Italy, 16th-17th century
1939.354CCCC0
Italy, 16th-17th century
1939.355CCCC0
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
1970.124CCCC0
Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604-1674)
1989.11CCCC0
Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604-1674)
1989.11.aCCCC0
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
1947.2CCCC0
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - early Ming dynasty
1993.10CCCC0
Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 16th-17th century
1927.373CCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Pholegandros, 17th-18th century
1922.42CCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th century
1926.220CCCC0
England, Period of Charles I (1625-1649), 17th century
1919.585CCCC0
England, Period of Charles I (1625-1649), 17th century
1919.585.aCCCC0
England, Period of Charles I (1625-1649), 17th century
1919.585.bCCCC0
Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style
1985.193CCCC0
India, Kathiawar, 19th century
1916.1460CCCC0
Spain, Cordoba or Almeria, Spanish Umayyad period, 941–42
1977.188CCCC0
Egypt, Tunah, Abbasid period, Caliphate of al-Wathiqu, 847-861
1932.25CCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century
1916.1273CCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century
1916.1273.cCCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century
1916.1273.dCCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century
1916.1273.fCCCC0
Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 19th century
1927.14CCCC0
Switzerland, second half of 19th century
1936.736CCCC0
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 17th-18th century
1926.214CCCC0
Egypt, Abbasid period, late 8th - early 9th centuries
1948.112CCCC0
Egypt, Abbasid period, late 8th - early 9th centuries
1948.114CCCC0
India, Cutch, late 19th or early 20th century
1925.682CCCC0
Iraq, Baghdad, Abbasid period, reign of al-Qadir 991–1031
1974.188CCCC0
Egypt, probably Tinnis, Abbasid period, reign of Caliph al- Muqtadir
1932.28CCCC0
Egypt, Tinnis, Tulunid period, Emir Khumarawayh b. Ahmad under Caliph al’Mu’tamid, dated 889–90
1932.17CCCC0
Iraq, probably Baghdad, Seljuq period
1938.300CCCC0
Morocco, Tétouan, 18th century
1916.830CCCC0
Egypt, Abbasid period, during Caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 295-320
1932.26CCCC0
Switzerland, second half of 19th century
1936.52CCCC0
Morocco, Chechauen, 17th-18th century
1916.1226CCCC0
Japan, late 19th-early 20th century
1916.1325.bCCCC0
Armenia and Greece, 17th-18th century
1916.1422CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Italy, Florence, 14th century | 1929.904 | Silk, gold and cotton thread, linen; raised work, embroidery: split, stem, and couching stitches | Overall: 28.9 x 41.9 cm (11 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz | 1950.85 | Polychrome velvet: cut pile and voided; Embroidery: silk, gold and silver thread; split and couching stitches | Overall: 119.4 x 74.9 cm (47 x 29 1/2 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: 99.1 x 16.9 cm (39 x 6 5/8 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: 18 x 126 cm (7 1/16 x 49 5/8 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Egypt, late 8th - early 9th centuries | 1948.115 | Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen | Overall: 10 x 8.2 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.352 | Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace | Overall: 18.1 x 43.2 cm (7 1/8 x 17 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | Central Asia, 14th century | 1987.145 | Embroidery; silk and gold thread over two layers of cotton | Overall: 66.5 x 45 cm (26 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Evelyn Svec Ward (American, 1921-1989) | 1967.201 | Embroidery and appliqué: cotton, cotton chenille, synthetic threads, istle and sisal twine, istle netting, onion bag fragments, wool cloth and burlap on wool ground | Overall: 81.3 x 94 cm (32 x 37 in.) | Wishing Well Fund | © | |
 | India, Kashmir | 1940.600 | Silk and silver filé, wool: chain stitch embroidery | Overall including fringe: 212.1 x 212.1 cm (83 1/2 x 83 1/2 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 17th century | 1942.833 | Stumpwork embroidery on satin ground | Overall: 61 x 55.9 cm (24 x 22 in.) | Bequest of John L. Severance | CCCC0 | |
| Germany, Altenberg on the Lahn, Premonstratensian Convent, 14th century | 1948.352 | Embroidery: linen | Overall: 154.3 x 374.5 cm (60 3/4 x 147 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.353 | Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace | Overall: 18.1 x 45.4 cm (7 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
| Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.354 | Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace | Overall: 18.1 x 45.4 cm (7 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
| Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.355 | Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace | Overall: 18.1 x 50.2 cm (7 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
| England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century | 1970.124 | Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk | Overall: 101 x 52.8 cm (39 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604-1674) | 1989.11 | Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on silk | Overall: 114.6 x 44.5 cm (45 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604-1674) | 1989.11.a | Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on silk | Overall: 114.6 x 44.5 cm (45 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | China, Ming dynasty | 1991.2 | Embroidery, silk and gold thread on silk satin ground | Overall: 44 x 21.5 cm (17 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | England, James I Period, early 17th century | 1933.421 | Silk, linen; plain weave, embroidery: couch and stem stitches | Overall: 66 x 76.2 cm (26 x 30 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, 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Germany, Bavaria, last quarter of 17th century | 1971.235 | Embroidery, silk and metallic threads, on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground | Overall: 116.9 x 78.1 cm (46 x 30 3/4 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 17th century | 1973.186 | Stumpwork embroidery with silk and metallic threads, pearls and wooden appendages | Overall: 43.2 x 53.3 cm (17 x 21 in.) | Bequest of Florence LaGanke Harris | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign | 1948.71 | Silk, satin weave; silk and metal thread embroidery | Overall: 25.4 x 25.1 cm (10 x 9 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Africa, Congo, Kuba Region, 20th century | 1992.102 | Embroidery, raffia | Overall: 57.5 x 48.5 cm (22 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.) | Anonymous gift in honor of the Museum's seventy-fifth anniversary | © | |
