title: Horse (Tomb Figure)

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century, with restored head and neck

medium: Buff earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and molded decoration

country: China

subjects:
Earthenware
China
Animal
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of Russell Tyson


title: Cong

creator: China

date: Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2400 B.C.

medium: Jade

subjects:
Jade
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ritual object

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Portrait of Wen Zhengming

creator: Artist unknown

date: late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

medium: Album leaf; ink and light color on silk

subjects:
Painting
China
Portraits
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Asian art
Photograph
Photography

credit_line: S. M. Nickerson Fund


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

date: Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Album leaf; ink and colors on silk

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Slit Disc

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 B.C.)

subjects:
Jade
China
Asian art

credit_line: Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection


title: Ring with raised lines

date: Shang dynasty (c.1600–1050 BC)


title: Coiled Dragon

date: late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th century

subjects:
Jade
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Knife Hilt with Deer-Head Pommel

creator: India

date: 18th century

medium: Jade with rubies

country: India

subjects:
Jade
India
South asian
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Dagger Hilt with Floral Designs

subjects:
Jade
India
Flowers
South asian
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Bird with Stylized Plumage

subjects:
Jade
China
Birds
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Swan


title: Pricket Candlestick

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark (1736–1795), 18th/19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Candleholder
Ceramic
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Russell Tyson


title: Pair of Miniature Candlestands with Petal-lobed Nozzles

date: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), late 13th century

medium: Qingbai-type ware; glazed porcelain

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Axe

date: Shang dynasty (c.1600–1046 BC)


title: Lacquer Saddle

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century

medium: red lacquer carved on brown lacquer base, iron mountings and fittings

subjects:
Lacquer
China
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Axe

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 B.C.)


title: Axe


title: Arrowhead


title: Dagger-Axe


title: Dagger Axe


title: Dagger- Axe


title: Dagger-Blade (Ge)

date:
Shang dynasty ( c. 1600–1046 B.C.),
middle/late Shang

subjects:
Jade
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Arms


title: Dagger axe


title: Ceremonial Stand / Disc


title: Handle shaped object


title: Bead, flattened cylinder

date: Shang dynasty (c.1600–1046 BCE)


title: Applique, animal mask


title: Disc


title: Bead, crouching buffalo.


title: Pendant, buffalo head.


title: Pendant, animal mask


title: Pendant, curved with two rabbits.


title: Pendant, rabbit.


title: Pendant, sheep head


title: Bead


title: Pendant, cicada


title: Fitting, with double-line incised motif

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050BC)


title: Pendant, cicada


title: Pendant


title: Pendant

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1050 B.C.)


title: Blade

date: Late Neolithic (3000BCE-2000BCE)


title: Dagger axe


title: Blade


title: Axe


title: Disc


title: Ring


title: Slit Disc


title: Bead

date: Early Western Zhou dynasty (1047BC-772BC)


title: Ring


title: Pendant, animal mask


title: Pendant

date: Shang (1600-1050BCE)/Early Western Zhou Dynasty (1045-771BCE)


title: Cup

medium: Porcelain

country: Japan

subjects: Ceramic Japan

source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

source_id: met

rights_statement: Public Domain — released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) via The Met Open Access.

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923


title: Hercules and Cacus

creator: Antonio Fantuzzi

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1987


title: Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Grinling Gibbons

creator: Sir Godfrey Kneller

medium: Mezzotint

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

creator: Epiktetos


title: Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums

creator: Léon Bonvin

medium: Watercolor and gouache

credit_line: Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Bessie Potter Vonnoh, by exchange, Arthur Ross Foundation Gift, Sarah and Werner H. Kramarsky Gift, Van Day Truex Fund, Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, and Wildenstein and Co., Inc. Gift, 1996


title: Bowl

country: Chinese, for American market

credit_line: Bequest of James T. Woodward, 1910


title: Head or Figure

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Bone

country: Coptic

subjects:
Bone
Coptic
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889


title: Piece

medium: Cotton, printed

country: British

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1946


title: Shawl

date: mid-19th century

medium: wool, silk

country: Middle Eastern

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Balet, 1978


title: Bracelet

date: ca. 9th century BCE

medium: Copper, bronze

country: Iran

credit_line: Purchase, Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Gift, 1961


title: Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

date: ca. 50–40 BCE

medium: Fresco

country: Roman

subjects: Miscellaneous-painting Roman

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1903


title: Arthur St. Clair

creator: Charles Willson Peale

medium: Watercolor on ivory

country: American

credit_line: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1932


title: Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

date: 9th–early 10th century

medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1962


title: Woman's Mantle (lliclla)

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Camelid hair

country: Peruvian

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Peruvian
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993


title: Disk Brooch

date: second half 6th century

medium: Gilded silver, garnets with patterned foil backings, and pearl

country: Frankish

subjects: Metalwork-silver Frankish

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Pitcher

date: 19th century

medium: Lustreware

credit_line: Gift of Sidney H. and Helen M. Witty, 1964


title: Evening dress

creator: House of Worth

medium: silk, cotton

country: French

subjects:
Costume & fashion
French

credit_line: Gift of Miss Eva Drexel Dahlgren, 1976


title: Pendant

date: 4th–10th century

medium: Gold

country: Capulí

subjects: Metal-ornament Capulí

credit_line: Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1977


title: Bowl rim sherd

date: ca. late 3rd millennium BCE

medium: Ceramic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1972


title: Maniple

date: early 17th century

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-velvet

credit_line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1914


title: Model Tool from a Foundation Deposit

medium: Wood

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1927


title: Spirals

country: Cypriot

subjects:
Gold and silver
Cypriot

credit_line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76


title: Asymmetric Pediform Hafted Ax

date: 500 BCE–300 CE

medium: Bronze

country: Vietnam (North)

subjects:
Metalwork
Vietnam (north)

credit_line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998


title: Sir R. Jardine, from the Racing Colors of the World series (N22a) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial color lithograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Round Plaque

date: 3rd century BCE–2nd century CE

medium: Copper (hammered), gilt

country: Vicús

subjects: Metal-ornament Vicú

credit_line: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986


title: Bird

creator: Saint James's Factory

medium: Soft-paste porcelain

subjects: Birds Ceramics-porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964


medium: Terracotta

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Elevation of an Entrance to a Riding School

creator: Anonymous, French, 18th century

date: 18th century

medium: Pen and red ink, brush and red wash, over graphite underdrawing and incised guidelines on pale blue laid paper

subjects: Architecture Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2003


title: Portrait of Louise Émilie Baronne de ***

creator: Augustin de Saint-Aubin

medium: Etching; between the second and third state of five (Bocher)

subjects: Print Portraits

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954


title: Plate 9: Emperor Vitellus on Horseback, from "The First Twelve Roman Caesars"

creator: Antonio Tempesta

medium: Etching; first state of two (Bartsch)

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951


title: Bowl

date: 12th century

medium: Stonepaste; painted under transparent glaze

credit_line: The Milton A. Rauh and Florence L. Goldmark Collection. Bequest of Florence L. Goldmark, 1974


title: Button

medium: ivory, glass, catgut

country: probably European

credit_line: From the Hanna S. Kohn Collection, 1951


title: Covered vase for potpourri (one of a pair)

creator: Worcester factory


title: Head of beared man (recto), Study of an apostle (verso)

creator: Giacomo Cavedone

medium: Black chalk (or charcoal?) and highlighted with traces of white chalk on brown paper

credit_line: Gift of Burton and Sandra Freeman, 2022


title: Joseph Herr, Shortstop, Milwaukee, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

creator: Goodwin & Company

medium: Albumen photograph


title: Studies of Walking Figures

creator: Francesco Guardi

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on blue paper faded to blue-brown.  Another figure in black chalk at lower left of drawing

credit_line: Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940


title: Architectural Model

date: 1st–8th century

medium: Stone

country: Mezcala

subjects: Architecture Stone-sculpture Mezcala

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993


title: Textile Fragment

date: 4th–5th century

medium: Wool, linen; plain weave, brocaded (?)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890


title: Long Branch, from World's Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes


title: Vase fragment

country: Minoan

subjects: Vase Minoan

credit_line: Gift of the American Exploration Society, 1907


title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

creator: Owl-Pillar Group

date: late 5th century BCE

country: Greek, South Italian, Campanian

subjects:
Vase
Greek, south italian, campanian

credit_line: Museum Accession


title: Standing Female Deity, probably Durga

date: ca. last quarter of the 7th century–early 8th century

country: Cambodia or Vietnam

subjects:
Sculpture
Cambodia or vietnam

credit_line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Anonymous Gift, in honor of Martin Lerner, 2000


title: Embroidered darning sampler

medium: Silk on wool

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper, Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957


title: 仏胴 “Buddha” Cuirass (<i>Hotoke-Dō</i>)

date: 16th or early 17th century

medium: Iron, silk

country: Japanese

subjects:
Japanese
Armor parts-cuirasse

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1904


title: Terracotta fragment of a lid?

