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Stenciled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.101CCCC0
Stenciled Velvet
Dorothy Marshall Hornblower (American, 1886–1968) and 1 other
1948.102CCCC0
Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
1944.499CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
1944.499.aCCCC0
Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
1944.499.bCCCC0
Procurator’s Velvet Stole
Italy, Venice, late 16th century
1942.829CCCC0
Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501–1722)
1944.239CCCC0
Tent panel of a dragon slayer
Iran, Yazd[?], reign of Shah Tahmasp, Safavid period (1501-1736)
1948.205CCCC0
Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern
Italy, Florence, 15th century
1973.20CCCC0
Velvet with gold discs
Iran, probably Tabriz, Ilkhanid period
1918.225CCCC0
Velvet panel with four youths smelling flowers
Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period (1501-1722)
1932.42CCCC0
Polychrome Velvet
Italy, early 15th century
1940.370CCCC0
Two-color Velvet with Gold in a Double Curved Lattice Pattern
Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century
1929.82CCCC0
Silk Velvet with Gold in Pomegranate Pattern
Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century
1940.596CCCC0
Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2009.282CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Venice ?, first half 15th century
1918.310CCCC0
Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1918.44CCCC0
Chasuble
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1443.1CCCC0
Stole
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1443.2CCCC0
Burse(Corporal Case)
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1443.3CCCC0
Maniple
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1443.4CCCC0
Velvet Cuffs
France, 19th century
1934.198CCCC0
Velvet Cuffs
France, 19th century
1934.198.aCCCC0
Velvet Cuffs
France, 19th century
1934.198.bCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 15th century
1931.63CCCC0
Velvet
China, 17th century
1940.597CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Turkey, Bursa ?, second half of the 15th century
1940.369CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Genoa, late 17th century
1918.276CCCC0
Lengths of Floral Velvet
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1942.828CCCC0
Length of Floral Velvet
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1942.828.aCCCC0
Length of Floral Velvet
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1942.828.bCCCC0
French Cut Velvet
H. A. Elsberg (French)
1939.55©
Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1918.215CCCC0
Cover for Lord Chancellor's Burse (Purse)
England, 18th century
1916.1366.bCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th century
1918.278CCCC0
Velvet
China, 17th century
1918.221CCCC0
Two Joined Panels of "Fortuny Painted Velvet"
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1975.253CCCC0
Velvet
France, 17th-18th century
1918.893CCCC0
Brocaded Velvet
Turkey, early 16th Century
1946.74CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th century to early 17th century
1918.255CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - 17th century
1918.256CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1926.489CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, mid 15th century
1918.31CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, first third of 17th century
1918.212CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 15th century
1918.316CCCC0
Body Guard (Brigandine)
Italy (?), early 16th Century
1921.1250CCCC0
Velvet
France, 17th century
1918.914CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.901CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.34CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, last quarter of 14th century
1939.43CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Florence, early 15th Century
1940.487CCCC0
Part of a Chasuble
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
1970.124CCCC0
Brocaded velvet cover with sunbursts
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2008.146CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 1st third of 17th century
1918.917CCCC0
Chasuble with Orphrey Band
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
1947.2CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.254CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - 17th century
1918.309CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.315CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy ?, early 17th century
1918.881CCCC0
Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern
Italy, 15th century
1952.554CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1918.220CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.226CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 18th Century
1918.238CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.248CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.249CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 18th century
1918.260CCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1390CCCC0
No image available
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1390.aCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1390.bCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1390.cCCCC0
Velvet Panel
Iran, 19th century
1916.1391CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.274CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 1st third of 17th century
1918.277CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.263CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.245CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th Century
1918.268CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, late 16th century
1918.222CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.266CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th century
1918.273CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 2nd half of 17th century
1918.282CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, 17th century
1918.317CCCC0
Stenciled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.100©
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century
1918.230CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 18th century
1918.264CCCC0
Velvet Vase
Lena Bergstrom (Swedish, b. 1961) and 1 other
2000.198©
Velvet Segment
Italy, early 19th century
1916.1386CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
India, 17th century
1918.219CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.265CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th-17th century
1918.280CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, 16th century
1918.919CCCC0
Velvet Panel "Kashan Velvet"
Iran, 19th century
1940.360CCCC0
Half Armor for the Foot Tournament
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299CCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.aCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.bCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.cCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.dCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.eCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.fCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.gCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.hCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.iCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.jCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.kCCCC0
No image available
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299.lCCCC0
Velvet Fragment in Two Pieces
Iran or Iraq, 14th century
1918.30CCCC0
Velvet Fragment in Two Pieces
Iran or Iraq, 14th century
1918.30.aCCCC0
No image available
Iran or Iraq, 14th century
1918.30.bCCCC0
Velvet Panel
Iran, 19th century
1916.1382CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 2nd half 17th century
1918.258CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 18th century
1918.308CCCC0
Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?)
Italy, early 15th century
1939.45CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.227CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 2nd half 17th century
1918.228CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.270CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.275CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.279CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th - early 18th century
1918.882CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.224CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th-17th century
1927.367CCCC0
Velvet Panel
Iran, 18th-19th century
1915.662CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.257CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 18th century
1918.259CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.262CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.261CCCC0
Velvet Cover
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1378CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.234CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.250CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.269CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.271CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.272CCCC0
Stenciled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.103CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.251CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Spain, 16th century
1918.247CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1927.365CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th- early 17th century
1946.402CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.218CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Spain, 16th century
1918.210CCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1942.836CCCC0
Brocaded Velvet
Italy, late 14th century
1918.229CCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet
France or Spain, early 17th century
1918.233CCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet
France or Spain, 17th century
1918.237CCCC0
Velvet cushion cover
Turkey
1916.1681CCCC0
Velvet Fragments Sewn Together
Italy, late 16th century
1918.214CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1946.418CCCC0
Radio Waves
H. A. Elsberg (French)
1939.49©
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.223CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.281CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1940.604CCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, 17th century
1929.903CCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, 17th century
1929.903.aCCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, 17th century
1929.903.bCCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, 17th century
1929.903.cCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.235CCCC0
Velvet Strip
Italy, 17th century
1927.364CCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, first third of 17th century
1952.553CCCC0
Stamped Velvet
Spain, 17th century
1918.213CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - early 17th century
1946.403CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.480CCCC0
Cut Silk Velvet
France, 19th century
1931.447CCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1942.835CCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, 16th century
1952.555CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.231CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.239CCCC0
Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together
Italy, 15th century
1918.236CCCC0
Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together
Italy, 15th century
1918.236.aCCCC0
Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together
Italy, 15th century
1918.236.bCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Lucca or Venice ?, first half 15th century
1926.508CCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603CCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.aCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.bCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.cCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.dCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.eCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.fCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603.gCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.302CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Spain, late 15th century
1918.211CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.217CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.912CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 18th Century
1918.246CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - early 17th century
1946.404CCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, Genoa ?, second half of 17th century
1918.312CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.479CCCC0
Fragment of Wool Velvet
Spain, 16th century
1944.324CCCC0
Velvet Band
Italy, 16th-17th century
1920.1465CCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1376CCCC0
Fragment of Border
India, 17th century
1924.1039CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.475CCCC0
"Ferronnerie" Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.240CCCC0
Fragment of Gothic Velvet
Spain, 15th century
1918.244CCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet
Spain, first half of 17th century
1918.267CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.481CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Milan ?, late 14th-early 15th Century
1918.36CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.915CCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493CCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.aCCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.bCCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.cCCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.dCCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.eCCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.fCCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493.gCCCC0
Fragments of Velvet (So-Called Velours Jardiniers)
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1379CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.242CCCC0
Velvet Divan Cushion
Turkey, 17th century
1916.1385CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Spain, 15th century
1918.253CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
France, early 20th century
1993.178CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy or Spain, 15th century
1918.923CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.252CCCC0
Fragments of Velvet Brocade
Spain, 16th century
1918.911CCCC0
Fragment of Velvet Brocade
Italy ?, late 17th or early 18th century
1918.23CCCC0
Fragment with Lobed Palmette Pattern
Italy, 15th century
1918.241CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.284CCCC0
Velvet Brocade
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
1916.1680CCCC0
Velvet BrocadeTextile
Italy, mid-16th century
1918.900CCCC0
Altar Hanging
Italy, 17th century
1916.1381CCCC0
Velvet Strip
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1916.1387CCCC0
Textile
Italy, early 17th century
1918.40CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.478CCCC0
Fragment
India, 6th-16th century
1982.294CCCC0
Embroidered Strip of Velvet
Spain, 16th century
1939.153CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, second half of 15th century
1949.164CCCC0
Khanjar dagger
India
1930.708CCCC0
Stencilled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.104CCCC0
Velvet Brocade Textile
Italy, late 16th century
1918.897CCCC0
Cushion Cover
Italy, Genoa, 18th century
1916.1384CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.477CCCC0
Fragment of Velvet
Spain, 15th century
1951.494CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1940.493CCCC0
Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?)