China, Liao dynasty | 1995.109.1 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 22.3 x 53.8 cm (8 3/4 x 21 3/16 in.) | Gift of Lisbet Holmes | CCCC0 | ||
China, Liao dynasty | 1995.109.2 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 21.8 x 34.9 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.) | Gift of Lisbet Holmes | CCCC0 | ||
| England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century | 1947.2 | Silk, gold thread, sequins; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk; embroidery: or nué | Overall: 122.5 x 74 cm (48 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.) | Gift of Walter C. and Alvin W. Littwitz in memory of their father, Max Littwitz | CCCC0 | |
| China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - early Ming dynasty | 1993.10 | Silk and silver thread, silvered paper; needleloop embroidery | Overall: 63.2 x 59.9 cm (24 7/8 x 23 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Muromachi Period | 1966.513 | Hanging scroll; silk and human hair embroidery | Embroidery: 109.1 x 37.2 cm (42 15/16 x 14 5/8 in.) | Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Mariska Karasz (American, 1898-1960) | 1954.287 | Embroidery: mohair, horsehair, wool, linen, and cotton on a natural ground | Average: 170.8 x 39.1 cm (67 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | © | |
 | Russia, Nizhny-Novgorod province, 18th-19th century | 1931.110 | Cotton or linen (est.); straight (continuous) bobbin lace (Vologda tape lace). The tape forms figural or plants motifs outlined with gimp (heavy cord) with a polychrome plaited ground linking the tape; applied silk (est.) ribbon and metal thread trim | Overall: 45.7 x 42.9 cm (18 x 16 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Russia, Nizhny-Novgorod province, 18th-19th century | 1931.132 | Plain weave linen (est.) with polychrome wool (est.) and metal thread chain stitch embroidery; applied silk (est.) ribbon and metal thread trim | Overall: 38 x 43 cm (14 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Russia, Nizhny-Novgorod province, early 19th century | 1931.133 | Plain weave linen (est.) ground with polychrome wool (est.) and metal thread chain stitch embroidery; applied silk (est.) ribbon and metal thread trim | Overall: 37 x 43 cm (14 9/16 x 16 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Russia, Nizhny-Novgorod province, early 19th century | 1931.137 | Plain weave silk (est.) ground with polychrome silk (est.) and metal thread chain stitch embroidery; applied silk (est.) ribbon and metal thread trims | Overall: 28 x 93 cm (11 x 36 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Tang dynasty | 1994.96 | Embroidery, silk thread on silk ground | Overall: 157.5 x 25.7 cm (62 x 10 1/8 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Epirus, Yaninna, 18th century | 1916.1289 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 102.9 x 33 cm (40 1/2 x 13 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Northern Islands, Chios ?, late 19th century | 1916.832 | Embroidery, silk and metallic threads, on silk tabby ground | Overall: 43.8 x 35.9 cm (17 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Ionian Islands, 16th-17th century | 1927.13 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 191.8 x 22.9 cm (75 1/2 x 9 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.223 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 47 x 36.2 cm (18 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.221 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 49 x 35 cm (19 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 16th-17th century | 1927.373 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 54.6 x 42 cm (21 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Rhodes, 18th century | 1933.414 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 212.4 x 38.8 cm (83 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 18th century | 1916.1271 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 43.9 x 68.9 cm (17 5/16 x 27 1/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, Melos ?, 17th century | 1929.257 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen | Overall: 11.5 x 78.8 cm (4 1/2 x 31 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Germany or Switzerland, 16th century | 1979.1 | Embroidery: silk and linen on linen ground; contours of design applied with ink | Overall: 143.6 x 152.4 cm (56 9/16 x 60 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th-19th century | 1916.1234 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 105.4 x 48.3 cm (41 1/2 x 19 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.217 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |||
Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.217.a | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Average: 35.5 x 77 cm (14 x 30 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.217.b | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Average: 36.2 x 26.8 cm (14 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 19th century | 1916.1268 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 91.5 x 42 cm (36 x 16 9/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Cutch, 19th - early 20th century | 1925.516 | Embroidery, silk thread on silk ground | Overall: 75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.218 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 78.7 x 69.3 cm (31 x 27 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1992.95 | Needleloop embroidery; silk and silver thread, silvered paper | Overall: 24.4 x 17.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.) | Gift of David Tremayne | CCCC0 | |
