France, early 19th century
1941.21CCCC0
India, Himachal Pradesh, 18th century
1996.349CCCC0
Iran or Iraq, Eastern Caliphate, Baghdad or Bishapur, Abbasid period during the caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 306-311
1932.21CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Evelyn Svec Ward (American, 1921-1989) | 1967.201 | Embroidery and appliqué: cotton, cotton chenille, synthetic threads, istle and sisal twine, istle netting, onion bag fragments, wool cloth and burlap on wool ground | Overall: 81.3 x 94 cm (32 x 37 in.) | Wishing Well Fund | © | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Tilos ?, 18th century | 1933.439 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Overall: 117 x 133 cm (46 1/16 x 52 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Mariska Karasz (American, 1898-1960) | 1954.287 | Embroidery: mohair, horsehair, wool, linen, and cotton on a natural ground | Average: 170.8 x 39.1 cm (67 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | © | |
 | Africa, Zanzibar, 20th century | 1940.18 | Cotton on cotton; tabby weave machine quilting and eyelet embroidery | Overall: 11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Lyman H. Treadway | CCCC0 | |
 | Peru, South Coast, Nasca style | 1948.481 | Embroidery of polychrome wools on cotton foundation | Overall: 5.7 x 8.3 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) | Gift of John Wise | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 19th century | 1943.113 | Embroidery; cotton on cotton | Overall: 30.5 x 26.1 cm (12 x 10 1/4 in.) | Gift of George W. Bierce | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1916.1468 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 112.4 x 58.4 cm (44 1/4 x 23 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 19th century | 1943.447 | Embroidery; cotton on cotton | Overall: 95.3 x 20.2 cm (37 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. John Sherwin, Jr. | CCCC0 | |
 | India, East Bengal, 19th century | 1960.274 | Embroidery: cotton thread on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 184.8 x 118.7 cm (72 3/4 x 46 3/4 in.) | Gift of The Textile Arts Club | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Goa, 17th-18th century | 1969.295 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 271.7 x 223.5 cm (106 15/16 x 88 in.) | The Norweb Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Thrace, Sarakatsani People, 19th century | 1937.18 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 35.3 x 54 cm (13 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Charles William Wason | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, Chamba, 18th century | 1916.1208 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 62.2 x 63.5 cm (24 1/2 x 25 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century | 1927.18 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 53.4 x 49 cm (21 x 19 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Dorothy Ruddick (American, 1925-) | 1992.364 | Embroidery: cotton, linen, silk and wool on linen | Overall: 33 x 35.6 x 4.5 cm (13 x 14 x 1 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mildred Constantine | © | |
 | Germany, late 19th century | 1943.116 | Embroidery; silk and cotton on cotton | Overall: 31.5 x 34.6 cm (12 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.) | Gift of George W. Bierce | CCCC0 | |
 | America, Pennsylvania Dutch, 19th century | 1943.105 | Embroidery; cotton on linen | Average: 32.7 x 24.2 cm (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.) | Gift of George W. Bierce | CCCC0 | |
 | France or Switzerland, 19th century | 1944.281 | Embroidery; cotton on linen | Overall: 87.6 x 8.9 cm (34 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Martha H. Jennings | CCCC0 | |
 | Netherlands, late 19th century | 1943.98 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 48.6 x 41.3 cm (19 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.) | Gift of George W. Bierce | CCCC0 | |
 | Queen Mary (British, 1867-1953) | 1949.162 | Embroidery; wool on cotton | Overall: 45.8 x 40.7 cm (18 1/16 x 16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness | © | |
 | India, Punjab, 19th century | 1925.475 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 116.8 x 264.2 cm (46 x 104 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, Late 18th- Early 19th century | 1951.184 | Metallic embroidery on cotton | Overall: 103.5 x 104.8 cm (40 3/4 x 41 1/4 in.) | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Martin | CCCC0 | |
France, early 19th century | 1941.21 | Cotton embroidery on cotton hexagonal mesh | Average: 209.6 x 241.3 cm (82 1/2 x 95 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Gift | CCCC0 | ||
 | Italy, 19th century | 1942.533 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 73.7 x 73.7 cm (29 x 29 in.) | The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother | CCCC0 | |
 | Queen Mary (British, 1867-1953) | 1949.163 | Embroidery; wool on cotton | Overall: 58.5 x 58.5 cm (23 1/16 x 23 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness | © | |
 | Greece, 18th century | 1972.223 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Overall: 20.5 x 43.8 cm (8 1/16 x 17 1/4 in.) | The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1918.20 | Silk embroidery on cotton | Average: 231.1 x 73.7 cm (91 x 29 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Denmark, late 19th century | 1928.191 | Embroidery; cotton on linen | Overall: 25.4 x 36.2 cm (10 x 14 1/4 in.) | Gift of Katherine King | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey | 1957.7 | Silk embroidery on cotton | Overall: 19.7 x 32.1 cm (7 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.) | The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 19th century | 1944.322 | Embroidery; cotton on linen | Overall: 45.7 x 43.2 cm (18 x 17 in.) | Gift of Adaline R. Barstow | CCCC0 | |