Italy, 15th century
1918.916CCCC0
Velvet Brocaded Textile
Italy, late 16th century
1918.903CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1951.495CCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy or Spain, 15th century
1918.924CCCC0
Fragment with Floral Pattern
Spain, 17th century
1918.21CCCC0
Chalice Veil
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1437CCCC0
fragment
China, 18th century
1918.314CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.476CCCC0
Fragment of Brocaded Velvet
Spain, 16th century
1954.316CCCC0
Portrait of a Man, possibly Girolamo Rosati
Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, 1480–1556)
1950.250CCCC0
Fragment of Wool Velvet
Spain, early 16th century
1944.323CCCC0
Fragment of a Stola
Italy, late 17th century
1918.283CCCC0
Cushion Cover
Italy, 19th century
1916.1380CCCC0
Fragment
Italy, first half of 16th century
1918.18CCCC0
Cloth of Gold
Spain, 16th century
1918.243CCCC0
Length of silk velvet ikat
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
2006.153CCCC0
Silk Fragment
China, 18th century
1927.292CCCC0
Chasuble Front
Turkey, 16th century
1915.677CCCC0
Fragment
Iran, 17th century
1946.415CCCC0
Border Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.904CCCC0
Velourau Sable
France, Germany, Switzerland, America?, late 19th - early 20th century
1940.1243CCCC0
Gold-Thread Embroidered Garment for a Woman
Prizrend, Serbia, or Scutari, Albani, late 19th century
1943.381CCCC0
Pieces from Disassembled Cape
Italy, 15th century
1951.496CCCC0
No image available
Italy, 15th century
1951.496.aCCCC0
No image available
Italy, 15th century
1951.496.bCCCC0
No image available
Italy, 15th century
1951.496.cCCCC0
Textile: Midnight Sun
H. A. Elsberg (French)
1939.50©
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, 15th century
1918.216CCCC0
Door curtain
Iran, Qajar period (1779-1925)
1916.1388CCCC0
Woman’s Robe (munisak)
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
2009.267CCCC0
Wall Hanging
China, 20th century
1917.379©
Cushion cover
Turkey
1916.1389CCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.482CCCC0
Floorspread with medallion pattern
India, Gujarat, probably Ahmedabad
2001.35CCCC0
Wall Hanging
China, 20th century
1917.380©
Fragment
India, 17th century
1946.420CCCC0
Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band
Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz (orphrey)
1950.85CCCC0
Embroidered Velvet
India, 18th century
1916.1375CCCC0
Fragment
Italy, first half of 16th century
1918.26CCCC0
Fragment
India, Jaipur, 19th century
1925.681CCCC0
Embroidered Fragments
Spain, 16th century
1916.1455CCCC0
Placket and Cuffs
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1956.788CCCC0
Placket
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1956.788.1CCCC0
Cuff
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1956.788.2CCCC0
Cuff
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1956.788.3CCCC0
Chasuble
Spain, late 16th century
1956.807CCCC0
Embroidered Door Hanging
India, 18th century
1916.1212CCCC0
Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?)
Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century
1916.1787CCCC0
Vest
Dalmatia, Late 19th century
1938.17CCCC0
Fire Screen
France, 18th century
1960.105CCCC0
Fragment
Spain, second half of 16th century
1918.885CCCC0
Brocade Textile
Italy, 17th century
1918.891CCCC0
Linstock
France, 17th century
1916.1786CCCC0
Costume
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
1976.188CCCC0
Gorget (from a funerary achievement?)
Netherlands(?), late 16th-early 17th Century
1916.1806CCCC0
Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
1976.187CCCC0
Little Velvet Dress
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)
1924.64CCCC0
National Champion Velvet Mesquite, Arizona
Barbara Bosworth (American, b. 1953)
2005.356©
Crazy Quilt
Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911)
2000.63CCCC0
Run
Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) and 2 others
2020.79©
The Annunciation
Johann Michael Düchert (German, 1725–1799)
1981.12CCCC0
Embroidered Velvet Rectangle
India, 19th century
1916.1374CCCC0
Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1926.478CCCC0
Jacket
Macedonia or Albania, 19th century
1934.275CCCC0
Cap
India
1916.1477CCCC0
Untitled Anxious Man
Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) and 2 others
2020.77©
Untitled Anxious Crowd
Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) and 2 others
2020.78©
Studies of a Costume, Sleeve, and Hand
Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785)
1996.210CCCC0
No image available
Italy, early 16th century
1915.670CCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1967.213CCCC0
Embroidered Sleeve from a Dalmatic
Italy, Florence, 16th century
1998.51CCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1937.244CCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1937.243CCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1937.246CCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1971.1055CCCC0
Curtain
Italy, 17th century
1940.533CCCC0
Sword with scabbard
India, perhaps Deccan
1930.706CCCC0
Scabbard
India, perhaps Deccan
1930.706.bCCCC0
Woman's Costume (Collar)
Italy, Sicily, 19th century
1931.445.hCCCC0
Woman's Costume (Cuff)
Italy, Sicily, 19th century
1931.445.iCCCC0
Woman's Costume (Cuff)
Italy, Sicily, 19th century
1931.445.jCCCC0
Self-Portrait in Velvet Cap with Plume
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1942.874CCCC0
Tulwar sword
India, probably Deccan
1930.704CCCC0
Tulwar Sword (case)
India, probably Deccan
1930.704.bCCCC0
Women's Jacket
Turkey ?, late 19th century (?)
1945.78CCCC0
The Virgin Crowned by Angels
Stefan Lochner (German, 1400-c. 1452)
1968.20CCCC0
Chateau de Chaumont Set
France, Lyon(?), early 16th century
1960.176CCCC0
The Triumph of Eternity (From Chateau de Chaumont Set)
France, Lyon(?), early 16th century
1960.176.1CCCC0
Youth (From Chateau de Chaumont Set)
France, Lyon(?), early 16th century
1960.176.2CCCC0
Pair of Pharmacy Bottles
Italy, Papal States, Faenza
1943.52CCCC0
Pharmacy Bottle
Italy, Papal States, Faenza
1943.52.1CCCC0
Katar dagger
India, Mughal
1985.119CCCC0
Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath
India, Mughal
1985.119.bCCCC0
Partisan
France, 17th century
1916.33CCCC0
Untitled (Pair of Portraits)
Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)
2017.8CCCC0
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)
Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)
2017.8.1CCCC0
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)
Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)
2017.8.2CCCC0
Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag
Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) People
1982.61CCCC0
The Trinity
Laurent Girardin (French, 1478)
1960.79CCCC0
Partisan
France, 17th century
1916.1795CCCC0
Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le...
Nicolas de Largillière (French, 1656–1746)
1970.31CCCC0
Baron FitzGibbon
Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
1919.910CCCC0
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy
Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864)
2000.17CCCC0
Set of Three Fish in Original Box
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
2009.30CCCC0
No image available
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560CCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Jacket
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.aCCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Skirt
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.bCCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Groin Apron
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.cCCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Left Shoulder Flap
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.dCCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Right Shoulder Flap
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.eCCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Armpit Gusset
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.fCCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform: Center Flap
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.gCCCC0
No image available
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560.1.jCCCC0
Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg
Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920) and 2 others
1963.673©
Embroidered Fragment
India, 18th or 19th century
1916.1369CCCC0
Circular Piece
India, 18th century
1916.1373CCCC0
Portrait of a Man
Christian Friedrich Zincke (German, 1683/85–1767)
1940.1221CCCC0
Self-Portrait
Joseph Paelinck (Belgian, 1781–1839)
1937.575CCCC0
The Blue Optimist
Jane Kent (American, 1952-)
2007.16©
Brocaded Silk Cushion Cover & Iranian Striped Silk Surround
Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, Ottoman period
2007.13CCCC0
Lampas silk cushion cover
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2007.13.1CCCC0
Inkstand
Continental, 19th century
1916.350CCCC0
The Blue Optimist
Jane Kent (American, 1952-)
2007.14©
The Blue Optimist, B.A.T.