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic


title: Diana returning from the chase, accompanied by dogs and her nymphs at left, two satyrs at right

creator: Schelte Adams à Bolswert

medium: Engraving; second state of two (Hollstein)


title: Jar (Hu)

creator: China

date: Jar: Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD); decoration: 20th century

medium: Bronze with incised gilt decoration

country: China

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Vessel
Asian art

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Enlightened Protector Mahakala with Six Arms (Shadbhuja)

creator: China or Tibet

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Gilt copper alloy with traces of orange pigment

subjects:
Bronze
China
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund


title: Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing before Flaming Aureole and Holding a Water Bottle

date: Eastern or Western Wei dynasty, c. mid–5th century (rededicated 594)

medium: Gilt copper alloy

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Wine Vessel (hu or zhong)

date: Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd/1st century B.C.

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel for serving drink
Metal
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Incense Burner (Xunlu or Xianglu)

date: Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220), 1st/2nd century A.D.

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.), c. 5th century B.C.

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel for serving drink
Metal
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harold A. Rosenbaum


title: Shrine with Bodhisattva and Attendants

date: Western Wei dynasty (535-556 CE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Shrine
Asian art

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Green Tara, Seated in Pose of Royal Ease (Lalitasana), with Lotus Stalks on Right Shoulder and Hands in Gestures of Reasoning (Vitarkamudra) and Gift Conferring (Varadamudra)

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle reign mark and period (1403–24)

medium: Gilt copper alloy with traces of pigment (lapis lazuli)

credit_line: Gift of Guy H. Mitchell


title: Amitayus (Adorned Buddha)

medium: Gilt  bronze

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Deity from a Set of Five Pancharaksha Goddesses

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

medium: Gilt copper alloy with lapis, coral and malachite

subjects:
Bronze
China
Corals & anemones
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Himalayan


title: Portrait of the Seventh Dalai Lama

creator: Tibet

date: 19th century

country: Tibet

subjects:
Bronze
Tibet
Portraits
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Portrait of the Tibetan Lama Chankya Hutuktu Rolpai Dorje (1717-1786)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

medium: Brass alloy

subjects:
Bronze
China
Portraits
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Himalayan


title: Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) on lotus base

date: Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century


title: Sleeve weight

date: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Ojime
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Edith B. Farnsworth


title: Yaksha General Holding a Mongoose

date: 18th century

medium: Gilt copper

subjects:
Bronze
Tibet
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Beaker

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050 B.C.)

credit_line: Dr. Edith B. Farnsworth Collection


title: Tripod Cauldron (Ding)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 BCE), about 6th century BCE


title: Goblet (jue)

date: Ming dynasty, Tianshun period (1457–1464), 1464

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H. R. Warner


title: Tripod Cauldron (Ding)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 BCE), late 6th century BCE

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn/early Warring States period (770–222 B.C.), early 5th century B.C.

credit_line: Gift of Naomi Donnelley


title: Buddha Triumphing over Mara (Maravijaya)

date: 16th century

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Russell Tyson and Oriental Art; Oriental Purchase Account


title: Reclining Tiger

date: Western Han dynasty (206BCE–9CE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art


title: Vajradhara Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta)

date: 15th century

medium: Bronze with traces of pigment

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Newton S. Noble


title: Vajrasattva Seated on Lotus Flower with Hands Grasping a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta) with Thunderbolt Handle

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), late 8th/early 9th century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Sovereign of the Clouds of Dawn (Bixia Yuanjun)

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 14th/15th century

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel G. Rautbord


title: White-Robed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) in "Thrice-Bent" Pose (Tribhanga), Holding a Vase with Nectar of Immortality (Amrta)

date: Sui dynasty (589–618), early 7th century

subjects:
Vase
China
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Dicang (Khsitigarbha), or "He Who Encompasses the Earth," Seated and Holding a Wish-Bearing Jewel (Cintamani)

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), c. 8th century

medium: GIlt copper alloy


title: Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Holding Lotus-Form Cup

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Gilding
Copper alloy
Chinese (culture or style)
Bronze
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)

date: Liao dynasty (907–1125), 11th century


title: Bodhisattava

date: Northern Wei dynasty (386–534), dated 524


title: Mask

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1050 B.C.)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Style of Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd/1st century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Vessel


title: Portrait of a Tibetan Lama, possibly the Seventh Dalai Lama

date: 19th century

medium: Gilt bronze alloy

subjects:
Bronze
China
Portraits
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Tripod Caldron (Ding)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.), late 6th century B.C., State of Jin

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Buddha, Standing with Hand in Gesture of Reassurance (Abhaymudra)

date: Tang dynasty, 618–907, 7th/8th century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Miniature Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Vessel


title: Miniature Jar (Guan)

date: Tang dynasty (618–906 CE)


title: Miniature Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Tang dynasty (618–906), 8th century


title: Dragon

creator: China or Mongolia

date: Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220) or later

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Goat

date: 1st century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Bodhisattva in "Thrice Bent" Pose (Tribhanga)

date: Sui or early Tang dynasty, early 7th century


title: Miniature Vessel

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

medium: Bronze with inlay

subjects:
Bronze
China
Ships & the sea
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Vessel


title: Miniature Vessel

subjects:
Bronze
China
Ships & the sea
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Lobed Mirror with Images of the “Moon Palace”: Hare Pounding Elixir, Toad, and Chang E Holding Peaches of Immortality

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), 8th century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Mirror
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Chauncey McCormick Trust Fund


title: Jar (hu)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.)

medium: Bronze inlaid with copper

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Vessel
Asian art


title: Beaker

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050 B.C.)

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Vessel
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Chester D. Tripp


title: Wine Warmer (Zun)

date: Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd/1st century B.C.

subjects:
Accessory table equipment
China
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Metalwork
Asian art
Vessel


title: Water Container (Pan)

date: Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050–771 B.C.), late 8th/early 7th century B.C.

subjects:
Container
China
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Vessel
Asian art


title: Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), c. 3rd century B.C.

credit_line: Bequest of Dr. Edith B. Farnsworth


title: Handle for a Lance or Cane

date: Han dynasty (206 BC–220 BCE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Fitting
Asian art

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Standing Horse

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art


title: Seated Frog

date: Han dynasty (206BCE-220CE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Reptiles & amphibians
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham collection


title: Dagger-Axe (ge)

date: Shang dynasty (1600 – 1046 B.C.)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Weapon
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment


title: Daoist God Zhenwu (Perfected Warrior), Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven

creator: Chen Yanqing （陳彥清）

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhengtong period (1435–1449), dated 1439

credit_line: Gift of Robert Sonnenschein II


title: Seated Figure of Daoist Deity

date: 18th century

credit_line: Gift of Robert Sonnenschein


title: Mirror

date: Tang dynasty (618–907)

medium: Bronze with overlay of cut gold foil

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Mirror
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer


title: Architectural Fitting (Gong)

date: Western Zhou dynasty, c.1050–770 B.C.

subjects:
Architecture
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Fitting
Asian art
Architectural fragment


title: Rectangular Tureen (fu)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.)

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Asian art


title: Water Basin (Jian)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), first half of 5th century B.C.


title: Mirror with Mythical Creatures

date: Sui dynasty (581-618)


title: Portrait of a Seated Mongolian Lama

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Portraits
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Guy H. Mitchell


title: Lobed Mirror with Birds, Lions, and Floral Sprays

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), 8th century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Birds
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Mirror
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Rectangular Cauldron

date: Shang dynasty ( about 1600–1046 BC ), 12th/11th century


title: Eleven-Headed and Six-Armed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing on a Lotus

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), c. 9th century

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of C. A. Islinger in memory of his mother Helen Islinger


title: Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

date: 17th/18th century

medium: Bronze with gold, pigments, and semiprecious stones

country: Eastern Tibet

subjects:
Bronze
Eastern tibet
Religion
Bodhisattva
Buddhism
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Wine Jar (Hu)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period or Western Han dynasty, 3rd/2nd century B.C.

credit_line: Gift of D. Daniel Michel


title: Beaker

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050 B.C.)