 | England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century | 1950.352 | Silk, silver thread, plaited braiding, linen; embroidery: chain and buttonhole stitches | Overall: 16.9 x 18 x 18 cm (6 5/8 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | America, 19th century | 1914.1 | Embroidery and drawn work: cotton | Average: 54.6 x 41.9 cm (21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Olin Freeman Tower | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 18th century | 1916.1267 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 48.9 x 40 cm (19 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| Greece, Cyclades Islands, Pholegandros, 17th-18th century | 1922.42 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 97.8 x 32.1 cm (38 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.) | Gift of Ellen Luck | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Ionian Islands, 19th century | 1927.15 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 54.6 x 42 cm (21 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Epirus, Yaninna, 18th century | 1916.1287 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 109.2 x 87.7 cm (43 x 34 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th century | 1926.220 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 42 x 39.7 cm (16 9/16 x 15 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | 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 | |
England, Period of Charles I (1625-1649), 17th century | 1919.585 | Petit-point embroidery; wool and silk | Overall: 43.7 x 164.4 cm (17 3/16 x 64 3/4 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
England, Period of Charles I (1625-1649), 17th century | 1919.585.a | Petit-point embroidery; wool and silk | Overall: 43.7 x 164.4 cm (17 3/16 x 64 3/4 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
England, Period of Charles I (1625-1649), 17th century | 1919.585.b | Petit-point embroidery; wool and silk | Overall: 43.2 x 164.8 cm (17 x 64 7/8 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
 | India, Deccan | 1916.1359 | Plain weave, quilted: cotton; embroidery, couched laid work: silk and gilt-metal thread | Overall: 251.5 x 330.2 cm (99 x 130 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 17th century, Charles I Period | 1916.1393 | Petit-point embroidery | Overall: 53.7 x 40.7 cm (21 1/8 x 16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1926.222 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 90.2 x 61.6 cm (35 1/2 x 24 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 18th century | 1940.355 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 49.2 x 51.5 cm (19 3/8 x 20 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Chester C. Bolton | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, late 16th century | 1994.155 | Silk, gold thread; embroidery: couching, stem, long, and short stitches | Overall: 204.5 x 50 cm (80 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th century | 1916.1315 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 227.3 x 118.2 cm (89 1/2 x 46 9/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Amorgos, 18th century | 1927.16 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen | Overall: 38.8 x 52.1 cm (15 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Italy, early 16th century | 1977.169.e | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 3.7 x 66.4 cm (1 7/16 x 26 1/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson | CCCC0 | ||
Italy, early 16th century | 1977.169 | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Average: 42.3 x 55 cm (16 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson | 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, early 16th century | 1977.169.f | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 3.4 x 66 cm (1 5/16 x 26 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson | CCCC0 | ||
Italy, early 16th century | 1977.169.h | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 3.4 x 65.6 cm (1 5/16 x 25 13/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson | CCCC0 | ||
| Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style | 1985.193 | Camelid fiber, embroidery over foundation cloth | Overall: 116.2 x 16.5 cm (45 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.) | Gift of The Textile Art Alliance | CCCC0 | |
| India, Kathiawar, 19th century | 1916.1460 | Embroidery; cotton | Overall: 76.2 x 75.6 cm (30 x 29 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, East Bengal, 19th century | 1960.274 | Embroidery: cotton thread on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 184.8 x 118.7 cm (72 3/4 x 46 3/4 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 18th century | 1916.1272 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 241.3 x 57.1 cm (95 x 22 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Epirus, Yaninna, 18th century | 1916.1298 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 210.2 x 119.4 cm (82 3/4 x 47 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, Florence, 16th century | 1919.857 | Silk, gold thread; embroidery: or nué | Overall: 25.3 x 33 cm (9 15/16 x 13 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Tilos ?, 18th century | 1933.439 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Overall: 117 x 133 cm (46 1/16 x 52 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 18th century | 1942.834 | Silk; metal thread embroidery on silk | Overall: 92.5 x 30.8 cm (36 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.) | Bequest of John L. Severance | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, Ottoman period | 1916.1358 | Plain weave: silk; embroidery, chain stitch: silk | Average: 228.6 x 172.7 cm (90 x 68 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| Spain, Cordoba or Almeria, Spanish Umayyad period, 941–42 | 1977.188 | Linen; embroidery; silk | Overall: 18.2 x 117.1 cm (7 3/16 x 46 1/8 in.) | Anonymous Gift | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, Tunah, Abbasid period, Caliphate of al-Wathiqu, 847-861 | 1932.25 | Plain weave with embroidery: linen and silk | Overall: 41.6 x 44.5 cm (16 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.); Mounted: 57.1 x 57.1 cm (22 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.) | Gift of George D. Pratt | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Qing Dynasty | 1960.276 | Embroidery, silk and gold thread | Overall: 118.7 x 76.2 cm (46 3/4 x 30 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin | CCCC0 | |