Jane Kent (American, 1952-)
2007.15©
Two Beaded Panels
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1939.210CCCC0
Beaded Panel
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1939.210.1CCCC0
Beaded Panel
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1939.210.2CCCC0
The Dream
Will Barnet (American, 1911–2012) and 1 other
2003.59©
The Dream
Will Barnet (American, 1911–2012) and 1 other
2003.60©
Beaded Bag
America, 19th century
1924.801CCCC0
Black and White Lilies III
Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976)
2001.90©
Hand Seal: Original Fitted Presentation Box
Hjalmar Armfelt (Finnish, 1873–1959) and 1 other
1966.487.1©
Kennet
William Morris (British, 1834–1896)
1937.698CCCC0
Embroidered Headdress
Germany, Schleswig, 18th century
1919.856CCCC0
The Caprichos:  A Bad Night
Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1997.54CCCC0
Embroidered Fragment
Turkey, 19th century
1940.590CCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323CCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323.aCCCC0
Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)
Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630)
2013.323.bCCCC0
Writing Set
John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other
2009.39CCCC0
Seal from a Writing Set
John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other
2009.39.aCCCC0
Pen from a Writing Set
John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other
2009.39.bCCCC0
Paper Knife from a Writing Set
John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other
2009.39.cCCCC0
Embroidered Cover
India, 19th century
1916.1364CCCC0
Saddle Blanket
America, Native North American, Plains, Dakota, Lakota(Sioux), 19th century
1970.550CCCC0
Portrait of Lieutenant General Daniel Burr
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
1942.1156CCCC0
Leo Lehmann
Rudolf Lehmann (German, 1819–1905)
1980.268CCCC0
Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough
John Linnell (British, 1792–1882)
2010.461CCCC0
Embroidered Divan Cover (?)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1305CCCC0
Title, DateArtist / CultureAccession numberMediumDimensionsCredit lineRights
Stenciled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.101plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyesOverall: 11.7 x 34.3 cm (4 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.); Mounted: 18.7 x 41.3 cm (7 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)Gift of Joseph F. SindelarCCCC0
Stenciled Velvet
Dorothy Marshall Hornblower (American, 1886–1968) and 1 other
1948.102plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyesOverall: 22 x 30.8 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 36.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)Gift of Joseph F. SindelarCCCC0
Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
1944.499Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitutionMounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Procurator’s Velvet Stole
Italy, Venice, late 16th century
1942.829dyed silk; velvet in two heights of cut pile (pile on pile, alto e basso), woven as two stole widthsOverall: 142.2 x 71.1 cm (56 x 28 in.); Mounted: 147.3 x 77.5 cm (58 x 30 1/2 in.)Bequest of John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501–1722)
1944.239Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal threadOverall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Brocaded Velvet Panel with Italianate Pattern
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2003.3Silk: velvet, brocaded; gilt-metal thread and cottonOverall: 173 x 241.5 cm (68 1/8 x 95 1/16 in.); Mounted: 175.3 x 245.7 x 8.9 cm (69 x 96 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Tent panel of a dragon slayer
Iran, Yazd[?], reign of Shah Tahmasp, Safavid period (1501-1736)
1948.205velvet, cut, voided, brocaded, and pile-warp substitution: silk and gilt-metal stripsOverall: 71.1 x 55.6 cm (28 x 21 7/8 in.); Mounted: 81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes
Italy, Florence, 15th century
1943.67silk, velvet: cut pile and voidedOverall: 211.5 x 40 cm (83 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.); Mounted: 222.3 x 49.5 x 7.6 cm (87 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 3 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern
Italy, Florence, 15th century
1973.20silk, gold thread; velvet: three heights of cut pile, gold thread loopsOverall: 300.9 x 56.5 cm (118 7/16 x 22 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet with gold discs
Iran, probably Tabriz, Ilkhanid period
1918.225silk, gilt-metal thread; brocaded velvetOverall: 30.5 x 20.6 cm (12 x 8 1/8 in.); Mounted: 34.9 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet panel with four youths smelling flowers
Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period (1501-1722)
1932.42Silk: velvet, brocaded, and pile-warp substitution; gilt- and silver-metal threadOverall: 157.5 x 72.7 cm (62 x 28 5/8 in.); Mounted: 167.6 x 83.2 cm (66 x 32 3/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Brocaded velvet with chintamani design
Turkey, Bursa
1943.313velvet, brocaded: silk and silver-metal threadOverall: 81.3 x 28.6 cm (32 x 11 1/4 in.); Mounted: 91.4 x 39.4 cm (36 x 15 1/2 in.)Gift of Adolph LoewiCCCC0
Polychrome Velvet
Italy, early 15th century
1940.370velvet weave (cut and voided): silk threadOverall: 44.5 x 30.5 cm (17 1/2 x 12 in.)Gift of The Textile Arts ClubCCCC0
Two-color Velvet with Gold in a Double Curved Lattice Pattern
Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century
1929.82silk, gold thread; polychrome velvet: cut pile, brocaded, and voidedOverall: 108.6 x 55.9 cm (42 3/4 x 22 in.); Mounted: 115.6 x 59.7 cm (45 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Silk Velvet with Gold in Pomegranate Pattern
Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century
1940.596silk, gold thread; velvet: cut pile in two heights, uncut pile loops, gold-thread loopsOverall: 118.7 x 60.6 cm (46 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.); Mounted: 130.8 x 71.1 cm (51 1/2 x 28 in.)Bequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2009.282velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cottonOverall: 138.4 x 65.4 cm (54 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); Mounted: 134.6 x 63.5 cm (53 x 25 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Brocaded velvet cushion cover with carnations
Turkey, Bursa
1984.27velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt-and-silver-metal threadOverall: 128.9 x 66.7 cm (50 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 136.5 x 74.3 cm (53 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.)Gift of Mrs. James Albert Ford, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Mrs. Hermon A. Kelley, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, Mrs. Harry Stratton, and J. H. Wade by exchangeCCCC0
Fragment, probably from a Chasuble
Italy
1918.232Silk with cut and voided velvetOverall: 66 x 29.9 cm (26 x 11 3/4 in.); Mounted: 76.2 x 40.6 cm (30 x 16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Venice ?, first half 15th century
1918.310velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silkOverall: 38.5 x 24.2 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1918.44velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 46.4 x 33.7 cm (18 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Brocaded velvet with medallions in ogival lattice
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2001.3velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal threadOverall: 162.2 x 64.8 cm (63 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.)Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial FundCCCC0
Chasuble, Stole, Burse(Corporal Case), and Maniple
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1443woven polychrome silk and gilt metal threads, cut and uncut velvetOverall: 106 x 68.3 cm (41 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child
Spain, 16th century
1916.1885red and dark brown velvet, embroidered; fringeOverall: 109.2 x 138.4 cm (43 x 54 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Velvet Cuffs
France, 19th century
1934.198velvetOverall: 18.4 x 5.7 cm (7 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)Gift of Isabel Jane CrawfordCCCC0
Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern
Italy
1943.66Silk, polychrome velvet with cut pileOverall: 80 x 57.8 cm (31 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.); Mounted: 86.4 x 63.5 cm (34 x 25 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 15th century
1931.63velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 154.6 x 53.7 cm (60 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet
China, 17th century
1940.597velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 87.6 x 78.4 cm (34 1/2 x 30 7/8 in.)Bequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Turkey, Bursa ?, second half of the 15th century
1940.369velvet (cut and voided): silkAverage: 33.1 x 45.4 cm (13 1/16 x 17 7/8 in.)Gift of The Textile Arts ClubCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Genoa, late 17th century
1918.276velvet (cut, uncut, voided); silk and metallic threadsOverall: 35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Lengths of Floral Velvet
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1942.828velvet (cut, uncut, voided); silkAverage: 200.9 x 59.5 cm (79 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.)Bequest of John L. SeveranceCCCC0
French Cut Velvet
H. A. Elsberg (French)
1939.55velvetOverall: 116.2 x 66.7 cm (45 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.)Gift of the Estate of H. A. Elsberg©
Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1918.215velvet (cut, uncut, and voided)Overall: 24.8 x 50.8 cm (9 3/4 x 20 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Lord Chancellor's Burse (Purse) with Royal Cypher and Coat of Arms of...