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel for serving drink
Metal
Asian art

credit_line: Bequest of Chester D. Tripp


title: Tripod Food Container (Li)

date: Shang dynasty, Erligang period (c. 1500–1400 B.C.)

credit_line: Gift of T.T. Tsui


title: Ointment Jar

date: Five dynasties (907CE-960CE)

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Container
Asian art

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Portrait of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama

subjects:
Bronze
Tibet
Portraits
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Fund


title: Crocodile-Headed Female Buddhist Deity (Makaravaktra Dakini)

subjects:
Bronze
Tibet
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Buffalo-Headed Vajrabhairava, a Wrathful form of Bodhisattva Manjushri

date: 15th century

country: Southern Tibet

subjects:
Bronze
Southern tibet
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Deities Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi in Ritual Embrace (Yab-Yum)

creator: Tibet or Nepal

date: 16th century

country: Nepal

subjects:
Bronze
Nepal
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Bodhisattva Maitreya with Fear-Not Gesture (Abhayamudra)

medium: Gilt bronze with blue pigment and gemstones


title: Tantric Enlightened Being (Vajrayogini) Queen of Bliss (Dechen Gyalmo)

date: 18th century

medium: Gilt bronze with gemstones and pigments


title: Pillar Support of an Addorsed Female Bodhisattva and an Offering Goddess

medium: Gilt bronze with gemstones


title: Goddess Vajravarahi Dancing with Chopper (karttrika) and Skullcup (kapala)

medium: Bronze with gold paint and pigment

country: Central Tibet

subjects:
Bronze
Central tibet
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Goddess Green Tara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)

date: 14th century

medium: Gilt bronze with red pigment and gemstones


title: Stem-cup

date: Yuan dynasty (1206–1398)

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects:
Bronze
China
Metal
Vessel
Asian art

credit_line: Bertha Evans Brown and Louise Lutz Endowment Fund; partial gift of Masao Kato


title: Architectural Fitting (Gong)

creator: Probably Shaanxi province, China

date:
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn
period (770–481 BCE)

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Architecture
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Architectural fragment


title: Architectural Fitting (Gong)

creator: China, Qishan county, Shaanxi province

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.), 7th century B.C.


title: Temple Seal of the Daoist God Zhenwu

date: Qing dynasty (1636–1912), 17th–18th century

medium: Serpentine

subjects:
Architecture
Stone
China
Writing implement
Asian art

credit_line: Louise Lutz Endowment


title: Winged Victory Figure, from the Cornice of the Title Guarantee Building

creator: Attributed to Julius R. Rollin (American born Germany, 1856-1931)

medium: Slip-glazed Terra-cotta

country: Saint Louis

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
Saint loui

credit_line: Gift of the University Museums of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville


title: Watch

creator: Jean Baptiste Daniel

date: Late 18th to early 19th century

medium: Brass and enamel

country: Amsterdam

subjects:
Watch
Amsterdam
Brass (alloy)
European decorative arts
Metalwork

credit_line: Gift of the Hibbard Heirs for Hibbard Dutch Room.


title: Plaque

creator: Delft, Netherlands

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware)

country: Delft

subjects:
Earthenware
Delft
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of the Hibbard Family


title: Earflare with Flower-like Modeled Relief

creator: Aztec (Mexica)

medium: Ceramic

country: Valley of Mexico

subjects:
Earthenware
Valley of mexico
Flowers
Terracotta
Aztec
Inorganic material
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Ceramic
Jewelry
Art of the america
Costume
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Lydia Arms Avery Coonley-Ward


title: Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design

subjects:
Ornament & design
Earthenware
Valley of mexico
Decorative arts
Terracotta
Aztec
American decorative arts
Inorganic material
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Ceramic
Jewelry
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american


title: Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Frog Motifs

subjects:
Ornament & design
Earthenware
Valley of mexico
Reptiles & amphibians
Decorative arts
Terracotta
Aztec
American decorative arts
Inorganic material
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Ceramic
Jewelry
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american


title: Spoon Holder

creator: Amsterdam, Netherlands

medium: Wood

subjects:
Wood
Amsterdam
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Tobacco Box with Scenes Related to the Crucifixion

creator: Probably Amsterdam, Netherlands

medium: Brass and copper

subjects:
Wood
Amsterdam
Religion
Brass (alloy)
Crucifixion
European decorative arts
Metalwork


title: Shuttle

creator: Europe or United States

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Wooden weaving tool

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Weaving
Textile working equipment
Accessorie (object genre)


title: Shuttle

medium: Wood weaving tool


title: Bedcover

creator: United States

date: 19th century

medium: textile

country: United States

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - quilt

credit_line: Gift of Georgia Craven


title: Jupiter Visits with Philemon and Bacchus

creator: Carl Russ

medium: Etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

country: Austria

subjects:
Etching
Austria
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Robert Chase Endowment


title: Jacob and Rachel

creator: Christian Ernst Stözel (German, 1792–1837)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of John Harvey S. Bergen in honor of Douglas Druick


title: A Musician with a Hermit

creator: Moritz von Schwind

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: The Fair Store: Pilaster from the Exterior

creator: William LeBaron Jenney

medium: Terra-cotta

country: Chicago

subjects:
Architecture
Chicago
Architectural fragment

credit_line: Gift of Dearborn Land Company


title: 'Crazy Quilt'

medium: Silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave; brocaded; painted; appliquéd; pieced, worked in squares; embroidered in silk and metallic threads in a variety of stitches; backed with silk, plain weave; pompoms at corner

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - quilt
Silk (fiber)
Bedcover

credit_line: Bequest of Martin A. Ryerson Estate


title: Buddhist Pagoda

creator: Korea

date: late Goryeo dynasty(918–1392)–early Joseon dynasty(1392–1910), 14th/16th century

medium: Granite

country: Korea

subjects:
Stone
Korea
Architecture
Granite (rock)
Korean (culture or style)
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Masao Kato


title: Bedcover

creator: Rebexy Gray Hamilton (American, active c. 1850)

country: Pennsylvania

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Pennsylvania
Needlework - quilt
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Hyde Holden


title: Coverlet

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; two loom widths joined; fringed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Coverlet
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving - coverlet
Weaving
Double cloth
Wool (textile)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Folsom


title: Coverlet

medium: Wool, plain weave double cloth; two loom widths joined; fringed

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
United state
Geometric motif
Pine tree
Geometric
Coverlet
Wool (textile)
American colonial
Plain weaving
Double cloth
Fringed
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus


title: Carpet (Sileh)

creator: Caucasus, Shirvan Provence

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wrapping wefts (soumak); square braided main warp fringe

country: Caucasus

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Caucasus
Dagestan
Weaving - carpet
Caucasian
Central asian
Asian

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Chapman


title: Panel

creator: England

medium: Cotton, plain weave; printed; acorn tassel fringe

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Weaving - printed

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Towel

creator: Republic of Türkiye

medium: embroidered

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Turkish
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Ottoman

credit_line: Gift of Burton Y. Berry


title: Disc

creator: China

date: Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 B.C.)

medium: Jade

country: China

subjects:
Jade
China
Asian art

credit_line: Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection


title: The Two Sisters-in-Law, plate twelve from Landscapes and Interiors

creator: Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)

medium: Color lithograph on grayish-ivory China paper

country: France

subjects:
Lithograph
France
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Walter S. Brewster


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

country: Japan

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Shawl

creator: Kashmir

date: Late 18th century

medium: Wool, double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weave; main warp fringe

country: Kashmir

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Kashmir
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume


title: Carpet

creator: Las Alpujarras, Spain

medium:
Wool and linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts forming uncut pile; edge of warp-faced plain weave terminating in weft fringe on one side;
three panels joined

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Wool (textile)
Weaving - carpet