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century | 1916.1273 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 18.5 x 120.5 cm (7 5/16 x 47 7/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century | 1916.1273.c | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 18.9 x 54 cm (7 7/16 x 21 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century | 1916.1273.d | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 17 x 50 cm (6 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
Greece, Cyclades Islands, Southern Group, 16th century | 1916.1273.f | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
 | Tajikistan, Ura Tube | 1916.1311 | Plain weave: cotton; embroidery: silk | Average: 216.5 x 188.6 cm (85 1/4 x 74 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 17th-18th century | 1923.467 | Embroidery; silk on silk tabby ground | Overall: 18.5 x 13.1 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Flanders, 19th century | 1936.712 | Embroidery: linen | Overall: 31.2 x 31.2 cm (12 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.356 | Embroidery; silk on linen | Overall: 13.7 x 69.8 cm (5 3/8 x 27 1/2 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
France, late 17th century | 1990.24 | Petit point embroidery; silk and wool | Overall: 344.2 x 89.7 cm (135 1/2 x 35 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
France, late 17th century | 1990.24.1 | Petit point embroidery; silk and wool | Overall: 344.2 x 89.7 cm (135 1/2 x 35 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
France, late 17th century | 1990.24.2 | Petit point embroidery; silk and wool | Overall: 340.9 x 93.3 cm (134 3/16 x 36 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | England, early 17th century | 1946.416 | Embroidery; silk and silver filé on linen ground | Overall: 29.5 x 22 cm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 18th century | 1927.372 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 31.8 x 82.5 cm (12 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Cutch, 18th-19th century | 1925.794 | Embroidery, silk thread on silk ground | Overall: 83.8 x 35.9 cm (33 x 14 1/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Kashmir, 19th century | 1926.239 | Embroidery, large pieced areas: wool | Overall: 182.9 x 177.8 cm (72 x 70 in.) | Gift of the Burridge Family | CCCC0 | |
| Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 19th century | 1927.14 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 47 x 40.4 cm (18 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Flanders, early 19th century | 1936.695 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 52.8 x 54.6 cm (20 13/16 x 21 1/2 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | 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 | |
 | Algeria, 18th century | 1916.1229 | Embroidery: silk, gold, and silver on linen | Overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Algeria, 18th century | 1916.1237 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 260.4 x 40.6 cm (102 1/2 x 16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, Ottoman period | 1916.1288 | Silk, gilt-metal, silver-metal, paper, cotton padding; satin weave, embroidery | Average: 194.3 x 157.5 cm (76 1/2 x 62 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| Switzerland, second half of 19th century | 1936.736 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 41.9 x 43.2 cm (16 1/2 x 17 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 19th century | 1936.738 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 41.3 x 41.9 cm (16 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Egypt, late 8th - early 9th centuries | 1948.113 | Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen | Overall: 10.2 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 18th-19th century | 1918.35 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 48.3 x 69.3 cm (19 x 27 5/16 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 19th century | 1926.216 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 111.8 x 45.1 cm (44 x 17 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century | 1927.18 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 53.4 x 49 cm (21 x 19 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.357.a | Embroidery; silk on linen | Overall: 11.8 x 29.2 cm (4 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | ||
Italy, 16th-17th century | 1939.357.b | Embroidery; silk on linen | Overall: 12.2 x 28.1 cm (4 13/16 x 11 1/16 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | ||
 | France, 19th century | 1956.577 | Embroidery on satin; silk and beads | Overall: 96.2 x 156.2 cm (37 7/8 x 61 1/2 in.) | Gift of Frederick Sheffield in memory of Edith Tod Sheffield | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Rasht, 19th century | 1916.1297 | Wool, inlaid work and silk embroidery, chain stitch | Overall: 194.9 x 132.7 cm (76 3/4 x 52 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | France or Italy, 19th century | 1936.726 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 57.2 x 55.9 cm (22 1/2 x 22 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 16th century | 1951.86 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen | Overall: 55 x 77.5 cm (21 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.) | Gift of Dr. Emil Delmar | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1916.1300 | Plain weave: linen; embroidery, running stitch: silk | Average: 194.3 x 137.2 cm (76 1/2 x 54 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 17th-18th century | 1916.1301 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Average: 201.3 x 140.3 cm (79 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Central Asia, South West Uzbekistan, Shakhrisyabz | 2016.89 | Plain weave: cotton, 6 strips; embroidery: silk Filling stitch: kanda xajol, occasionally bosma, outlining stitch: ilmoq | Overall: 227.3 x 177.8 cm (89 1/2 x 70 in.) | Gift of John and Fausta Eskenazi in honor of Louise W. Mackie and in celebration of the museum’s centennial | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, about 1800 | 1918.22 | Average: 237.5 x 163.2 cm (93 1/2 x 64 1/4 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