England, 18th century
1916.1366Red silk velvet, silk embroidery, goldwork, pearls, black beads, sequins, pendant tasselsOverall: 78 x 50 x 5 cm (30 11/16 x 19 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th century
1918.278velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 52.7 x 25.4 cm (20 3/4 x 10 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet
China, 17th century
1918.221velvetOverall: 36.2 x 41.3 cm (14 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Two Joined Panels of "Fortuny Painted Velvet"
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1975.253velvet, paintedOverall: 64.4 x 99 cm (25 3/8 x 39 in.)Gift of Countess Elsie Lee GozziCCCC0
Velvet
France, 17th-18th century
1918.893velvetOverall: 50.2 x 36.2 cm (19 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Brocaded Velvet
Turkey, early 16th Century
1946.74velvet: silk, brocaded with gold and silverAverage: 111.8 x 31.5 cm (44 x 12 3/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th century to early 17th century
1918.255velvetOverall: 18.7 x 19.3 cm (7 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - 17th century
1918.256velvetOverall: 14.3 x 9 cm (5 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1926.489velvet (cut and voided); silk and metalOverall: 34.3 x 16.9 cm (13 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)Gift of Adolph LoewiCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, mid 15th century
1918.31velvet (cut and voided); silkOverall: 41.9 x 17.8 cm (16 1/2 x 7 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, first third of 17th century
1918.212velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 43.6 x 23.5 cm (17 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 15th century
1918.316velvet (cut and voided); silkOverall: 68.6 x 40 cm (27 x 15 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Body Guard (Brigandine)
Italy (?), early 16th Century
1921.1250linen; gold velvet; steel; brass Overall: 56.5 x 47.6 cm (22 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Velvet
France, 17th century
1918.914velvetOverall: 47 x 47.6 cm (18 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.901velvet (cut, uncut, and voided); silkOverall: 67.3 x 18.4 cm (26 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.34silk velvetOverall: 59.7 x 24.2 cm (23 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, last quarter of 14th century
1939.43velvet; silkOverall: 20.3 x 26.7 cm (8 x 10 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Florence, early 15th Century
1940.487velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 43.8 x 50.2 cm (17 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Part of a Chasuble
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
1970.124Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silkOverall: 101 x 52.8 cm (39 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.)Gift of The Textile Arts ClubCCCC0
Brocaded velvet cover with sunbursts
Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
2008.146velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cottonOverall: 180.7 x 128.3 cm (71 1/8 x 50 1/2 in.); Mounted: 185.4 x 134 cm (73 x 52 3/4 in.)John L. Severance FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 1st third of 17th century
1918.917velvet (cut, uncut, and voided); silkOverall: 64.8 x 17.1 cm (25 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Chasuble with Orphrey Band
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
1947.2Silk, gold thread, sequins; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold)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 LittwitzCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.254velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 29 x 10.7 cm (11 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - 17th century
1918.309velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 36.1 x 16.7 cm (14 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.315velvet (cut and voided); silkOverall: 61 x 53.3 cm (24 x 21 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy ?, early 17th century
1918.881velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 17.2 x 50.8 cm (6 3/4 x 20 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern
Italy, 15th century
1952.554velvet weave (cut and voided): silk threadOverall: 78.1 x 44.5 cm (30 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1918.220velvetOverall: 40.2 x 53.8 cm (15 13/16 x 21 3/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.226velvetOverall: 19.5 x 42 cm (7 11/16 x 16 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 18th Century
1918.238velvetOverall: 57 x 14 cm (22 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.248velvetOverall: 10.3 x 18 cm (4 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.249velvetOverall: 38.5 x 44.6 cm (15 3/16 x 17 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 18th century
1918.260velvetOverall: 20.5 x 14.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1390velvetOverall: 167 x 108.7 cm (65 3/4 x 42 13/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Panel
Iran, 19th century
1916.1391velvetOverall: 162.5 x 109.2 cm (64 x 43 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.274velvetOverall: 43.2 x 43.8 cm (17 x 17 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 1st third of 17th century
1918.277velvet (cut and uncut); silk and silver filéOverall: 50 x 20.5 cm (19 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.263velvetOverall: 19 x 14 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.245velvetOverall: 23.7 x 26.5 cm (9 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th Century
1918.268velvetOverall: 45.5 x 14.5 cm (17 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, late 16th century
1918.222velvetOverall: 53.2 x 48.3 cm (20 15/16 x 19 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.266velvetOverall: 17.5 x 18 cm (6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th century
1918.273velvetOverall: 70 x 38.5 cm (27 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 2nd half of 17th century
1918.282velvetOverall: 60.5 x 25 cm (23 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, 17th century
1918.317velvetOverall: 11.5 x 24 cm (4 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Stenciled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.100plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyesOverall: 32.7 x 46 cm (12 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.); Mounted: 39.4 x 52.7 cm (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)Gift of Joseph F. Sindelar©
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century
1918.230velvetOverall: 55.9 x 47 cm (22 x 18 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 18th century
1918.264velvetOverall: 22.5 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Shaped horse trapping
India
1927.376velvet, brocaded and pile warp substitution: silk and gilt-metal threadAverage: 26.1 x 23.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Vase
Lena Bergstrom (Swedish, b. 1961) and 1 other
2000.198glassOverall: 20.5 x 15.4 x 10.3 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/16 x 4 1/16 in.)Gift of Lillian and Derek Ostergard in loving memory of William Gerhauser©
Velvet Segment
Italy, early 19th century
1916.1386velvetOverall: 77.5 x 71.1 cm (30 1/2 x 28 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
India, 17th century
1918.219velvetOverall: 16.5 x 41 cm (6 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.265velvetOverall: 46 x 16.5 cm (18 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th-17th century
1918.280velvetOverall: 14 x 37 cm (5 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, 16th century
1918.919velvetOverall: 50.1 x 57.1 cm (19 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Panel "Kashan Velvet"
Iran, 19th century
1940.360velvetOverall: 100.3 x 75.6 cm (39 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)Gift of Mrs. Chester C. BoltonCCCC0
Half Armor for the Foot Tournament
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
1996.299etched and gilded steel, brass rivets, leather and velvet fittingsOverall: 31.7 x 27.7 x 21.6 cm (12 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)John L. Severance FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment in Two Pieces
Iran or Iraq, 14th century
1918.30velvet, lancé, silk and Cyprian gold around silk coreOverall: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Panel
Iran, 19th century
1916.1382velvetOverall: 80 x 51.5 cm (31 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 2nd half 17th century
1918.258velvetOverall: 24.5 x 17.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 18th century
1918.308velvetOverall: 46.5 x 51 cm (18 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?)