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson


title: Carpet (Known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya")

creator: Central Finland

medium: Wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"

country: Finland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Finland
Wool (textile)
Folk art
Weaving - carpet
Weaving

credit_line: Henry L. Frank Fund


title: Carpet

creator: Northern France or the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg)

medium: Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; edged with silk and linen plain weave extended weft cut fringe

country: Northern France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Northern france
Weaving - carpet
Rug
Silk (fiber)


title: The Martyrdom of Saint Placidus

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card

country: Italy

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Finding of Moses

creator: Antonio Molinari

medium: Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: The Flagellation of Christ

creator: Attributed to Carlo Maratta

medium: Pen and brown ink over graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove card

subjects:
Italy
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing


title: Saint Donatian; Saint Victor Presenting a Donor

creator: Netherlandish (Bruges) Painter

medium: Oil on wood

credit_line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982


title: Basket of Flowers

creator: Leopoldine Kolbe

medium: Color lithograph

subjects: Print Flowers

credit_line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library


title: Relief fragment from a Shrine of Queen Henhenet - see 07.230.1d

medium: Limestone, paint

credit_line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906, 1907


title: Glass finger ring

date: ca. 2nd–3rd century CE

medium: Glass

country: Roman

subjects: Glass Roman

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Pair of Gardeners

creator: Royal Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain


title: Sealing

medium: Mud

credit_line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922


title: Teapot

creator: William Kirby

medium: Pewter, wood

country: American

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, in memory of her husband, 1946


title: Palwei

date: late 19th century

medium: Bamboo

country: Burmese

subjects: Aerophone-blow hole-end-blown flute (vertical)

credit_line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889


title: Spout in the form of a man's head

date: ca. 1st–2nd century CE

medium: Ceramic, glaze

country: Parthian

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1956


title: Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>)

medium: Steel

country: Japanese

subjects:
Archery equipment-arrowhead
Japanese

credit_line: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932


title: Glass flask decorated with intersecting circles

date: 2nd–3rd century CE


title: The Swallows, from "The Complete Works of Béranger"

creator: J. J. Grandville

medium: Wood engraving

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: Basin with lotus pond

date: late 15th century

medium: Porcelain with raised slip and enamels (Jingdezhen fahua ware)

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1960


title: Cabinet for the Toilet and Bed-Clothes

creator: Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

date: probably 1819

medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929


title: William Cummings, Runner, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial lithograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Vulcan Building a Fence Around the Mount of Venus

creator: Giovanni Bellini

medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk.

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: A dilapidated building with eight peasants engaged in various activities

creator: Jacques Dassonville

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: Covered jar with birds and flowers

medium: Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen ware, famille noire)

subjects: Ceramic China Birds Flowers


title: The infant Jones found in the bed of Mr. Allworthy, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: The Resurrection

creator: Philips Galle

medium: Engraving; first state of three

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927


title: False Bottomed Bowl with Fox and Animal Motifs

date: 3rd century BCE

medium: Ceramic, pigment

country: Paracas

subjects: Paraca Ceramics-container

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings, 1963


title: Hebrew Bible

medium: Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; leather binding

country: Spanish

subjects:
Manuscript and illumination
Spanish

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 2018


title: Fragment of Shoulder Band

date: 5th–6th century

medium: Wool, linen; tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890


title: Piece

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1955


title: Little Putney, No. 2 (The Little Putney)

creator: James McNeill Whistler

medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink with selective wiping on ivory laid paper; third state of three (Glasgow)

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: A Bedroom in Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen

creator: Johan Vilhelm Gertner

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Gift of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, 2018


title: The Lion-Dog of Malta—The Last of His Tribe

creator: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé; proof before letters

credit_line: Gift of Nicea Howard, 1952


title: Lamp

date: 8th–10th century

medium: Earthenware; glazed

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1932


title: Wig

medium: Hair (probably human), beeswax

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1930


title: Saddle Rug with Swastikas

date: 18th century

medium: Foundation: cotton;  wool knotting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
China
Textiles-rug

credit_line: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973


title: Les Deux Vaches Au Bord De L'Eau

creator: Jan Both

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011


title: Melon-shaped ewer with bamboo decoration

date: first half of the 12th century

medium: Stoneware with carved and incised design under celadon glaze

country: Korea

subjects: Ceramic Korea

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger G. Gerry, 1996


title: Teabowl

medium: Stoneware (Hizen ware)

subjects: Ceramic Japan

credit_line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936


title: Piece

date: 17th century

medium: Needle lace, gros point lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Purchase by subscription, 1909


title: Plan of a Room

creator: Anonymous, British, 19th century

date: early 19th century

medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938


title: Ionic capital, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

creator: Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941


title: Le jardinier galant

creator: Pierre Antoine Baudouin

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and The Elisha Whittelsey Funds, and Gift of John Sise, by exchange, 1958


title: Bowl

date: 5th–4th century BCE

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings, 1962


title: Love in the Gutter

medium: Hand-colored etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970


title: Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

date: 4th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1906


title: Armchair (bergère en cabriolet) (one of a pair)

creator: Claude-Louis Burgat

medium: Carved and gilded beechwood, upholstered in modern red strié faille

credit_line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982


title: The Adoration of the Shepherds

creator: Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio)

date: probably after 1520

credit_line: Purchase, Mrs. Charles S. Payson Gift, Gwynne Andrews Fund, special funds, and other gifts and bequests, 1969


title: Roundel with Winged Horse

date: 9th century

medium: Wool, linen; tapestry weave

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1974


title: Joyous Banquet of Guo Ziyi (곽분양행락도)

creator: Korea

date: Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), 19th century

medium: Ink and color on silk

subjects:
Screen
Korea
Painting
Asian art
Arts of asia 100

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William J. Calhoun


title: Lunette from the Commerce Building, Chicago, Illinois

creator: Burnham & Root

medium: Wrought iron

country: United States

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
United state

credit_line: Gift of Cleveland Wrecking Company


title: Fisher Building, 343 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois: Upper Portion of Elevator Grille

creator: Designer: Charles Atwood (American, 1849-1895)

medium: Wrought and cast iron

country: Chicago

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
Chicago

credit_line: Gift of Irving R. Zimmerman


title: Lunette from the Springer Block, Chicago, Illinois

creator: Peter Bonnett Wight

medium: Limestone

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
Chicago
Limestone
Carving
Carbonate rock
Sedimentary rock
Rock

credit_line: Through prior gift of the Three Oaks Wrecking Company


title: Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois: Grille from Interior Central Court

creator: Burnham & Root (American, 1873-1891)

date:
c. 1885/88
Removed during 1905–1907 renovation

medium: Wrought iron, bolted to wall-mounted frame

country: LaSalle Street, 209 South

subjects:
Iron
Lasalle street, 209 south
Chicago
Metal
Architectural fragment
Architecture

credit_line: Gift of L. Thomas Baldwin, III


title: Beaker

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

medium: Glass; blown, cut, stained, enamelled and gilded

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Beaker

creator: Austria, Vienna

medium: Glass

country: Vienna

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Vienna
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker with Beaded Band

medium: Glass; blown, cut and polished, encased in sleeve of roses and pansies made of colored glass beads woven on a silk net ground

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Roses
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker with St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

creator: Anton Kothgasser

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, transparent enamels and gilding


title: Beaker with Tarot Cards


title: Beaker

creator: In the style of Anton Kothgasser

date: c. 1820/30 or later

medium: Glass; colorless, cut, transparent enamels and gilding


title: Double-Walled Beaker

creator: Made by Aleksandr Vershinin (Russian, active 1785-1822)

medium: Glass; colorless, double-walled, blown, cut, enameled and gilded, encasing cut and painted paper

country: Russia

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Russia
Ships & the sea
Paper (fiber product)
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker with a view of Dresden

creator: Germany, Dresden

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, stained and painted in transparent and opaque enamels and gilding

country: Germany

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Germany
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

creator: Germany, Berlin or Dresden

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, stained and enameled

country: Berlin

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Berlin
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Wine Glass

creator: England, Newcastle upon Tyne

country: England

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Anne Simon Moffat and Keith Moffat


title: Beaker

creator: Germany, Hessen, Geisenheim

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, stained and gilded


title: Wine Glass

creator: England


title: Bottle with a View of Dresden

creator: Workshop of Samuel Mohn

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, stained and painted in transparent enamels and gilding

country: Dresden

subjects:
Glass
Dresden
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

date: 19th century

medium: Glass; tinted purple

subjects:
Glass
England
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, stained, enameled and gilding