 | Switzerland, 19th century | 1945.79 | Embroidery; cotton on linen | Average: 41.3 x 41.3 cm (16 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mary C. Mathews | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 20th century | 1957.6 | Silk embroidery on cotton | Overall: 28.3 x 18.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.) | The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund | © | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1977.189 | Metal thread embroidery on cotton(?) | Overall: 54 x 38.5 cm (21 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Robinson | CCCC0 | |
 | Madeira ?, late 19th century | 1928.224 | Linen embroidery on cotton ground | Overall: 17 x 32 cm (6 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Charlotte C. Clark | CCCC0 | |
 | Dorothy Ruddick (American, 1925-) | 1996.203 | Needle weaving, couched embroidery, painting, and drawing: cotton thread, india ink, and gesso on linen | Overall: 28 x 35.3 x 2.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 x 7/8 in.) | Gift of Mildred Constantine | © | |
 | Azerbaijan, 17th-18th century | 1916.1310 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 113.4 x 63.6 cm (44 5/8 x 25 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Algeria, early 20th century | 1916.1314 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 122.6 x 85.1 cm (48 1/4 x 33 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | England, 19th century | 1942.503 | Embroidery; cotton and silk on linen | Overall: 40 x 38.8 cm (15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.) | The Mary Pack McNairy Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Fez, 19th century | 1933.422 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 45.1 x 22.9 cm (17 3/4 x 9 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| India, Himachal Pradesh, 18th century | 1996.349 | Embroidery, silk, and silver wire on cotton | Overall: 64.5 x 114 cm (25 3/8 x 44 7/8 in.) | Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Cutch, early 20th century | 1925.510 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 72.4 x 85.1 cm (28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Fez, early 20th century | 1930.139 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 35.6 x 44.5 cm (14 x 17 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. John W. Seaver | CCCC0 | |
 | Peru, South Coast, Nasca style | 1948.478 | Embroidery in polychrome wools on cotton foundation | Average: 6.4 x 6.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) | Gift of John Wise | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, 19th century | 1956.594 | Embroidery (phulkari); silk on cotton ground | Overall: 231 x 118.8 cm (90 15/16 x 46 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Upson | CCCC0 | |
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century | 1927.11 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |||
 | Turkey, early 20th century | 1916.1473 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 178.4 x 44.5 cm (70 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1262 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 121 x 63.5 cm (47 5/8 x 25 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Jaipur, 18th-19th century | 1925.496 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 14.6 x 3.8 cm (5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Salé, 19th century | 1929.842 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 104.1 x 81.3 cm (41 x 32 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Salé, 19th century | 1939.452 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 54 x 39.4 cm (21 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Morris A. Black | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1918.27 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 51.1 x 176.5 cm (20 1/8 x 69 1/2 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
Philippines, 19th century | 1943.380 | Embroidery in white cotton on piña cloth | Overall: 93 x 52.1 cm (36 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey | CCCC0 | ||
 | India, Kathiawar, 19th century | 1916.1458 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 104.1 x 76.2 cm (41 x 30 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1918.19 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 181.6 x 50.2 cm (71 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century | 1927.19 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 51.5 x 27.3 cm (20 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran or Iraq, Eastern Caliphate, Baghdad or Bishapur, Abbasid period during the caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 306-311 | 1932.21 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 20.8 x 48.2 cm (8 3/16 x 19 in.) | Gift of George D. Pratt | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Salé, 19th century | 1939.451 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 86.4 x 45.1 cm (34 x 17 3/4 in.) | Gift of Selma V. Sullivan | CCCC0 | |