Italy, early 15th century
1939.45velvet (cut and voided); silkOverall: 49.5 x 25.1 cm (19 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.227velvetOverall: 31.5 x 29.3 cm (12 3/8 x 11 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 2nd half 17th century
1918.228velvetOverall: 37.8 x 33 cm (14 7/8 x 13 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.270velvetOverall: 66.5 x 24 cm (26 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.275velvetOverall: 53 x 48 cm (20 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.279velvetOverall: 37 x 24 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th - early 18th century
1918.882velvetOverall: 25 x 41.9 cm (9 13/16 x 16 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.224velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 28 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th-17th century
1927.367velvet (cut and uncut)Overall: 44.4 x 23.5 cm (17 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Panel
Iran, 18th-19th century
1915.662velvetOverall: 99.4 x 63.5 cm (39 1/8 x 25 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic TrustCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.257velvetOverall: 26 x 18 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 18th century
1918.259velvetOverall: 20.5 x 40 cm (8 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.262velvetOverall: 17 x 12 cm (6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 17th century
1918.261velvetOverall: 10 x 13.5 cm (3 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Cover
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1378velvetOverall: 101.6 x 61.6 cm (40 x 24 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.234velvetOverall: 38.5 x 50.5 cm (15 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.250velvetOverall: 19 x 26 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.269velvetOverall: 43.5 x 19 cm (17 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.271velvetOverall: 70.3 x 37 cm (27 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.272velvetOverall: 58.5 x 35 cm (23 1/16 x 13 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Stenciled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.103plain silk cloth stencilled with vegetable dyesOverall: 11.7 x 44.5 cm (4 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.); Mounted: 18.4 x 50.3 cm (7 1/4 x 19 13/16 in.)Gift of Joseph F. SindelarCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1918.251velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 24 x 21.3 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Spain, 16th century
1918.247velvet; silk and metallic threadOverall: 43 x 14.5 cm (16 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 17th century
1927.365velvet (cut and uncut)Overall: 57.1 x 43.8 cm (22 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th- early 17th century
1946.402velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 24.1 x 14.3 cm (9 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)Gift of Henry Hunt ClarkCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.218velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 78.8 x 17.8 cm (31 x 7 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Spain, 16th century
1918.210velvet; silk and metallic threadOverall: 29.3 x 59.7 cm (11 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1942.836velvet; silkOverall: 193 x 55.3 cm (76 x 21 3/4 in.)Bequest of John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Brocaded Velvet
Italy, late 14th century
1918.229velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile, and uncut, voided, brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 64.8 x 29.2 cm (25 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet
France or Spain, early 17th century
1918.233stamped velvetOverall: 62.5 x 45.7 cm (24 5/8 x 18 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet
France or Spain, 17th century
1918.237stamped velvetOverall: 47.3 x 52 cm (18 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet cushion cover
Turkey
1916.1681velvetAverage: 106.7 x 65.4 cm (42 x 25 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragments Sewn Together
Italy, late 16th century
1918.214velvetOverall: 37 x 39.5 cm (14 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1946.418velvet; silkOverall: 74.9 x 9.3 cm (29 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Radio Waves
H. A. Elsberg (French)
1939.49jacquard weave; velvet and gold filéOverall: 95 x 79.4 cm (37 3/8 x 31 1/4 in.)Gift of the Estate of H. A. Elsberg©
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.223velvet weave (cut and voided): silk threadOverall: 63 x 55.3 cm (24 13/16 x 21 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.281velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 48.3 x 18.5 cm (19 x 7 5/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1940.604velvet (cut and voided); silkOverall: 66.7 x 57.5 cm (26 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.)Bequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, 17th century
1929.903velvetOverall: 98 x 27 cm (38 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.235velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile)Overall: 38 x 52 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Strip
Italy, 17th century
1927.364velvet (cut and uncut); silk and metal threadOverall: 25.4 x 50.8 cm (10 x 20 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, first third of 17th century
1952.553velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 80.7 x 58.8 cm (31 3/4 x 23 1/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Stamped Velvet
Spain, 17th century
1918.213velvet (cut and stamped): silkOverall: 36 x 16.5 cm (14 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - early 17th century
1946.403velvet (cut and uncut); silkAverage: 14.6 x 16.5 cm (5 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)Gift of Henry Hunt ClarkCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.480velvet (cut and uncut), on a white satin groundOverall: 7.6 x 6 cm (3 x 2 3/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Cut Silk Velvet
France, 19th century
1931.447velvet; silkOverall: 38.5 x 29.3 cm (15 3/16 x 11 9/16 in.)Gift of H. A. ElsbergCCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, 17th century
1942.835velvet; silkOverall: 254 x 50.2 cm (100 x 19 3/4 in.)Bequest of John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, 16th century
1952.555velvet (cut and voided); silk Average: 114.6 x 39.1 cm (45 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 16th century
1918.231velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silkOverall: 42.3 x 51.2 cm (16 5/8 x 20 3/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.239velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 33 x 34.3 cm (13 x 13 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together
Italy, 15th century
1918.236velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 39 x 33 cm (15 3/8 x 13 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Lucca or Venice ?, first half 15th century
1926.508velvet (cut, voided, brocaded); silk and metal threadOverall: 41.9 x 59.4 cm (16 1/2 x 23 3/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragments
Spain, early 16th century
1940.603velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadBequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.302velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 55.9 x 48.3 cm (22 x 19 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Spain, late 15th century
1918.211velvet; silk and metallic threadAverage: 54 x 21.6 cm (21 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.217velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 49.5 x 20.4 cm (19 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.912velvet (cut and voided); silk Overall: 42.2 x 59 cm (16 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, early 18th Century
1918.246velvet weave: silk: metal threadOverall: 24.8 x 22.3 cm (9 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, late 16th - early 17th century
1946.404velvet (cut and uncut); silkAverage: 28.1 x 19 cm (11 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)Gift of Henry Hunt ClarkCCCC0
Velvet Textile
Italy, Genoa ?, second half of 17th century
1918.312velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 90.2 x 24.2 cm (35 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.479velvet (cut, uncut, and voided); silk and gold threadOverall: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Wool Velvet
Spain, 16th century
1944.324velvet (cut and voided): woolAverage: 49.6 x 20.4 cm (19 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift of Adolph LoewiCCCC0
Velvet Band
Italy, 16th-17th century
1920.1465velvet (cut and uncut); silk and metal threadOverall: 92.7 x 9.8 cm (36 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)General Income FundCCCC0
Length of Velvet
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1376velvet (cut and uncut); silk and flat gold wireOverall: 44.8 x 55.6 cm (17 5/8 x 21 7/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Fragment of Border
India, 17th century
1924.1039velvetOverall: 34.3 x 70.2 cm (13 1/2 x 27 5/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.475velvet (cut and voided); silkOverall: 5.4 x 8.6 cm (2 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
"Ferronnerie" Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.240velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 24.5 x 24.8 cm (9 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Gothic Velvet
Spain, 15th century
1918.244velvet; silk and metallic threadAverage: 14.6 x 15 cm (5 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet
Spain, first half of 17th century
1918.267velvet (cut and stamped): silkOverall: 24 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.481velvet (cut, uncut, supplementary weft); silkOverall: 6.7 x 8.6 cm (2 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, Milan ?, late 14th-early 15th Century
1918.36velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metalOverall: 26.7 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.915velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metalOverall: 72.7 x 38.8 cm (28 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble
Italy, beginning of the 15th century
1951.493velvet (cut and voided); silkAverage: 108 x 50.5 cm (42 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Fragments of Velvet (So-Called Velours Jardiniers)
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1379velvet; silk and metallic threadOverall: 97.8 x 60.3 cm (38 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.242velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded)Overall: 23.9 x 27 cm (9 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Divan Cushion
Turkey, 17th century
1916.1385velvet; silk (formerly on silver ground, which is now worn and darned)Average: 119.4 x 64.2 cm (47 x 25 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Spain, 15th century
1918.253velvet (cut, uncut and brocaded); silk and gold threadAverage: 21.3 x 27.7 cm (8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
France, early 20th century
1993.178velvet, ikat dyed; silkOverall: 160.4 x 58.4 cm (63 1/8 x 23 in.)Gift of Mrs. William J. RobertsonCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy or Spain, 15th century
1918.923velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile, voided, brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 8.9 x 17.8 cm (3 1/2 x 7 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.252velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 28 x 47 cm (11 x 18 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragments of Velvet Brocade
Spain, 16th century
1918.911brocaded silk velvetOverall: 54.3 x 26.5 cm (21 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Velvet Brocade
Italy ?, late 17th or early 18th century
1918.23brocaded silk velvetOverall: 55.9 x 47.6 cm (22 x 18 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment with Lobed Palmette Pattern
Italy, 15th century
1918.241velvet, cut and voided; silkOverall: 23.5 x 18.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1918.284velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 18.5 x 72.4 cm (7 5/16 x 28 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Brocade
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
1916.1680velvet brocade, gold threadOverall: 289.6 x 190.5 cm (114 x 75 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet BrocadeTextile
Italy, mid-16th century
1918.900velvet brocade, silkOverall: 28.6 x 61.6 cm (11 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Altar Hanging
Italy, 17th century
1916.1381velvetOverall: 114.9 x 129.5 cm (45 1/4 x 51 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Velvet Strip
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1916.1387Velvet and gold thread; brocadeOverall: 178.1 x 54.6 cm (70 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Textile
Italy, early 17th century
1918.40velvetOverall: 66 x 27.9 cm (26 x 11 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.478velvetOverall: 6.7 x 3.5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment
India, 6th-16th century
1982.294velvetOverall: 53.5 x 17.5 cm (21 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Embroidered Strip of Velvet
Spain, 16th century
1939.153embroidery: silk and gold thread on velvet, fringe borderAverage: 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 CollectionCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, second half of 15th century
1949.164velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadAverage: 57.2 x 31.1 cm (22 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Khanjar dagger
India
1930.708Jade hilt with iron and gold; steel blade with iron and gold; wood sheath covered in velvet with metallic threadOverall: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.)Gift of S. D. WrightCCCC0
Stencilled Velvet
Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other
1948.104plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyesAverage: 25.1 x 47 cm (9 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)Gift of Joseph F. SindelarCCCC0
Velvet Brocade Textile
Italy, late 16th century
1918.897velvet (brocaded); silk and metalOverall: 19.7 x 50.8 cm (7 3/4 x 20 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Cushion Cover
Italy, Genoa, 18th century
1916.1384velvetOverall: 124.5 x 66 cm (49 x 26 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.477velvetOverall: 8.9 x 11.3 cm (3 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Velvet
Spain, 15th century
1951.494velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded); silk and silver-gilt stripsAverage: 69.9 x 31.5 cm (27 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1940.493velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 21 x 40.7 cm (8 1/4 x 16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?)