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut and stained


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, overlaid with opaque white glass, enameled and gilded


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, enameled, opaque white and gilding


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, overlaid with opaque green glass, black enamel and gilding


title: Beaker

medium: Glass with polychrome enamels and gilding


title: Beaker

creator: Germany

date: c. 1830 or later


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, cut, silver stained and engraved


title: Vase

medium: Glass; green, blown, cut and gilded

subjects:
Vase
Bohemia
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts

credit_line: Mrs. Jennie Hodge Schmidt for Mrs. Emma B. Hodge collection


title: Goblet

creator: France

medium: Glass with gold decoration

country: France

subjects:
Drinking vessel
France
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Susan H. M. Turner


title: Portrait of Brahms

creator: Johann Reiner

medium: Albumen print (carte-de-visite)

country: Austria

subjects:
Carte-de-visite (albumen)
Austria
Portraits
Collected by hugh edward
Portraits: male subject
Photography
Albumen process
Albumen silver print
Photographic process
Card photograph
Photograph

credit_line: Gift of an Anonymous donor


title: Scene of Battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia [Caissons Destroyed by Federal Shells]

creator: Andrew J. Russell

medium: Albumen print

subjects:
Photography
United state
Shells & molluscs
Lundberg collection
Battle
Landscape
People
Albumen process
Albumen print from collodion negative
Photograph
Photographic process
Photographic material
Photographic print
Photographic processe
Photographic technique

credit_line: The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Leonian Charitable Trust


title: King's Glass

medium: Glass

credit_line: Gift of George F. Porter


title: Wine Glass


title: Beaker

creator: Austria, Gutenbrunn

medium: Glass with gold leaf decoration


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; molded with colored paste inclusion


title: Bottle

creator: Austria

subjects:
Glass
Austria
European decorative arts


title: Cup with Handle

medium: Glass; opaque red with relief decoration


title: Beaker

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Austria
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

country: Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Heiligenkreuz-gutenbrunn
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Lithyalin Beaker

creator: Workshop of Friedrich Egermann

medium: Glass; marbled opaque red, blown, cut, stained and gilded


title: Goblet

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

medium: Glass; blown, cut, stained red and engraved

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Everett L. Millard


title: Bottle

medium: Glass; black, blown, cut and enamelled with white

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Miss Roselyn Pfeiffer, Oak Park, Ill.


title: Compote

subjects:
Compote
Bohemia
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts


title: Wine Glass

date: Mid to late 19th century

medium: Glass; blown, cut, stained red adn engraved

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
Glass (object genre)


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker


title: Cap

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen threads in back stitch and powdering of back stitches known as Point de Sable

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Fashion
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory


title: Cap

creator: England or France

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Needlework (visual works)
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Cap

creator: Possibly United States

medium: Cotton, machine-made twist net; embroidered with cotton and linen in chain stitches (tambour work)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Lace - mixed

credit_line: Gift of Marie Josephine Rozet and Mrs. Wm. Prescott Hunt, Jr.


title: Cap

creator: Europe or United States

medium: Cotton, machine-made net; embroidered in chained border, cross, darning, eyelet, padded satin, and trammed overcast stitches

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Machine knitting
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing


title: Coif

date: 16th century

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Needlework (visual works)
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Babies Cap

creator: Belgium, probably Bruges

medium: Cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "Duchesse de Bruges"

country: Belgium

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Belgium
Lace - bobbin

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick through the Antiquarian Society


title: Cap

medium: Linen, plain weave; quilted in back and knot stitches; edged with cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes"

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Needlework (visual works)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph W. Moses


title: Child's Cap or Bonnet

medium: Cotton, machine-made net; embroidered with cotton and linen in cross, darning, eyelet, and trammed overcast stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne, Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer, and Mrs. Gordon Palmer


title: Beaker


title: Salt

medium: Glass with engraved gold leaf decoration


title: Beaker

medium: Ruby glass


title: Bottle

medium: Glass


title: Box

medium: Glass panels mounted with brass


title: Sweetmeat Dish

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosenwald


title: Beaker with Battle Scene

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Beaker


title: Flask


title: Beaker

date: Early 18th century


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

credit_line:
Gift of Mr & Mrs Julius Rosenwald

Gift of Julius Rosenwald


title: Centerpiece

medium: Glass; clear, partly encased with ruby and engraved


title: Three-Part Garniture

subjects:
Glass
England
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Howell B. Erminger


title: Three-Part Garniture

creator: England, Bristol

country: Bristol

subjects:
Glass
Bristol
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. C. H. Schweppe through The Antiquarian Society


title: Pair of Candlesticks

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
Bohemia
Glass
Candleholder
European decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Beaker

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Plate

date: Early 17th century

medium: Blue glass with enamel decoration

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Bohemia
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts


title: Plate

creator: Germany, Schleswig

medium: Glass with gilding

country: Schleswig

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Schleswig
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

medium: Glass; wheel engraved

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts


title: Vase

medium: Glass; cut and stained red

subjects:
Vase
Bohemia
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts


title: Two Vases

date: Mid 19th century

medium: Glass; cut with blue overlay


title: Compote and Cover

subjects:
Compote
Bristol
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts


title: Decanter

medium: Glass with red flashing


title: Candelabra


title: Covered Jug

medium: Glass with red flashing and metal mount


title: Compote

subjects:
Compote
Bohemia
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Graff


title: Scent Bottle

medium: Glass; blown, cut, stained red, engraved and gilded


title: Bottle

date: Late 19th century

medium: Ruby glass, cased in colorless glass; blown, tooled and, gilded


title: Compote

medium: Glass; blown, cut, stained red and engraved


title: Wine Glass

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Large Wine Glass


title: Tall Beaker


title: Two Vases

medium: Glass; cut with ruby overlay

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Simon.


title: Convivio delle Belle Donne, page 4 (verso)

creator: Nicolò Zoppino

date: August 1532

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1922


title: Pottery Whistle

medium: clay

country: Mexican

subjects:
Aerophone-whistle flute-whistle
Mexican

credit_line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889


title: Circular Basket with Conical Lid

medium: Halfa grass, dyed grass, linen cord

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1936


title: Piece

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: [Court of Ancient Monuments; German Medieval Court; View with Statue of Albert of Bavaria; Elevated View of Central Transept]

creator: Philip Henry Delamotte

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

credit_line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005


title: Prie Dieu (Prayer desk)

date: 17th century, partly, and later

medium: Walnut, poplar.

country: Italian (?)

subjects: Woodwork-furniture Italian

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Vase fragment

medium: Terracotta

country: Neolithic, Thessaly

subjects:
Vase
Neolithic, thessaly

credit_line: Anonymous Gift, 1930


title: Armchair (one of four)

creator: Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789

medium: Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter)

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964


title: Glass phiale (libation bowl)

date: late 4th century BCE

medium: Glass

country: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

subjects:
Glass
Greek, eastern mediterranean

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881


title: Casket Fragments

date: 10th century (?)

medium: Bone

country: Byzantine

subjects:
Byzantine
Ivories-bone
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Vase

creator: Wood and Hughes

medium: Silver

country: American

credit_line: Gift of D. Frederick Baker and the Baker/Pisano Collection, 2016


title: Le Paysan qui avait offense son Seigneur, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine.  A Paris, de l'imprimerie de  P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795"

creator: Jean Honoré Fragonard

medium: Etching; first state of three (Cohen)

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933


title: Bonnet

medium: straw

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Hortense Ferne, 1943


title: Head of Amenhotep II

medium: Granodiorite

credit_line: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966


title: Plaque

medium: Champlevé enamel and gilded copper

country: German

subjects: German Enamels-champlevé


title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Fragment of a Bowl

date: 13th–14th century

medium: Stonepaste, incised; glazed with transparent green glaze

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1908


title: Gold Belt Mount (Miscast and Unfinished)

medium: Gold, cast.