 | China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign | 1948.72 | Silk, satin weave; silk and metal thread embroidery | Overall: 27.3 x 26 cm (10 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Lucknow, late 19th century | 1952.189 | Embroidery (chikan) and drawnwork; cotton | Overall: 232.4 x 41.9 cm (91 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Lewis H. Cowles | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Gujarat, 18th-19th century | 1925.494 | Embroidery, silk and gold thread on silk satin ground | Overall: 26.4 x 13.7 cm (10 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Lucknow, late 19th century | 1925.797 | Embroidery ("chikan" type) | Overall: 7.6 x 19.1 cm (3 x 7 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 17th-18th century | 1926.214 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 47 x 46.4 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Flanders, 18th century, Louis XVI Period | 1936.693 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 52.1 x 52.1 cm (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 19th century | 1936.737 | Embroidered linen | Overall: 39.7 x 39.7 cm (15 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 19th century | 1936.722 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 48.3 x 48.3 cm (19 x 19 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 18th century | 1942.494 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 42.6 x 102.2 cm (16 3/4 x 40 1/4 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | England, early 17th century | 1944.283 | Embroidery; silk and silver filé on linen ground | Overall: 11.4 x 10.2 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 4 x 2 3/4 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | Algeria, 18th-19th century | 1916.1238 | Embroidery: silk, gold, and silver on linen | Overall: 241.9 x 39.4 cm (95 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1916.1254 | Plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread | Overall: 92 x 92.5 cm (36 1/4 x 36 7/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 19th century | 1934.187 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 16.2 x 62.2 cm (6 3/8 x 24 1/2 in.) | Gift of Charles F. Ikle | CCCC0 | |
 | France or Flanders, 19th century | 1936.719 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 45.1 x 45.7 cm (17 3/4 x 18 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1916.1481 | Plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread | Average: 109.3 x 109.3 cm (43 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, 18th century | 1972.223 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Overall: 20.5 x 43.8 cm (8 1/16 x 17 1/4 in.) | The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 19th century | 1936.698 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 31.8 x 31.8 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, early 19th century | 1936.707 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Thrace, Sarakatsani People, 19th century | 1937.18 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 35.3 x 54 cm (13 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Charles William Wason | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara or Shahr-i Sabz, 19th century | 1940.602 | Silk, cotton; plain weave, embroidery, tambour chain stitch | Average: 248.5 x 161.3 cm (97 13/16 x 63 1/2 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, Abbasid period, late 8th - early 9th centuries | 1948.112 | Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen | Overall: 8.5 x 6.6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1916.1251 | Plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread | Average: 129.5 x 55.9 cm (51 x 22 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1916.1276 | Plain weave: linen; embroidery, chain stitch: silk and gilt-metal thread | Overall: 148.5 x 157 cm (58 7/16 x 61 13/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, late 19th century | 1936.734 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 35.6 x 35.6 cm (14 x 14 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, late 19th century | 1936.746 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 34.3 x 33 cm (13 1/2 x 13 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Peru, South Coast, Paracas, 7th-1st Century BC | 1962.240 | Wool embroidery on wool tabby ground | Overall: 18.5 x 20.4 cm (7 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.) | Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls | CCCC0 | |
 | Germany, Lower Saxony, mid to 3rd quarter of 14th century | 1985.6 | Embroidery; silk and gold on silk over linen | Overall: 13.9 x 30.5 cm (5 1/2 x 12 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, Abbasid period, late 8th - early 9th centuries | 1948.114 | Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen | Overall: 10.2 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, Chamba, 18th century | 1916.1208 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 62.2 x 63.5 cm (24 1/2 x 25 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Northern Islands, Chios ?, late 19th century | 1916.833 | Embroidery, silk and metallic threads, on silk tabby ground | Overall: 43.2 x 37.5 cm (17 x 14 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Amorgos, 18th century | 1927.17 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen | Overall: 105.8 x 46.4 cm (41 5/8 x 18 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| India, Cutch, late 19th or early 20th century | 1925.682 | Embroidered satin | Overall: 76.2 x 186.7 cm (30 x 73 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 18th century | 1926.213 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 31.8 x 26.1 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Crete, 18th century | 1926.215 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 36.5 x 40 cm (14 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Amorgos, 18th century | 1927.12 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 110.5 x 42 cm (43 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 18th century | 1936.735 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 45.7 x 45.7 cm (18 x 18 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, early 19th century | 1936.729 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 49.5 x 49.5 cm (19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | China, 14th century | 1989.51 | Needle-looped embroidery, silk, gold thread, silver paper | Overall: 14.6 x 88.3 cm (5 3/4 x 34 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Dorothy Ruddick (American, 1925-) | 1992.364 | Embroidery: cotton, linen, silk and wool on linen | Overall: 33 x 35.6 x 4.5 cm (13 x 14 x 1 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mildred Constantine | © | |
