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Body Guard (Brigandine), c. 1500–1525

Italy (?), early 16th Century

1921.1250CCCC0

Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes, 1450–1500

Italy, Florence, 15th century

1943.67CCCC0

Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern, 1450–1500

Italy, Florence, 15th century

1973.20CCCC0

Polychrome Velvet, early 1400s

Italy, early 15th century

1940.370CCCC0

Procurator’s Velvet Stole, c. 1575– 1600

Italy, Venice, late 16th century

1942.829CCCC0

French Cut Velvet, 1914–1924

H. A. Elsberg (French)

1939.55©

Gold-Thread Embroidered Garment for a Woman, late 1800s

Prizrend, Serbia, or Scutari, Albani, late 19th century

1943.381CCCC0

Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe, mid-1500s

Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501–1722)

1944.239CCCC0

Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590–1625

Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century

1916.1787CCCC0

Half Armor for the Foot Tournament, c. 1590

Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)

1996.299CCCC0

Two Joined Panels of "Fortuny Painted Velvet", early 1920s

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)

1975.253CCCC0

Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550–99

Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)

1944.499CCCC0

Chasuble, Stole, Burse(Corporal Case), and Maniple, c 1600– 1700

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1916.1443CCCC0

Stenciled Velvet, c. 1902–10

Dorothy Marshall Hornblower (American, 1886–1968) and 1 other

1948.102CCCC0

Woman’s Robe (munisak), 1850–75

Uzbekistan, Bukhara

2009.267CCCC0

Placket and Cuffs, late 1800s

Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?

1956.788CCCC0

Stenciled Velvet, c. 1902–10

Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other

1948.101CCCC0

Linstock, c. 1600–25

France, 17th century

1916.1786CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s

Italy, late 16th century to early 17th century

1918.255CCCC0

Lengths of Floral Velvet, 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1942.828CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - 1600s

Italy, late 16th - 17th century

1918.256CCCC0

Fragment of Border, 1600s

India, 17th century

1924.1039CCCC0

Gorget (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590–1625

Netherlands(?), late 16th-early 17th Century

1916.1806CCCC0

Velvet Textile, second half of the 15th century

Turkey, Bursa ?, second half of the 15th century

1940.369CCCC0

Crazy Quilt, c. 1887–1900

Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911)

2000.63CCCC0

Velvet, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.44CCCC0

Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child, 1500s

Spain, 16th century

1916.1885CCCC0

Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern, 1415–25

Italy

1943.66CCCC0

Radio Waves, 1914–1924

H. A. Elsberg (French)

1939.49©

Velvet Fragment, 1375–1399

Italy, last quarter of 14th century

1939.43CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s

Italy, late 16th century

1918.278CCCC0

Brocaded Velvet Panel with Italianate Pattern, 1575–1625

Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa

2003.3CCCC0

The Annunciation, 1750s

Johann Michael Düchert (German, 1725–1799)

1981.12CCCC0

Altar Hanging, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1916.1381CCCC0

Velvet, 1600s

China, 17th century

1918.221CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.245CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1600

Italy, early 17th Century

1918.268CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.34CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1918.220CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.226CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1700

Italy, early 18th Century

1918.238CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.248CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.249CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1700s

Italy, 18th century

1918.260CCCC0

Fragments of a Chasuble, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1929.903CCCC0

Velvet Panel, 1800s

Iran, 19th century

1916.1391CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.274CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1440–1460

Italy, mid 15th century

1918.31CCCC0

Velvet Fragments, 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1916.1390CCCC0

Velvet Textile, late 1500s

Italy, late 16th century

1918.222CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.266CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s

Italy, late 16th century

1918.273CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1650–1699

Italy, 2nd half of 17th century

1918.282CCCC0

Velvet Textile, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.317CCCC0

Textile, early 1600s

Italy, early 17th century

1918.40CCCC0

Velvet, 1600s - 1700s

France, 17th-18th century

1918.893CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.478CCCC0

Fragment, 6th-16th century

India, 6th-16th century

1982.294CCCC0

Fire Screen, c. 1750

France, 18th century

1960.105CCCC0

Embroidered Door Hanging, 1700s

India, 18th century

1916.1212CCCC0

Cushion Cover, 1700s

Italy, Genoa, 18th century

1916.1384CCCC0

Velvet Segment, c. 1800

Italy, early 19th century

1916.1386CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

India, 17th century

1918.219CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.265CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1500s - 1600s