country: Avar

subjects: Metalwork-gold Avar


title: Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

date: 18th century

medium: Gold, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

country: Japanese

subjects:
Sword furniture-menuki
Japanese

credit_line: Gift of George Coe Graves, 1931


title: The Adoration of the Shepherds

creator: Hendrick Goltzius

medium: Engraving and drypoint; first state of six

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Galloon

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-trimming


title: Design for a Corinthian Entablature for the Duke of Richmond, either for Richmond House, Whitehall, London, or Goodwood, Sussex

creator: Thomas Hardwick

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Pen and black and brown ink

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949


title: Cora Tanner, from the Actresses series (N246), Type 1, issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sporting Extra Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

medium: Albumen photograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Hair pin

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1915


title: St. Gregory Dictating His Homilies to a Secretary

creator: Carle (Charles André) Vanloo

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over graphite

credit_line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1977


title: Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

country: Roman

subjects: Glass Roman

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: Cylinder Bead Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep I

medium: Steatite, glazed

credit_line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915


title: Reserve, from the Parasol Drills series (N18) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial color lithograph


title: Disk Brooch

date: 7th century

medium: Gold, filigree, garnets, blue glass; copper alloy support

country: Frankish

subjects: Metalwork-gold Frankish


title: Hair Ornament

country: China

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metalwork
China

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1926


title: Rank Badge with Decoration of Two Cranes among Clouds

date: 19th century

medium: Silk embroidery on silk satin damask

country: Korea

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Korea
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Seymour Fund, 1953


title: Pilgrim's Badge

date: 15th century

medium: Lead

country: French

subjects: Metalwork-lead French

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1977


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Alvan Clark

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects: American Portraits

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1938


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Swiss Painter

medium: Enamel

subjects: Miniature Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Louis V. Bell, in memory of her husband, 1925


title: Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 4

creator: William Hogarth

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932


title: Purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Silk and cut steel, embroidered net

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Heyward Cutting, 1942


title: Censer

date: 16th century

medium: Brass

country: South Netherlandish (?)

subjects:
Metalwork-brass
South netherlandish

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925


title: Beginning to regret his victory, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 4, 1868

creator: Honoré Daumier

medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

credit_line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960


title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: Manchu

medium: Silk and wool, slit tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Weaving
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
Silk (fiber)
Furnishing textile

credit_line: Gift of Russell Tyson


title: Ribbon

creator: France

medium: textile

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: "The Meet (A Hunting Scene)"

creator: Woven by Thomas Stevens (English, 1828–88)

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

country: Coventry

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Coventry
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Katherine L. Gillam, Sara L. Gillam, and Grace N. Gillam


title: Sample Book of Ribbons

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Weaving
Book


title: Bookmark "The Last Rose of Summer"

creator: Woven by Thomas Stevens (English, 1828-88)

medium: Silk, plain cloth, brocaded

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Coventry
Roses
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Florence L. Notter, in memory of her parents, John G. and Emma A. Notter


title: "Called to The Rescue (Life Boat Scene)"

creator: Woven by Thomas Stevens (English, 1867-88)


title: Ribbon

creator: Spain

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Needlework (visual works)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Emilie L. Wild


title: Ribbon

medium: Silk, gold and silver metal thread (wound around a silk fiber core), warp-faced plain weave; additional metal threads in float pattern tied at intervals. backed with glazed cotton; fringed at one end in silver

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Portrait
Flower
Women
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson


title: "The Meeting of Wellington & Blucher (Battle of Waterloo)"


title: Commemorative Bookmark "1837-1887 Jubilee"

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Coventry
Queen
Royal personage
Royalty
Coat of arms
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Herbert F. Perkins


title: Necktie

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Needlework (visual works)
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Fringe with Tassels

medium: Cotton and gold gilt strip wound around a linen fiber core, warp-faced plain weave with extended weft loop fringe; tassels attached: gold gilt coiled wire and wood forms wrapped with gold gilt strips wrapped around a linen core and cardboard forms covered with gold gilt strips and gild gilt wires

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Cotton (fiber)
Weaving
Gilt-metal-wire-wrapped linen

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson


title: Ribbon

medium: Silk, warp-faced satin weave; with supplementary patterning wefts and binding warps; twill weave in pattern areas on face

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Flower
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving
Twill weaving

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Fringe

creator: Possibly France

medium: Silk, warp-faced plain weave with areas of simple alternating float weave with extended ground weft cut fringe; grouped and knotted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Plain weaving
Silk (fiber)
Weaving


title: Fringe

creator: France or Italy

date: 17th/18th century

medium: Silk, warp-striped, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft loop fringe; grouped and knotted; with attached silk tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Silk (fiber)
Weaving


title: "The Present Time"

date: After 1879

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Coventry
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Brocading

credit_line: Textile Purchase Fund


title: "Renaissance" Fringe

creator: Italy

medium: Silk and gold gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning weft extended loop fringe

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Renaissance
Plain weaving
Silk (fiber)
Weaving
European
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk


title: Commemmorative Ribbon "Compliments of the Season"

credit_line: Belle M. Borland Endowment


title: "The Good Old Days" (Royal Mail Coach)"


title: Commemorative Bookmark "A Tribute of Affection"


title: Commemorative Ribbon "Glory to God in the Highest"

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts with knotted tassel


title: Fringe

medium: Silk and gold gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and extended ground weft cut fringe, grouped and wrapped

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Plain weaving
Silk (fiber)
Weaving
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk


title: Fringe

medium: Silk and gold gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and extended ground weft cut fringe, grouped and wrapped with gold gilt strips wound around a silk fiber core; additional fringes wrapped


title: Fringe

medium: Silk, warp-striped, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft loop fringe; grouped and knotted; with attached loop and cut fringe tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Plain weaving
Silk (fiber)
Weaving


title: "Renaissance" Fringe

medium: Silk and gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores, countered warp twining with extended weft loop fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Renaissance
Silk (fiber)
Weaving
European
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk


title: "Renaissance" Fringe

medium: Silk and gold gilt strip wound around silk fiber core, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground wefts loop fringe


title: "Renaissance" Fringe

medium: Silk and gold gilt strip wound around silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning weft loop fringe and extended ground weft cut fringe


title: Headdress

creator: Netherlands, Friesland

date: 17th or 18th century

medium: Silver gilt

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Netherland
Headdress - misc
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Buckingham


title: Headdress

creator: Austria, Vienna

medium: Heavy gold embroidered with wired gold lace

country: Austria

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Austria
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer II


title: Headdress

creator: Austria

medium: textile


title: Cap

creator: India

medium: Design embroidered in chain stitch in white on shawl material

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Costume accessory - headdress
Needlework (visual works)
Headdress - misc
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing


title: Headdress

medium: Heavy gold embroidery with wired gold lace


title: Headdress

creator: Russia

medium: Vologda

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Russia
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer


title: Baby's Bonnet

creator: Norway

medium: Knitted cotton thread with multicolor beads

country: Norway

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Norway
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Helga Rosing


title: Headdress

medium: Silver

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Austria
Headdress - misc
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing


title: Child's Cap

creator: Europe

medium: Cotton, plain knitting with cotton bobbin lace; edged with linen bobbin lace; cotton, plain weave ties; glass beads

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Cotton (textile)
Knitting
Headdress - misc
Costume accessory - headdress
Linen (material)
Costume - lace
Lace - bobbin
Bead
Beading (process)
Costume


title: Pair of Chair Panels

creator: China

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 17th/early 18th century

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave; painted details

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Headdress

date: 17th century


title: Headdress

creator: Germany, Württenberg

medium: Wide wired halo of black net embroidered with black silk. Beaded head band of blue, gold and black beads. Back of crown flat gilt wire and colored jewels over gilt foil; loops of figured black satin ribbon at back. Strings of black moire ribbon

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Germany
Headdress - needlework
Needlework (visual works)
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing


title: Cap

medium: Red velvet embroidered with gold


title: Headdress

medium: Embroidered band of gold


title: Headdress

medium: Embroidered with wired gold lace


title: Cap

creator: France

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton threads in chain, back, stem, pulled and buttonhole stitches; French knots; hemstitched

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Fashion
Headdress - needlework
Costume accessory - headdress
Costume accessory
Costume - needlework
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton through the Antiquarian Society


title: Man's Cap

creator: England

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-strip-wrapped silk, and metal paillettes in ladder and stem stitches; couching and buttonholed couching; edged with bobbin lace