| Iraq, Baghdad, Abbasid period, reign of al-Qadir 991–1031 | 1974.188 | Plain weave: cotton; embroidery, chain and self-couching stitches: silk | Overall: 17 x 53 cm (6 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.) | Gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Goa, 17th-18th century | 1969.295 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 271.7 x 223.5 cm (106 15/16 x 88 in.) | The Norweb Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, late 19th-early 20th century | 1916.1319 | Embroidered silk with metal thread | Overall: 85.1 x 72.4 cm (33 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, late 19th-early 20th century | 1916.1322 | Embroidered silk | Average: 90.1 x 69.8 cm (35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, probably Tinnis, Abbasid period, reign of Caliph al- Muqtadir | 1932.28 | Plain weave with embroidery: linen and silk | Overall: 20.7 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.) | Gift of George D. Pratt | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, Tinnis, Tulunid period, Emir Khumarawayh b. Ahmad under Caliph al’Mu’tamid, dated 889–90 | 1932.17 | Plain weave with embroidery: linen and silk | Overall: 21 x 30.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.) | Gift of George D. Pratt | CCCC0 | |
| Iraq, probably Baghdad, Seljuq period | 1938.300 | Plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched and split stitches: silk, gilt and silver thread | Overall: 31.5 x 40.5 cm (12 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Epirus, Yaninna, 19th century | 1916.1296 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 226.7 x 176.5 cm (89 1/4 x 69 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| India, Gujarat, 19th century | 1943.50 | Embroidery, silk thread on silk ground | Overall: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 17th century | 1915.669 | Embroidery | Overall: 100.3 x 181 cm (39 1/2 x 71 1/4 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Algeria, 19th century | 1916.1221 | Embroidery: silk and metal strips on linen tabby ground | Overall: 210.8 x 17.1 cm (83 x 6 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1249 | Embroidery: silk and metal on cotton tabby ground | Average: 116.2 x 68.6 cm (45 3/4 x 27 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1257 | Embroidery: silk, gold and silver filé on linen tabby ground | Overall: 79.4 x 46.5 cm (31 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, 18th-19th century | 1916.1302 | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 127 x 94 cm (50 x 37 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
Tunisia, Djerba, 17th-18th century | 1916.1361 | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 281 x 157.7 cm (110 5/8 x 62 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
Tunisia, Djerba, 17th-18th century | 1916.1361.a | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 281 x 157.7 cm (110 5/8 x 62 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, late 19th-early 20th century | 1916.1344 | Embroidered silk | Average: 97.8 x 127.6 cm (38 1/2 x 50 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, 18th or 19th century | 1916.1369 | Embroidery; gold on velvet | Overall: 111.8 x 94 cm (44 x 37 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy or Spain, 18th century | 1916.1432 | Embroidery; silk and metal on satin | Overall: 254 x 21.6 cm (100 x 8 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | America, 19th century | 1917.361 | Embroidery: linen | Overall: 11 x 12 x 12 cm (4 5/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.) | Gift of Miss Clara A. Urann | CCCC0 | |
Morocco, Azemmur, 18th-19th century | 1918.41.c | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 12.4 x 24.1 cm (4 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
 | Dalmatia, 19th century | 1926.430 | Plain weave silk with metal thread embroidery | Average: 38.1 x 40.7 cm (15 x 16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. F. O. Spencer | CCCC0 | |
 | Philippines, 19th century | 1928.11 | Embroidery in ecru thread on pina cloth | Overall: 44 x 89 cm (17 5/16 x 35 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey | CCCC0 | |
 | Madeira, 19th century | 1934.197 | Plain weave cotton? with cotton? embroidery | Average: 45.8 x 41.3 cm (18 1/16 x 16 1/4 in.) | Gift of Isabel Jane Crawford | CCCC0 | |
 | France, early 19th century | 1936.14 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 63.5 x 63.5 cm (25 x 25 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon | CCCC0 | |
 | France or Switzerland, 19th century | 1936.263 | Embroidery; cotton | Overall: 55.9 x 6.7 cm (22 x 2 5/8 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | France, early 19th century | 1936.43 | Embroidery: linen | Overall: 34.2 x 34.2 cm (13 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 20th century | 1968.155 | Cotton, linen, embroidery, lace | Overall: 64.8 x 55.3 cm (25 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. F. E. Norris | © | |
 | Italy, 18th century | 1936.733 | Embroidered linen | Overall: 48.3 x 50.8 cm (19 x 20 in.) | Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | France ?, 18th century | 1936.696 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 54 x 52.1 cm (21 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.) | Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 19th century | 1936.66 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 38.8 x 38.8 cm (15 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Unassigned, 20th century | 1938.252 | Silver filé on plain weave linen | Average: 21 x 24.8 cm (8 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | © | |
 | Algeria ?, 19th century | 1940.356 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 91.4 x 70.5 cm (36 x 27 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Chester C. Bolton | CCCC0 | |