Italy, 16th-17th century

1918.280CCCC0

Velvet Textile, 1500s

Italy, 16th century

1918.919CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.477CCCC0

Vest, late 19th century

Dalmatia, Late 19th century

1938.17CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1500

Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century

1918.230CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1700

Italy, early 18th century

1918.264CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600–1740

Italy, first third of 17th century

1918.212CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.263CCCC0

Velvet Panel, 1700s - 1800s

Iran, 18th-19th century

1915.662CCCC0

Velvet cushion cover, 1600s

Turkey

1916.1681CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.257CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1700s

Italy, 18th century

1918.259CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.262CCCC0

Costume, 1900s

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker

1976.188CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1400s

Italy, early 15th century

1918.316CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.475CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, Genoa, late 17th century

1918.276CCCC0

Velvet Fragments Sewn Together, late 1500s

Italy, late 16th century

1918.214CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1600s

Italy, early 17th century

1918.261CCCC0

Velvet Panel "Kashan Velvet", 1800s

Iran, 19th century

1940.360CCCC0

Velvet, 1600s

China, 17th century

1940.597CCCC0

Tent panel of a dragon slayer, 1550–99

Iran, Yazd[?], reign of Shah Tahmasp, Safavid period (1501-1736)

1948.205CCCC0

Velvet Panel, 1800s

Iran, 19th century

1916.1382CCCC0

Chalice Veil, 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1916.1437CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1650–1699

Italy, 2nd half 17th century

1918.258CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1700s

Italy, 18th century

1918.308CCCC0

Velvet Cuffs, 1800s

France, 19th century

1934.198CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1600s

Italy, early 17th century

1918.227CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1650–1699

Italy, 2nd half 17th century

1918.228CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1600s

Italy, early 17th century

1918.270CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.275CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.279CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s - early 1700s

Italy, late 17th - early 18th century

1918.882CCCC0

Velvet, c. 1650

Italy, 17th century

1918.215CCCC0

Fragment, probably from a Chasuble, 1400s

Italy

1918.232CCCC0

Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume, 1900s

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker

1976.187CCCC0

Velvet Cover, 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1916.1378CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1500s

Italy, 16th century

1918.234CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.250CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.269CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.271CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.272CCCC0

fragment, 1700s

China, 18th century

1918.314CCCC0

Velvet, 1600s

France, 17th century

1918.914CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.476CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1926.489CCCC0

Fragments of a Chasuble, 1400–1420

Italy, beginning of the 15th century

1951.493CCCC0

Fragment with Lobed Palmette Pattern, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.241CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1500s

Italy, 16th century

1918.254CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - 1600s

Italy, late 16th - 17th century

1918.309CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.315CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1600s

Italy ?, early 17th century

1918.881CCCC0

Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?), 1400–1420

Italy, early 15th century

1939.45CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1600s

Italy, early 17th century

1918.901CCCC0

Velvet with gold discs, late 1200s or earlier

Iran, probably Tabriz, Ilkhanid period

1918.225CCCC0

Cap, 1800s

India

1916.1477CCCC0

Length of Velvet, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1942.836CCCC0

Brocaded velvet with chintamani design, late 1400s

Turkey, Bursa

1943.313CCCC0

Cut Silk Velvet, 1800s

France, 19th century

1931.447CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.479CCCC0

Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1952.554CCCC0

Cloth of Gold, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1918.243CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600–1640

Italy, 1st third of 17th century

1918.917CCCC0

Fragment of Stamped Velvet, early 1600s

France or Spain, early 17th century

1918.233CCCC0

Fragment of Stamped Velvet, 1600s

France or Spain, 17th century

1918.237CCCC0

Velvet panel with four youths smelling flowers, 1625–50

Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period (1501-1722)

1932.42CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.480CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.481CCCC0

Fragment, 1500–1550

Italy, first half of 16th century

1918.18CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1927.365CCCC0

Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.236CCCC0

Length of Velvet, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1942.835CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1946.418CCCC0

Fragment with Floral Pattern, 1600s

Spain, 17th century

1918.21CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600–1640

Italy, 1st third of 17th century

1918.277CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.224CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1500s-1600s

Italy, 16th-17th century

1927.367CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.218CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s

Italy, late 16th- early 17th century

1946.402CCCC0

Brocaded velvet cushion cover with carnations, late 1500s

Turkey, Bursa

1984.27CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1918.251CCCC0

Velourau Sable, late 19th - early 20th century

France, Germany, Switzerland, America?, late 19th - early 20th century

1940.1243CCCC0

Brocaded velvet cover with sunbursts, early 1600s

Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa

2008.146CCCC0

Velvet Textile, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1918.210CCCC0