 | Morocco, Fez, 18th-19th century | 1920.1282 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 29.2 x 13.7 cm (11 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.) | Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, 19th century | 1940.595 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 273.7 x 136.5 cm (107 3/4 x 53 3/4 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1956.682 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Average: 81.2 x 43.5 cm (31 15/16 x 17 1/8 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey ?, 19th century | 1956.686 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Average: 35.6 x 77.8 cm (14 x 30 5/8 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1956.676 | Embroidery: silk and metal strips on cotton tabby ground | Average: 78.8 x 43.5 cm (31 x 17 1/8 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1239 | Embroidery: silk and metallic threads on cotton tabby ground | Average: 151.1 x 86.4 cm (59 1/2 x 34 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, mid 18th century | 1956.681 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Average: 104.8 x 54.2 cm (41 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Punjab, Late 19th century | 1942.367 | Embroidered silk on cotton | Overall: 254 x 147.3 cm (100 x 58 in.) | Gift of Mrs. J. Livingstone Taylor | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1249 | Embroidery: silk and metal on cotton tabby ground | Average: 116.2 x 68.6 cm (45 3/4 x 27 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th century | 1916.1261 | Embroidery: silk on cotton and silk net ground | Overall: 170 x 85 cm (66 15/16 x 33 7/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Cutch, 19th - early 20th century | 1950.144 | Embroidery; silk and metal on silk ground, cotton backing | Overall: 84.5 x 108.5 cm (33 1/4 x 42 11/16 in.) | Gift of Elsa Vick Shaw | CCCC0 | |
 | India, 19th century | 1916.1364 | Embroidery: silk, metal, and cotton thread on cotton ground; silk edging and velvet appliqué | Overall: 125 x 88 cm (49 3/16 x 34 5/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Ireland, Limerick, 19th century | 1943.379 | Cotton embroidery in tambour stitch on white machine-made net | Overall: 75 x 127 cm (29 1/2 x 50 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Martha H. Jennings | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1956.685 | Embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabby | Average: 102.9 x 54 cm (40 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1246 | Embroidery: silk and metallic threads on wool ground, cotton backing | Average: 124.5 x 93 cm (49 x 36 5/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1290 | Embroidery: gold filé laid over cotton thread, couched at edges by cotton, on silk ground | Average: 94.6 x 98.5 cm (37 1/4 x 38 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Ireland, Limerick, 19th century | 1938.264 | Cotton embroidery in tambour stitch on white machine-made net | Average: 53.4 x 182.9 cm (21 x 72 in.) | Gift of George W. Bierce | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey ?, 18th century | 1916.1306 | Embroidery: silk, and gold and silver filé on silk ground; cotton backing | Average: 113.7 x 89.5 cm (44 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1940.358 | Embroidery: gold filé, twisted around silk core, on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 114 x 111 cm (44 7/8 x 43 11/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Chester C. Bolton | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1265 | Embroidery: silk and gold and silver filé on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 127 x 71 cm (50 x 27 15/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1940.590 | Embroidery: silk and metal filé on silk velvet ground; cotton backing | Average: 26.1 x 25.7 cm (10 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | |
 | India, Patna, 19th - early 20th century | 1916.1215 | Embroidery; silk and metal thread and sequins on cotton tabby ground | Overall: 197.5 x 122 cm (77 3/4 x 48 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1956.675 | Embroidery: silk threads and metal strip pushed through fabric, bend and pressed on cotton tabby ground | Average: 86.7 x 43.2 cm (34 1/8 x 17 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1916.1305 | Embroidery: silk, and metal filé twisted around silk core, couched with silk, on velvet ground; cotton backing | Average: 163.8 x 108.6 cm (64 1/2 x 42 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, 19th century | 1935.58 | Embroidered design darned in cotton on machine-made net | Overall: 60 x 77 cm (23 5/8 x 30 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Henry Hunt Clark in memory of her mother, Mrs. Isabelle Hackett | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1260 | Embroidery: silver filé and gold strips over cotton thread, couched at edges by silk, on silk ground | Average: 128.9 x 74.3 cm (50 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 18th-19th century | 1916.1293 | Embroidery: gold filé around silk core laid over cotton, couched at edges in silk, and sequins on silk ground | Average: 47.6 x 55.3 cm (18 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Turkey, 19th century | 1956.678 | Embroidery: silk, gold and silver filé, and gold strip pushed through silk, bent and pressed into place, on cotton tabby ground | Average: 150.9 x 68.6 cm (59 7/16 x 27 in.) | Harold North Fowler Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran | 1916.1307 | Embroidery, outline stitch: silk on cotton | Overall: 65.1 x 50.5 cm (25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Germany, 19th century | 1942.525 | Embroidery; cotton on cotton | Overall: 59.1 x 55.3 cm (23 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.) | The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother | CCCC0 | |
 | America, mid 19th century | 1926.164 | Lace: embroidery on machine-made cotton net, edged with bobbin lace and silk ribbons | Average: 363.3 x 31.2 cm (143 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.) | Gift of Florence M. Kimberly | CCCC0 | |
| Netherlands, late 18th century | 1942.526 | Embroidery; silk on cotton | Overall: 49.5 x 49 cm (19 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.) | The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother | CCCC0 | |
| Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century | 1916.1277 | Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground | Average: 257.9 x 157.5 cm (101 9/16 x 62 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 |