 | France or Switzerland, 19th century | 1940.9 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 29.6 x 29.6 cm (11 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Louis Rorimer | CCCC0 | |
 | Philippines, late 19th century | 1955.417 | Plain weave piña cloth with embroidery | Overall: 48.3 x 101.6 cm (19 x 40 in.) | Gift of Marian A. Parsons | CCCC0 | |
Philippines, 19th century | 1943.380.c | Embroidery in white cotton on piña cloth | Overall: 45.8 x 92.1 cm (18 1/16 x 36 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey | CCCC0 | ||
America, 19th century | 1946.442.a | Overall: 42.7 x 39.1 cm (16 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Gertrude Ely Rossiter | CCCC0 | |||
America, 19th century | 1946.442.b | Overall: 41.6 x 39.6 cm (16 3/8 x 15 9/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Gertrude Ely Rossiter | CCCC0 | |||
 | Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period, 12 century A.D. | 1950.560 | Embroidery in silk and gold filé on mulham tabby ground | Overall: 6 x 19.7 cm (2 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.) | John L. Severance 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 | |
 | China, late 19th - early 20th Century | 1916.1245 | Silk, embroidery | Overall: 132 x 127.7 cm (51 15/16 x 50 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Qajar period | 1916.1303 | Plain weave: cotton; embroidery, surface darning and running stitch: silk | Overall: 100.6 x 101.9 cm (39 5/8 x 40 1/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Qajar period | 1916.1313 | Plain weave: cotton; embroidery: silk | Overall: 175.2 x 118.1 cm (69 x 46 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, 19th century | 1916.1364 | Embroidery: silk, metal, and cotton thread on cotton ground; silk edging and velvet appliqué | Overall: 125 x 88 cm (49 3/16 x 34 5/8 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 | |
| Morocco, Tétouan, 18th century | 1916.830 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 333.9 x 56.6 cm (131 7/16 x 22 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 19th century, Period of Louis Phillipe | 1920.1278 | Embroidered linen | Overall: 5.1 x 18.7 cm (2 x 7 3/8 in.) | Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, Abbasid period, during Caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 295-320 | 1932.26 | Silk embroidery on linen tabby ground | Overall: 16 x 40.9 cm (6 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.) | Gift of George D. Pratt | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, 19th century | 1925.475 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 116.8 x 264.2 cm (46 x 104 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Yugoslavia, Kosovo, 18th-19th century | 1926.224 | Embroidery: wool, silver thread and sequins on plain weave linen | Average: 47.7 x 50.9 cm (18 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | England, early 19th century | 1932.136 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 49.9 x 48.3 cm (19 5/8 x 19 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Isabel Rogers Burton | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 18th century | 1936.40 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 41.3 x 42 cm (16 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
| Switzerland, second half of 19th century | 1936.52 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 47 x 47 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 19th century | 1936.56 | Embroidery: linen | Overall: 40.6 x 40.6 cm (16 x 16 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 18th century | 1936.62 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 46.3 x 46.3 cm (18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 19th century | 1937.11 | Embroidery: linen | Average: 31.1 x 31.1 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Wason in memory of Ione Bevier Breckinridge | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, 19th century | 1956.594 | Embroidery (phulkari); silk on cotton ground | Overall: 231 x 118.8 cm (90 15/16 x 46 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Upson | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1956.683 | Embroidery: silk thread and tinsel pushed through fabric, bent and pressed into place, on linen tabby ground | Average: 129 x 49.9 cm (50 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey ?, 19th century | 1956.686 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Average: 35.6 x 77.8 cm (14 x 30 5/8 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Queen Mary (British, 1867-1953) | 1949.162 | Embroidery; wool on cotton | Overall: 45.8 x 40.7 cm (18 1/16 x 16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness | © | |
 | China, late 19th - early 20th century | 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, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign | 1948.69 | Silk, satin weave; silk embroidery | Overall: 31.8 x 30.5 cm (12 1/2 x 12 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Peru, South Coast, Nasca style | 1948.478 | Embroidery in polychrome wools on cotton foundation | Average: 6.4 x 6.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) | Gift of John Wise | CCCC0 | |
| Morocco, Chechauen, 17th-18th century | 1916.1226 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Average: 181 x 31.8 cm (71 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1231 | Embroidery, silk and metallic threads, on silk tabby ground | Average: 99.3 x 102.2 cm (39 1/8 x 40 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th century | 1916.1228 | Embroidery, silk thread on silk ground | Average: 108.6 x 48.3 cm (42 3/4 x 19 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1242 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Average: 154.9 x 50.8 cm (61 x 20 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th century | 1916.1227 | Embroidered twill weave silk | Average: 100.6 x 49 cm (39 5/8 x 19 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1290 | Embroidery: gold filé laid over cotton thread, couched at edges by cotton, on silk ground | Average: 94.6 x 98.5 cm (37 1/4 x 38 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Chechauen, 19th century | 1916.1247 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 98 x 31 cm (38 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1250 | Embroidery: silk and metal threads on linen tabby ground | Average: 147.3 x 54.6 cm (58 x 21 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th century | 1916.1261 | Embroidery: silk on cotton and silk net ground | Overall: 170 x 85 cm (66 15/16 x 33 7/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 17th century or later | 1916.1269 | Embroidery; silk on linen | Overall: 133 x 93.5 cm (52 3/8 x 36 13/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1293 | Embroidery: gold filé around silk core laid over cotton, couched at edges in silk, and sequins on silk ground | Average: 47.6 x 55.3 cm (18 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