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Fashion
Costume accessory - headdress
Needlework (visual works)
Costume accessory
Costume - needlework
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing


title: Cap

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Renaissance
Costume accessory - headdress
Needlework (visual works)
Costume - needlework
Silk (textile)
Embroidering
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing


title: Man's Cap

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Plain weaving
Linen (material)
Costume accessory - headdress
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidering
Costume - needlework
Silk (textile)
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Man's Cap

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold thread, with spangles

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Linen (material)
Embroidering
Costume accessory - headdress
Needlework (visual works)
Costume - needlework
Silk (textile)
Spangle
Plain weaving
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing


title: Man's Cap

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, in variety of buttonhole, chain, long-armed cross, ladder, outline, and running stitches; woven wheels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Floral arrangement
Fruit
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Pattern (guides)
Accessorie (object genre)
Costume accessory
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Embroidering
Needlepoint (needleworking)
Costume

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Needlework and Textile Guild, Mrs. Don H. Reuben; Saks Fifth Avenue Benefit Fund


title: Rug

creator: United States

medium: Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarn, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton and wool, twill weave

country: United States

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - rug


title: Crib Quilt

medium: Cotton, plain weaves, mostly printed and 2:2 “Z” twill weaves, printed; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; quilted; backed and edged with cotton, plain weave; printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Quilting
Cotton (textile)
Twill weaving
Printing
Plain weaving
Piecing (needleworking)
Appliqué (technique)
Needlework - quilt
Bedcover

credit_line: Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young


title: Embroidered Fabric for a Man's Waistcoat Front

medium: Silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk thread in individual back, outline, running, satin, split and stem stitches; couching; laid work and French knots

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume
France
Floral motif
Flower
Foliage
White (color)
Green (color)
Pink (color)
Building
Floral
Bird
Wreath
Feather
Fashion
House
Silk (textile)
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Needleworking
Waistcoat (garment)
Plain weaving
Couching (embroidering)
Needlepoint (needleworking)
Textile
Costume - embroidery
Needlework - costume
Garment
Silk (fiber)
Laid work
Weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. John V. Farwell, III


title: Rug

medium: Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile

credit_line: Bequest of William McCormick Blair


title: Prayer Rug

creator: Republic of Türkiye

medium: In deep red ground

country: Turkey

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
Turkey
Asian art
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Clark W. Finnerud


title: Karabagh Prayer Rug

creator: Kazakhstan, Caucasus

medium: Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"

country: Caucasus

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
Caucasus
Kazak
Wool (textile)
Caucasian
Central asian
Asian
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Willis D. Nance


title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; roller printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Weaving - printed
Weaving
Furnishing textile

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Woman's Skirt (Sarong)

creator: Indonesia, Flores, possibly Adonara

medium: Two panels joined: stripes of cotton and silk, warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave

country: Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia
Indonesian
Weaving
Weaving - printed
Silk (fiber)
Costume

credit_line: Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection


title: Ushak Carpet

medium: Blue, red-brown and white

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Weaving
Weaving - carpet

credit_line: Gift of Norman T. Redmond


title: Blanket (Altered from a Saddle Blanet)

creator: Iran, Kurdistan

medium: Wool, slit tapestry weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran
Wool (textile)
Weaving - carpet

credit_line: Gift of Mel Blomberg in memory of Betty Blomberg


title: Rug

date: Late 15th/early 16th century

medium: Wool and silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Spanish (single-warp) knots"

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Wool (textile)
Weaving - rug
Weaving


title: Carpet

creator: India, possibly Lahore or Abhar

medium: Cotton, wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna (Persian) knots;" pieced

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Isfahan
Weaving - carpet
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William F. Drews


title: Woman's Skirt (Sarong)

creator: Indonesia, Lembata, Ili Ape


title: Canopy for a Bed

creator: Spain

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, and Mrs. Richard E. Danielson


title: Bedcover

creator: Portugal

medium: Silk, warp-faced, weft-rib, plain weave; moire finish; embroidered with silk in satin ad stem stitches; borders: silk, gauze weave; starched; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; edging: attached at all four sides of borders; warp-faced, weft-rib, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; wefts form loop fringe

country: Portugal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Portugal
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)


title: Carpet

creator: Morocco, Rabat

medium: Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots

country: Morocco

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
Morocco
Rabat
Wool (textile)
African
Weaving
Textile
African textile

credit_line: Gift of Samuel A. Marx


title: "Album Patch" or "Signature" Quilt

creator: Possibly Hunderdon County, New Jersey, United States

medium: Cotton, plain weaves; printed; quilted; backed and edged with cotton, plain weave; pieced; printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Cotton (textile)
Quilting
Plain weaving
Printing
Piecing (needleworking)
Needlework - quilt
Bedcover


title: Long Shawl

creator: Probably Paris, France

medium: Wool, cotton and silk, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: France

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment

credit_line: Robert Allerton Endowment


title: Prayer Carpet

creator: India, possibly Kashmir

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots"

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Arts of the islamic world
Weaving - carpet
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan


title: Prayer Carpet

creator: Anatolia, Republic of Türkiye

date: About 1890

medium: Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Coat of arms
Royalty
Wool (textile)
Weaving - carpet


title: Carpet

creator: China, Sinkiang Province, Khotan

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th/early 19th century

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave variation with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots; main warp fringe

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Weaving - carpet

credit_line: Gift of Joseph Adams in memory of Edith Almy Adams


title: Prayer Carpet

medium: Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Wool (textile)
Weaving - carpet


title: "Germantown Eye-Dazzler" Rug

creator: Navajo (Diné)

medium: Cotton and wool dovetailed tapestry weave

country: New Mexico

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
New mexico
Tapestry weaving
Cotton (textile)
Navajo
Wool (textile)
Weaving - rug
North american
Indigenous art
Native american
Indigenous
Native north american
Eye-dazzler


title: "Eye-Dazzler" Weaving

medium: Cotton and wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages and heading, overcast finish terminating in tassels

country: Navajo

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Navajo
Geometric
Zigzag
Cotton (fiber)
Tapestry weaving
Weaving
Native american
America
Folk art
Dye
Wool (textile)
Indigenous
North american
Native north american
Eye-dazzler

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Bross Lloyd


title: Sash or Sarong

creator: Indonesia

medium: Plain cloth with borders in compound twill and cloth; red silk with woven gold and colored silk borders

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia
Weaving
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Tobari (Formerly Katabira)

creator: Japan

medium: Hemp, plain weave; resist dyed, stenciled and hand painted (kata kanoko and kanoko shibori); embroidered with silk, gold-and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin, single satin and surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Japanism
East asian
Asian
Weaving - printed
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays


title: Bedcover

creator: Mary Elizabeth (née Motter) Tansill (American, 1847-1936)

medium: Silk and cotton, plain, twill, and satin weaves; some resist dyed or printed (chiné), some self-patterned, some printed, some "watered" (moiré); pieced; backed with silk, plain weave; printed; edged with silk, satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Needlework - quilt
Chiné
Resist printing (batik)
Resist dyeing
Satin weaving
Twill weaving
Cotton (textile)
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert Gardner Anderson in memory of Mrs. William France Anderson


title: Carpet

creator: United States

medium: Wool, plain weave; double cloth

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
United state
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Folk art
Double cloth
Textile

credit_line: Dr. and Mrs. Magnus P. Urnes Endowment


title: Portion of a Carpet

creator: Bursa, Istanbul, or Republic of Türkiye

medium: Silk, wool, and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
Turkey
Silk (fiber)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Siegfried Schmidt


title: Prayer Rug

creator: Quba (Kuba) District, Caucus Mountains, Azerbaijan

medium: Wool; plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
Caucasus
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Minnie L. Patterson


title: Valance

creator: China

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped linen in laidwork and couching: edged with silk, plain weave with extended weft cut fringe; lined with silk and cotton, satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate


title: 'Crazy Quilt'

medium: Silk and cotton, pieced plain, twill, satin and satin damask weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts; some self-patterned; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, cut voided velvet, and uncut voided velvet; some painted or warp painted (chiné); some "watered" (moiré); appliquéd with silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with silk and silk chenille yarns in buttonhole, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, stem and straight stitches; edged with silk, 2:1 twill weave; backed by cotton, 2:1 twill weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - quilt
Silk (fiber)
Bedcover

