“Young Pioneers Rally” (detail); First Factory of Printed Cotton; Russia, Moscow; 1928-29. Cotton; plain weave, printed; 18 x 18 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2102.049.
Category: Europe
Fragment from Spain
Textile fragment (detail); Spain, Granada; 14th or 15th century. Silk, gilded metallic thread; compound weave; 51 x 27 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 84.3. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1929.
Fragment from Sicily
Textile fragment; Italy, Sicily, Palmero; late 13th or early 14th century. Silk and metallic threads, lampas, 33 x 29 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 83.9. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1947.
Caygill family Bible, imprinted by Robert Barker, England, 1617. Bound paper with silk tapestry-weave cover, 18 x 12 x 5 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-3086.
Skirt border, Crete, 17th century. Linen, cotton, silk; balanced plain weave, embroidery; 40 x 71 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 81.53A. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers before 1929.