Japan, late 19th-early 20th century | 1916.1325.b | Embroidered silk | Overall: 94 x 82 cm (37 x 32 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | 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 | |
 | Japan, late 19th-early 20th century | 1916.1321 | Embroidered silk with metal thread | Average: 86.3 x 68.6 cm (34 x 27 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 17th century | 1916.1417 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen | Overall: 327.7 x 28 cm (129 x 11 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | © | |
 | India, Kathiawar, 19th century | 1916.1458 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 104.1 x 76.2 cm (41 x 30 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
| Armenia and Greece, 17th-18th century | 1916.1422 | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 48.2 x 49 cm (19 x 19 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 18th century | 1916.1454 | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Overall: 89.6 x 221.2 cm (35 1/4 x 87 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Tibet, 18th-19th century | 1918.548 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 90.2 x 66 cm (35 1/2 x 26 in.) | Worcester R. Warner Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, Period of Isabella II (1833-1868), 19th Century | 1919.791 | Embroidered cotton | Average: 11.5 x 21 cm (4 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.) | Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones | CCCC0 | |
 | Dagestan, 18th century | 1920.530 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 93.1 x 66 cm (36 5/8 x 26 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1918.19 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 181.6 x 50.2 cm (71 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1918.37 | Plain weave: linen; embroidery, self-couching and herringbone stitches: silk | Average: 127 x 59.7 cm (50 x 23 1/2 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Russia, 19th century | 1919.553 | Embroidered linen, ribbon applique | Overall: 54.6 x 188 cm (21 1/2 x 74 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, 18th-19th century | 1925.495 | Embroidery on wool ground | Overall: 189.9 x 111.8 cm (74 3/4 x 44 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century | 1927.19 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 51.5 x 27.3 cm (20 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Denmark, late 19th century | 1928.191 | Embroidery; cotton on linen | Overall: 25.4 x 36.2 cm (10 x 14 1/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine King | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, first half of the 16th century | 1931.442 | Plain-weave linen with silk and metal thread embroidery; or nué technique | 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 | |
 | France, 19th century | 1936.48 | Embroidery: linen | Overall: 46.3 x 46.3 cm (18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 19th century | 1936.59 | Embroidery on linen ground; lace edging | Overall: 47.6 x 47.6 cm (18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.) | The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th century | 1940.357 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Overall: 179.7 x 144.8 cm (70 3/4 x 57 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Chester C. Bolton | CCCC0 | |
 | Tibet, 18th century | 1940.610 | Embroidery; silk and metallic threads | Average: 52.4 x 46.4 cm (20 5/8 x 18 1/4 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 1700s | 1940.598 | Plain weave: cotton; embroidery: silk | Average: 166.4 x 101.6 cm (65 1/2 x 40 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | |
 | China, early 20th century | 1944.314 | Silk satin weave ground with silk and metallic thread embroidery | Overall: 152.4 x 154.9 cm (60 x 61 in.) | Gift of the Oscar Trapp Estate | © | |
France, 18th century | 1942.168.a | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 119.4 x 133.4 cm (47 x 52 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | China, 20th century | 1954.67 | Embroidery, silk | Overall: 7.7 x 56.2 cm (3 1/16 x 22 1/8 in.) | Gift of Emma G. Brassington | © | |
 | Egypt, Egypto-Arabic, c. 10th - 11th century | 1914.525 | Embroidery | Overall: 18.5 x 6.4 cm (7 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran | 1916.1307 | Embroidery, outline stitch: silk on cotton | Overall: 65.1 x 50.5 cm (25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 18th century or later copy | 1916.1425 | Embroidered satin and silk | Overall: 25.4 x 26.7 cm (10 x 10 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, 18th century | 1916.1433 | Embroidered satin and silk | Overall: 54.6 x 55.9 cm (21 1/2 x 22 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1918.20 | Silk embroidery on cotton | Average: 231.1 x 73.7 cm (91 x 29 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1265 | Embroidery: silk and gold and silver filé on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 127 x 71 cm (50 x 27 15/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1246 | Embroidery: silk and metallic threads on wool ground, cotton backing | Average: 124.5 x 93 cm (49 x 36 5/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Algeria, early 20th century | 1916.1224 | Embroidery, silk and metallic threads, on silk tabby ground | Overall: 78.7 x 38.1 cm (31 x 15 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | © | |
 | Morocco, Azemmur, 19th century | 1916.1244 | Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground | Average: 79.4 x 28 cm (31 1/4 x 11 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 |