Italy, 15th century
1918.916velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 76.5 x 25.7 cm (30 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Brocaded Textile
Italy, late 16th century
1918.903velvet (brocaded)Overall: 36.2 x 40 cm (14 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy, 15th century
1951.495velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile and brocaded): silk and gold threadAverage: 113 x 32.4 cm (44 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Velvet Fragment
Italy or Spain, 15th century
1918.924velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile, voided, brocaded): silk and gold threadOverall: 19.1 x 21.6 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment with Floral Pattern
Spain, 17th century
1918.21velvet with two levels of cut pile; silkAverage: 56.5 x 16.5 cm (22 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Chalice Veil
Italy, Genoa, 17th century
1916.1437velvetOverall: 56.7 x 56.7 cm (22 5/16 x 22 5/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
fragment
China, 18th century
1918.314velvetOverall: 51 x 65 cm (20 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.476velvetOverall: 19.7 x 10.5 cm (7 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment of Brocaded Velvet
Spain, 16th century
1954.316velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk and metalAverage: 111.5 x 56.5 cm (43 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Portrait of a Man, possibly Girolamo Rosati
Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, 1480–1556)
1950.250oil on canvasFramed: 135.9 x 128 x 8.6 cm (53 1/2 x 50 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 108.2 x 100.5 cm (42 5/8 x 39 9/16 in.)Gift of the Hanna FundCCCC0
Fragment of Wool Velvet
Spain, early 16th century
1944.323woolAverage: 33 x 38.1 cm (13 x 15 in.)Gift of Adolph LoewiCCCC0
Fragment of a Stola
Italy, late 17th century
1918.283velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 44.5 x 20 cm (17 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Cushion Cover
Italy, 19th century
1916.1380velvet; silk and metallic threadOverall: 104.1 x 59.1 cm (41 x 23 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Fragment
Italy, first half of 16th century
1918.18silk velvetOverall: 86.4 x 17.2 cm (34 x 6 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Cloth of Gold
Spain, 16th century
1918.243silk velvetOverall: 9 x 21.5 cm (3 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Length of silk velvet ikat
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
2006.153Silk: warp ikat, velvet weaveMounted: 75.9 x 40.6 cm (29 7/8 x 16 in.); Overall: 69.2 x 33.7 cm (27 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)Gift of Guido GoldmanCCCC0
Silk Fragment
China, 18th century
1927.292velvet (cut and voided)Overall: 34.3 x 31.8 cm (13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)Gift of H. A. ElsbergCCCC0
Chasuble Front
Turkey, 16th century
1915.677velvet; silk and metallic threadAverage: 104.8 x 64.8 cm (41 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic TrustCCCC0
Fragment
Iran, 17th century
1946.415velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded); silk and gilded silver stripsOverall: 10.2 x 55.3 cm (4 x 21 3/4 in.)Gift of The Textile Arts ClubCCCC0
Border Fragment
Italy, late 17th century
1918.904velvet (cut and uncut); silkOverall: 38.1 x 43.2 cm (15 x 17 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Velourau Sable
France, Germany, Switzerland, America?, late 19th - early 20th century
1940.1243velvet weave, silkOverall: 150.3 x 18.4 cm (59 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)Transfer from Education Art CollectionCCCC0
Gold-Thread Embroidered Garment for a Woman
Prizrend, Serbia, or Scutari, Albani, late 19th century
1943.381silk, velvet; gold- and silver-thread: bands, cords, couched embroideryOverall: 117 x 170.2 cm (46 1/16 x 67 in.)Gift of Jeannette Cox MorrillCCCC0
Pieces from Disassembled Cape
Italy, 15th century
1951.496velvet (cut and voided); silkAverage: 56.5 x 100.5 cm (22 1/4 x 39 9/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Textile: Midnight Sun
H. A. Elsberg (French)
1939.50jacquard weave; velvet and gold filéOverall: 123.7 x 79.8 cm (48 11/16 x 31 7/16 in.)Gift of the Estate of H. A. Elsberg©
Fragment of a Chasuble
Italy, 15th century
1918.216velvet (cut and voided); silk and metalOverall: 48.8 x 24.7 cm (19 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Door curtain
Iran, Qajar period (1779-1925)
1916.1388velvet ikat: silkOverall: 151.1 x 121.9 cm (59 1/2 x 48 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Woman’s Robe (munisak)
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
2009.267Silk: velvet ikatOverall: 132.1 x 150 cm (52 x 59 1/16 in.)Gift of Arlene C. CooperCCCC0
Wall Hanging
China, 20th century
1917.379velvet brocade, gold threadOverall: 340.3 x 185.4 cm (134 x 73 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King©
Cushion cover
Turkey
1916.1389velvet, brocaded: silk and metal threadAverage: 121.3 x 59.1 cm (47 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Textile Fragment
France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
1940.482velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silkOverall: 48.2 x 20 cm (19 x 7 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Floorspread with medallion pattern
India, Gujarat, probably Ahmedabad
2001.35velvet, solid pile and pile-warp substitution: silkOverall: 285 x 165.8 cm (112 3/16 x 65 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Wall Hanging
China, 20th century
1917.380velvet brocade, gold threadOverall: 350.4 x 188 cm (137 15/16 x 74 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King©
Fragment
India, 17th century
1946.420velvet (brocaded); silk and metalOverall: 75 x 47.3 cm (29 1/2 x 18 5/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band
Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz (orphrey)
1950.85Velvet: cut pile and voided; silk, gold and silver thread: embroidery; split and couching stitchesOverall: 122.2 x 73.7 cm (48 1/8 x 29 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Embroidered Velvet
India, 18th century
1916.1375embroidery; velvet decorated with silverOverall: 57.2 x 41.3 cm (22 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Fragment
Italy, first half of 16th century
1918.26brocaded silk velvetOverall: 100 x 20.3 cm (39 3/8 x 8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Fragment
India, Jaipur, 19th century
1925.681embroidery; silk and gold filé on silk velvet groundOverall: 64.8 x 14.9 cm (25 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Embroidered Fragments
Spain, 16th century
1916.1455appliqué embroidery, couched gold on velvetOverall: 111.8 x 82.6 cm (44 x 32 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Placket and Cuffs
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1956.788Velvet, cottonOverall: 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.); Average: 12.5 x 30 cm (4 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)Anonymous gift in memory of Sarah Ann MorrisonCCCC0
Chasuble
Spain, late 16th century
1956.807Silk, velvet, embroidery on orphrey metallic thread, or nué (shaded gold)Overall: 114.3 x 62.2 cm (45 x 24 1/2 in.)The Fanny Tewksbury King CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Door Hanging
India, 18th century
1916.1212velvetOverall: 32.4 x 97.2 cm (12 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?)
Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century
1916.1787gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holderOverall: 33 x 34 x 21.3 cm (13 x 13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Vest
Dalmatia, Late 19th century
1938.17velvet, gold braid, sequinsOverall: 30 x 42 cm (11 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.)Gift of Mrs. Margaret SpencerCCCC0
Fire Screen
France, 18th century
1960.105wood and velvet panelOverall: 109.9 x 77.5 x 38.8 cm (43 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland HalleCCCC0
Fragment
Spain, second half of 16th century
1918.885brocaded silk with metal threadAverage: 26.1 x 40.7 cm (10 1/4 x 16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Brocade Textile
Italy, 17th century
1918.891brocade; silk and metalOverall: 38.1 x 27.9 cm (15 x 11 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Akbar and Jahangir Examine a Ghir Falcon while Prince Khusrau Stands Behind
Mughal India
2013.317gum tempera and gold on paperPage: 35.8 x 23.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Linstock
France, 17th century
1916.1786steel; octagonal wood haft covered with green velvet, brass studsOverall: 201 cm (79 1/8 in.); Blade: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Costume
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
1976.188cotton, velvet, flannel, leather, dye, probably wood, cowrie shells, metalOverall: 152.4 x 58.4 x 40.6 cm (60 x 23 x 16 in.)Gift of Katherine C. WhiteCCCC0
Gorget (from a funerary achievement?)
Netherlands(?), late 16th-early 17th Century
1916.1806gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holderOverall: 32.4 x 24.8 x 19.1 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
1976.187cotton, velvet, flannel, dye, faux fur, leather, cowrie shellsOverall: 167.6 x 66 x 40.6 cm (66 x 26 x 16 in.)Gift of Katherine C. WhiteCCCC0
Velvet fragment from a palace curtain
Iran
1915.668taquete silkOverall: 190.1 x 122.6 cm (74 13/16 x 48 1/4 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic TrustCCCC0
Little Velvet Dress
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)
1924.64etchingGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph KingCCCC0
National Champion Velvet Mesquite, Arizona
Barbara Bosworth (American, b. 1953)
2005.356gelatin silver printImage: 24.8 x 59.6 cm (9 3/4 x 23 7/16 in.); Paper: 30 x 60.5 cm (11 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 81.3 cm (18 x 32 in.)Gift of Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz©
Crazy Quilt
Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911)
2000.63silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transferOverall: 186.7 x 182.9 cm (73 1/2 x 72 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John MorriseyCCCC0
Run
Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) and 2 others
2020.79softground etchingImage: 25.4 x 30.2 cm (10 x 11 7/8 in.)Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund©
The Annunciation
Johann Michael Düchert (German, 1725–1799)
1981.12ivory, ebony, velvet, in the original gilded and glazed frameFramed: 56.5 x 41.9 x 6.3 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 33.5 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (13 3/16 x 10 x 1 3/8 in.)John L. Severance FundCCCC0
Embroidered Velvet Rectangle
India, 19th century
1916.1374embroidery; silk and gold filé on linenOverall: 57.2 x 41.3 cm (22 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1926.478etching and engravingSheet: 15.1 x 13.1 cm (5 15/16 x 5 3/16 in.); Platemark: 14.8 x 13 cm (5 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)Bequest of Ralph KingCCCC0
Jacket
Macedonia or Albania, 19th century
1934.275velvet; metallic embroideryOverall: 30.5 x 154.3 cm (12 x 60 3/4 in.)Gift of the Estate of Samuel E. DettelbachCCCC0
Cap
India
1916.1477Velvet embroidered with gilt-silver–wrapped silk thread (zari); silk: lining; rubies, pearls, and spinelsOverall: 6.3 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (2 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Untitled Anxious Man
Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) and 2 others
2020.77softground etchingImage: 60.3 x 50.2 cm (23 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund©
Untitled Anxious Crowd
Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977) and 2 others
2020.78softground etchingImage: 50.5 x 61.3 cm (19 7/8 x 24 1/8 in.)Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund©
Studies of a Costume, Sleeve, and Hand
Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785)
1996.210black chalk (costume) and red chalk (sleeve and hand)Sheet: 24.7 x 18.4 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 35 x 27.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)Gift of the Artemis Group/David Carritt, Ltd.CCCC0
Virgin and Child, with Saints Anthony Abbott, Mark, Severino, and Sebastian
Lorenzo da Sanseverino (Italian, 1468–1500)
1916.800tempera on gold wood panelFramed: 144 x 84.5 x 5 cm (56 11/16 x 33 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 128.9 x 76 cm (50 3/4 x 29 15/16 in.)Holden CollectionCCCC0
No image available
Italy, early 16th century
1915.670velvetOverall: 76.2 x 48.3 cm (30 x 19 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic TrustCCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1967.213plain weave cottonOverall: 166.7 x 72.4 cm (65 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.)Gift of Louise G. SchroederCCCC0
Embroidered Sleeve from a Dalmatic
Italy, Florence, 16th century
1998.51Silk, gold and silver thread; velvet, embroidery: or nué (shaded gold), split, satin, and couching stitchesOverall: 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 FundCCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1937.244cotton, printedOverall: 97.2 x 69.2 cm (38 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.)Educational Purchase FundCCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1937.243cotton, printedOverall: 152.4 x 71.8 cm (60 x 28 1/4 in.)Educational Purchase FundCCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1937.246cotton, printedOverall: 118.1 x 71.8 cm (46 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.)Educational Purchase FundCCCC0
Reproduction of a Florentine Velvet
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)
1971.1055plain weave cotton, printedOverall: 199.4 x 67.9 cm (78 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)Gift of Mrs. Edd A. RugglesCCCC0
Curtain
Italy, 17th century
1940.533silk velvet with metal thread embroidered valance and passementerieOverall: 241.9 x 161 cm (95 1/4 x 63 3/8 in.)Bequest of Mrs. James ParmeleeCCCC0
Sword with scabbard
India, perhaps Deccan
1930.706Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threadsOverall: 99 cm (39 in.)Gift of S. D. WrightCCCC0
Woman's Costume (Collar)
Italy, Sicily, 19th century
1931.445.hvelvet (black) with metal thread embroidery and lace edgingAverage: 7.7 x 109.3 cm (3 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.)Presented by Mrs. Grace Studebaker FishCCCC0
Woman's Costume (Cuff)
Italy, Sicily, 19th century
1931.445.ivelvet (black) with metal thread embroidery and lace edgingOverall: 8.9 x 24.8 cm (3 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)Presented by Mrs. Grace Studebaker FishCCCC0
Woman's Costume (Cuff)
Italy, Sicily, 19th century
1931.445.jvelvet (black) with metal thread embroidery and lace edgingOverall: 8.9 x 24.8 cm (3 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)Presented by Mrs. Grace Studebaker FishCCCC0
Self-Portrait in Velvet Cap with Plume
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1942.874etching with engravingSheet: 11.2 x 10.4 cm (4 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)Gift of Robert Hays GriesCCCC0
Tulwar sword
India, probably Deccan
1930.704Iron hilt with gold; steel blade with gold; wood scabbard with velvet and metallic threadOverall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.)Gift of S. D. WrightCCCC0
Women's Jacket
Turkey ?, late 19th century (?)
1945.78velvet decorated with gold twisted cords; modern cotton liningOverall: 26 x 141 cm (10 1/4 x 55 1/2 in.)Gift of Mrs. Albert ThompsonCCCC0
The Virgin Crowned by Angels
Stefan Lochner (German, 1400-c. 1452)
1968.20oil on woodFramed: 68.5 x 47.5 x 7.5 cm (26 15/16 x 18 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 50.5 x 29.2 cm (19 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.)John L. Severance FundCCCC0
Fragment of the Border of a Velvet Carpet
India, 16th century
1929.847Average: 30.5 x 17.2 cm (12 x 6 3/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Chateau de Chaumont Set
France, Lyon(?), early 16th century
1960.176silk and wool; tapestry weaveAverage: 321.8 x 452 cm (126 11/16 x 177 15/16 in.)John L. Severance FundCCCC0
Pair of Pharmacy Bottles
Italy, Papal States, Faenza
1943.52tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Katar dagger
India, Mughal
1985.119Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlayOverall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)Gift of Morris and Eleanor EverettCCCC0
Partisan
France, 17th century
1916.33steel, gilt, etched and chiselledOverall: 209.5 cm (82 1/2 in.); Blade: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Untitled (Pair of Portraits)
Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)
2017.8Photographs on enamel in copper alloy frame with velvet linerEach: 7.7 x 6.2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)John Cook Memorial FundCCCC0
Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag
Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) People
1982.61plain weave cotton, twill weave wool, velvet, plaited wool binding, wool tassels, glass beadsAverage: 107.3 x 33 cm (42 1/4 x 13 in.)James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial FundCCCC0
The Trinity
Laurent Girardin (French, 1478)
1960.79oil on woodFramed: 134.5 x 114.5 x 8 cm (52 15/16 x 45 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 114 x 94.5 cm (44 7/8 x 37 3/16 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
Partisan
France, 17th century
1916.1795steel, etched; octagonal wood haft with studs and leather; remnants of velvet tasselOverall: 217.2 cm (85 1/2 in.); Blade: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. SeveranceCCCC0
Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le...