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Kent Glow


title: 'Crazy Quilt' Parlor Throw

creator: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States

medium: Silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave and a variety of techniques; pieced; embroidered in silk and chenille threads in a variety of stitches; backed with silk, satin weave

country: Massachusetts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Massachusett
Needlework - quilt
Silk (fiber)
Bedcover

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Herbert L. Stern


title: Panel

creator: England

medium: Cotton and linen, weft float-faced 2:1 twill weave; embroidered with wool and silk in back, bullion, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, coral, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and French knots

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Corals & anemones
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Rug

medium: Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarn and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with wool, twill weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - rug

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Four Panels

medium: Wool serge; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Block printing
Wool (textile)
Weaving - printed
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: Rug

medium: Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarn, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged in wool, oblique interlacing

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Weaving - rug


title: Rug

medium: Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile

credit_line: Bequest of William McCormick Blair


title: Bride's Quilt

creator: Sarah Catherine "Kate" (née Strother) McClanahan (American, 1834/35-1887)

medium: Wool, plain weave; pieced; quilted with cotton; edged with wool, oblique twill interlacing

country: Kentucky

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Kentucky
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Needlework - quilt
Quilting
Bedcover
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Katherine Robinson


title: Quilt Top

medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved-roller printed; fulled; pieced with cotton, machine stitching; embroidered with cotton in long-armed cross stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Flag
Rectangle
Square
Blanket
Plain weaving
Cotton (textile)
Needlework - quilt
Engraved roller printing
Embroidering
Machine embroidery
Needleworking
Bedcover

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken


title: Table Cover

creator: Spain

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Filet lace

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Needlepoint (needleworking)
Needlework (visual works)

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Heirloom Textile

creator: India, Coromandel Coast (?)

medium: Cotton, plain woven, block printed and resist-dyed; two loom widths joined, all selvages present

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Plain weaving
Cotton (textile)
Weaving
Weaving - printed
Resist dyeing
Block printing

credit_line: Gift of Robert T. Coffland in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg


title: Square Shawl

creator: India

medium: Wool, patchwork of 2:2 'S' twill weaves; embroidered in flat, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; main warp fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Wool (textile)
Arts of the islamic world
Needlework (visual works)
Indian (south asian)
South asian
Asian
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Warren B. Brown


title: Coverlet

creator: United States, New York

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; full loom width; seamless

country: New York

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus


title: Coverlet

creator: David Isaac Grave (American, c. 1803-1864)

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed

country: Indiana


title: Coverlet

creator: Joseph Gilmour (American, born Scottish, born 1805) or William Gilmour (American, born Scottish, born 1807)

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; two loom widths joined; fringed

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
Indiana
Medallion
Foliage
Flower
Tree
Boat
Ship
Building
House
Coverlet
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Double cloth
Wool (textile)
Textile
Fringed


title: Coverlet

creator: United States, New York, Ontario County, Gorham

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; two loom widths joined

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
New york
Geometric
Geometric motif
Coverlet
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Wool (textile)
Double cloth
Textile


title: Hanging

medium: Cotton, plain weave; covered with paper; embroidered with silk, cotton and wild silk, in bullion, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; Chinese knot, laid work and couching; edged with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Meiji
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith


title: Altar Frontal

creator: Italy

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Weaving - velvet
Liturgical
Silk (fiber)
Ritual object

credit_line: Buckingham Gothic Collection


title: Large Syringa

creator: Designed by Edward William Godwin (English, 1833–1886)

medium: Silk, satin weave, self-patterned by reversing of faces; edged with cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; and silk and cotton, braid of plain weave with extended weft loops

country: London

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
London
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Aesthetic movement
Weaving
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving - velvet

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Shawl

medium: Wool, patchwork of double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weaves; outer border and "Harlequin" tabs of patchwork in 2:2 'S' twill weaves; embroidered in fly, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; main warp fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Costume


title: “Les Arts” Furnishing Fabric

creator: Designed by Hippolyte Lebas (French, 1782–1867)

medium: Cotton; roller printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed textile
France
Artist
People
Shadow
Column
Design
Greek gods
Greek mythology
Mythological figure
Drawing
Music
Teaching
Star
Diamond shape
Neoclassicism
Roller printing
Cotton (textile)
Printing
Ink
Textile
Furnishing textile

credit_line: Elizabeth M. Schultz Endowment Fund


title: Pineapple Quilt

creator: United States

medium: Applique, green and red on 21 blocks and quilting done in floral designs and square diamonds

country: United States

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Flowers
Needlework - quilt
Needlework (visual works)
Bedcover

credit_line: Gift of Emma B. Hodge


title: Bedcover

creator: United States, probably New England or Mid-Atlantic

medium: Cotton, plain weave; stenciled and painted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Chicago
Weaving - printed
Weaving
Weaving - coverlet

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: "Cherry Tree and Robin" Quilt

medium: Appliquéd quilt; dyed and undyed plain weave cotton fabrics

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Trees
Needlework - quilt
Bedcover


title: Coverlet

creator: United States, Ohio, Cleveland area

medium: Wool, plain weave double cloth with main warp and extended ground weft fringe; two loom widths joined

country: Ohio

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Ohio
Coverlet
Double cloth
Wool (textile)
Weaving - coverlet

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Collier in memory of Lelah Bell Davis and her mother, Tacy Entrekin Davis


title: Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt

medium: Silk, pieced and appliquéd plain weaves, some with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, supplementary patterning warps, and selft patterning ground wefts; quilted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - quilt
Silk (fiber)
Bedcover

credit_line: Gift of the Chicago Historical Society


title: Coverlet

creator: Abram Allen (American, born Irish, c. 1796- after 1860)

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; full loom width; seamless; fringed


title: Coverlet

creator: Attributed to David D. Haring (American, 1800–1889)

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined

credit_line: Gift of Mildred Davison


title: Coverlet

creator: United States, Probably Pennsylvania

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (star work, tied Beiderwand); two loom widths joined

country: Pennsylvania

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
Pennsylvania
Star
Coverlet
Geometric motif
Square
Star work
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
American fancy
Textile
Wool (textile)
Beiderwand
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Bernard and Judith Gordon


title: "Forest" Quilt

medium: Cotton, plain weave, pieced and quilted; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; backed with cotton, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Needlework - quilt
Bedcover


title: Original Design Quilt

creator: Ohio, United States

medium: Cotton, plain weaves, roller printed; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted with cotton thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Ohio
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Needlework - quilt
Piecing (needleworking)
Quilting
Roller printing
Bedcover

credit_line: Robert Allerton and The Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowments


title: Bedcover

creator: Engraved by William Hogarth (English, 1697–1764)  after illustrations by Samuel Butler (English, 1612–1680)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed; edged and backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted; two and a half panels joined

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Copperplate printing
Weaving - printed

credit_line: Belle M. Borland Endowment


title: Coverlet

medium: Linen and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment


title: Coverlet

medium: Wool and cotton, point twill weave (multiple shaft) with main warp fringe; two loom widths joined

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
United state
Plaid
Square
Geometric
Geometric motif
Coverlet
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Textile
Cotton (textile)
Fringed
Twill weaving

credit_line: Gift of Frank P. Zuccari in memory of William R. Leisher


title: Coverlet

creator: Michael Franz (American, active c. 1839-1851)

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (Beiderwand); woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
Ohio
Flower
Date
Bird
Foliage
Coverlet
Cotton (textile)
Beiderwand
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Frank D. Carpenter


title: Coverlet

creator: Abram William Van Doren (American, 1808–1884)

country: Michigan


title: Coverlet

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wefts in composite point twill weave (star work, multiple shaft); two loom widths joined

subjects:
Weaving - coverlet
Pennsylvania
Star
Coverlet
Grid
Line
Geometric motif
Circle
Diamond shape
Star work
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
American fancy
Weaving
Textile
Wool (textile)
Twill weaving


title: Cover

creator: Probably Russia

medium: Squares of cotton, plain weave; embroidered in cross and double cross stitches; joined to insertions of linen, bobbin straight lace; edged with linen, bobbin straight lace

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Russia
Needlework (visual works)


title: Tapestry

creator: Hungarian

medium: Wool, silk, and metal-strip-wrapped threads, tapestry weave

country: Hungary

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Hungary
Woman
Hunter
Horse
Tower
Castle
Falcon
Horseback riding
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leigh B. Block