Nicolas de Largillière (French, 1656–1746)
1970.31oil on canvasFramed: 108.5 x 91.5 x 11 cm (42 11/16 x 36 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 80.6 x 63.8 cm (31 3/4 x 25 1/8 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
Baron FitzGibbon
Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
1919.910oil on canvasFramed: 272 x 181 x 11 cm (107 1/16 x 71 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 245 x 154 cm (96 7/16 x 60 5/8 in.)General Income FundCCCC0
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy
Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864)
2000.17oil on canvas, original frameFramed: 173.5 x 134 x 14 cm (68 5/16 x 52 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 133.4 x 92.7 cm (52 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.)Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. FundCCCC0
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama ...
Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605)
1971.76gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 22.9 x 12.1 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.); Sheet with border: 34.7 x 22.5 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Set of Three Fish in Original Box
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
2009.30agate, holly, silk velvetOverall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)Gift of Howard F. StirnCCCC0
No image available
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
1918.560satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silkGeneral Income FundCCCC0
Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg
Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920) and 2 others
1963.673gold, silver gilt, enamel, glass, ivoryOverall: 8.6 x 6.4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)The India Early Minshall Collection©
Embroidered Fragment
India, 18th or 19th century
1916.1369embroidery; gold on velvetOverall: 111.8 x 94 cm (44 x 37 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Circular Piece
India, 18th century
1916.1373embroidery; velvet decorated with silverOverall: 81.5 x 82.6 cm (32 1/16 x 32 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Portrait of a Man
Christian Friedrich Zincke (German, 1683/85–1767)
1940.1221enamel on copper in a gold frame with a blue glass and hair reverseFramed: 5.1 x 4.3 cm (2 x 1 11/16 in.); Unframed: 4.5 x 3.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)The Edward B. Greene CollectionCCCC0
Self-Portrait
Joseph Paelinck (Belgian, 1781–1839)
1937.575oil on canvasFramed: 114 x 94.5 x 7.5 cm (44 7/8 x 37 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 89 x 69.3 cm (35 1/16 x 27 5/16 in.)Gift of Elisabeth Ireland and Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr., in memory of their mother, Mrs. Perry W. HarveyCCCC0
The Blue Optimist
Jane Kent (American, 1952-)
2007.16watercolor, black ink, and graphiteImage: 44.7 x 34.6 cm (17 5/8 x 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59.7 x 46 cm (23 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland©
Brocaded Silk Cushion Cover & Iranian Striped Silk Surround
Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, Ottoman period
2007.13silk, gilt-metal thread; lampas weaveOverall: 141 x 68.4 cm (55 1/2 x 26 15/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Inkstand
Continental, 19th century
1916.350fused red and green glass (?) mounted with gold, pearl, jewels; interior lined with velvetOverall: 8.9 x 7 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
The Blue Optimist
Jane Kent (American, 1952-)
2007.14color aquatint, mezzotint, and routletteSheet: 58.1 x 48 cm (22 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.); Image: 38.1 x 30.2 cm (15 x 11 7/8 in.)Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland©
The Blue Optimist, B.A.T.
Jane Kent (American, 1952-)
2007.15color aquatint, mezzotint, and routletteSheet: 58.3 x 48.1 cm (22 15/16 x 18 15/16 in.); Image: 38.1 x 30.2 cm (15 x 11 7/8 in.)Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland©
Two Beaded Panels
Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?
1939.210glass beads on woolOverall: 38.1 x 10.8 cm (15 x 4 1/4 in.)Gift of Mrs. F. J. FertigCCCC0
Untitled (Case with portraits of a man and woman and hair ornaments)
19th century
2017.9Photographs: photographs on enamel, framed in copper alloy metal frames; hair lockets: hair with pen and black and ink on cream-colored backing; case: leather with metal push-clasp and velvet-lined interiorImage: 3.5 x 3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.); Case: 9 x 5 x 1 cm (3 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)John Cook Memorial FundCCCC0
The Dream
Will Barnet (American, 1911–2012) and 1 other
2003.59color lithographSheet: 70.7 x 48.3 cm (27 13/16 x 19 in.); Image: 61.5 x 40.6 cm (24 3/16 x 16 in.)Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland©
The Dream
Will Barnet (American, 1911–2012) and 1 other
2003.60color lithographSheet: 70.5 x 48.2 cm (27 3/4 x 19 in.); Image: 61.5 x 40.6 cm (24 3/16 x 16 in.)Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland©
Beaded Bag
America, 19th century
1924.801glassbeads, crocheted with silk thread, metal purse frame, velvet ribbonAverage: 26.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)Bequest of Mary C. TaylorCCCC0
Black and White Lilies III
Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976)
2001.90gelatin silver printImage: 23.7 x 19 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 30.1 x 24.6 cm (11 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund©
Hand Seal: Original Fitted Presentation Box
Hjalmar Armfelt (Finnish, 1873–1959) and 1 other
1966.487.1holly wood; silk and velvet-lined; fitted for Hand SealBox: 2.6 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm (1 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)The India Early Minshall Collection©
Kennet
William Morris (British, 1834–1896)
1937.698plain weave cotton, printedOverall: 90.2 x 97.8 cm (35 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)Gift of Mrs. Henry ChisholmCCCC0
Embroidered Headdress
Germany, Schleswig, 18th century
1919.856embroidery, velvet ground embroidered with gold and silver thread; edged with gold laceOverall: 39.4 x 28.6 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)Gift of Max LittwitzCCCC0
The Caprichos:  A Bad Night
Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1997.54etching and aquatintSheet: 26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); Image: 18.9 x 13.2 cm (7 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.); Platemark: 21.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Embroidered Fragment
Turkey, 19th century
1940.590embroidery: silk and metal filé on silk velvet ground; cotton backingAverage: 26.1 x 25.7 cm (10 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)Bequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, text on versoPage: 17.8 x 12.5 cm (7 x 4 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Writing Set
John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other
2009.39hardstones including lapis lazuli, malachite, carnelian, agate, gold; original fitted velvet-lined caseOverall: 6.4 x 1.3 x 2 cm (2 1/2 x 1/2 x 13/16 in.)Gift of Howard F. StirnCCCC0
Embroidered Cover
India, 19th century
1916.1364embroidery: silk, metal, and cotton thread on cotton ground; silk edging and velvet appliquéOverall: 125 x 88 cm (49 3/16 x 34 5/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Saddle Blanket
America, Native North American, Plains, Dakota, Lakota(Sioux), 19th century
1970.550velvet, leather, beads, silk, metal, sinew sewn, lazy squaw stitch; white cotton liningOverall: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. G. A. KositzkyCCCC0
Portrait of Lieutenant General Daniel Burr
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
1942.1156watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverseFramed: 8.8 x 7.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 13/16 in.); Sight: 8.4 x 6.8 cm (3 5/16 x 2 11/16 in.)The Edward B. Greene CollectionCCCC0
Leo Lehmann
Rudolf Lehmann (German, 1819–1905)
1980.268oil on fabricUnframed: 67.5 x 55.5 cm (26 9/16 x 21 7/8 in.)Bequest of Noah L. ButkinCCCC0
Chasuble Fragment with Realistic Animals
Italy
1947.294Silk, gold thread; lampas weaveOverall: 115.6 x 33.7 cm (45 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.); Mounted: 120.7 x 36.8 cm (47 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough
John Linnell (British, 1792–1882)
2010.461watercolor on ivory heightened with gum arabicFramed: 23.4 x 20.7 cm (9 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.); Unframed: 11.3 x 8.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Embroidered Divan Cover (?)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1305embroidery: silk, and metal filé twisted around silk core, couched with silk, on velvet ground; cotton backingAverage: 163.8 x 108.6 cm (64 1/2 x 42 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0