Fragment of a Stola, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.283CCCC0

Fragment of Wool Velvet, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1944.324CCCC0

Length of Velvet, 1500s

Italy, 16th century

1952.555CCCC0

Fragments of Velvet (So-Called Velours Jardiniers), 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1916.1379CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.281CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1940.604CCCC0

"Ferronnerie" Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.240CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.302CCCC0

Jacket, c. 1800s

Macedonia or Albania, 19th century

1934.275CCCC0

Velvet Textile, 1600s

Italy, Genoa ?, second half of 17th century

1918.312CCCC0

Pieces from Disassembled Cape, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1951.496CCCC0

Cushion Cover, 1800s

Italy, 19th century

1916.1380CCCC0

Velvet Textile, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1918.247CCCC0

Silk Fragment, 1700s

China, 18th century

1927.292CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.239CCCC0

Two-color Velvet with Gold in a Double Curved Lattice Pattern, 1450–1500

Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century

1929.82CCCC0

Fragment of Gothic Velvet, 15th century

Spain, 15th century

1918.244CCCC0

Fragment of Stamped Velvet, first half of 17th century

Spain, first half of 17th century

1918.267CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s

Italy, late 16th - early 17th century

1946.404CCCC0

Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents, 1525–75

Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa

2009.282CCCC0

Stamped Velvet, 17th century

Spain, 17th century

1918.213CCCC0

Border Fragment, late 1600s

Italy, late 17th century

1918.904CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s

Italy, late 16th - early 17th century

1946.403CCCC0

Chasuble Front, 16th century

Turkey, 16th century

1915.677CCCC0

Velvet Textile, late 15th century

Spain, late 15th century

1918.211CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.912CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400–1450

Italy, Venice ?, first half 15th century

1918.310CCCC0

Fragment of a Chasuble, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.216CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1700

Italy, early 18th Century

1918.246CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.223CCCC0

Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band, 1415–25

Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz (orphrey)

1950.85CCCC0

Katar dagger, 1700s

India, Mughal

1985.119CCCC0

Textile: Midnight Sun, 1914–1924

H. A. Elsberg (French)

1939.50©

Velvet Fragment, 1500s

Italy, 16th century

1918.235CCCC0

Velvet Strip, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1927.364CCCC0

Length of Velvet, 1600s

Italy, Genoa, 17th century

1916.1376CCCC0

Curtain, 1600s

Italy, 17th century

1940.533CCCC0

Brocaded velvet with medallions in ogival lattice, late 1500s

Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa

2001.3CCCC0

Woman's Costume (Cuff), 1800s

Italy, Sicily, 19th century

1931.445.iCCCC0

Velvet Band, 1500s-1600s

Italy, 16th-17th century

1920.1465CCCC0

Woman's Costume (Collar), 1800s

Italy, Sicily, 19th century

1931.445.hCCCC0

Woman's Costume (Cuff), 1800s

Italy, Sicily, 19th century

1931.445.jCCCC0

Sword with scabbard, 1700s–1800s

India, perhaps Deccan

1930.706CCCC0

Part of a Chasuble, c. 1500

England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century

1970.124CCCC0

Women's Jacket, late 19th century

Turkey ?, late 19th century (?)

1945.78CCCC0

Brocaded Velvet, c. 1500

Turkey, early 16th Century

1946.74CCCC0

Velvet Divan Cushion, 17th century

Turkey, 17th century

1916.1385CCCC0

Length of silk velvet ikat, 1875–1900

Uzbekistan, Bukhara

2006.153CCCC0

Shaped horse trapping, 1600s

India

1927.376CCCC0

Silk Velvet with Gold in Pomegranate Pattern, 1450–1500

Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century

1940.596CCCC0

Chasuble with Orphrey Band, 1500–1520

England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century

1947.2CCCC0

Embroidered Sleeve from a Dalmatic, 1500–1525

Italy, Florence, 16th century

1998.51CCCC0

Partisan, c. 1600–50

France, 17th century

1916.1795CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, early 1400s

Italy, early 15th century

1931.63CCCC0

Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag, 1880s?

Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) People

1982.61CCCC0

Velvet Brocaded Textile, late 1500s

Italy, late 16th century

1918.903CCCC0

Tulwar sword, 1700s

India, probably Deccan

1930.704CCCC0

Wall Hanging, 1910

China

1917.379©

Lord Chancellor's Burse (Purse) with Royal Cypher and Coat of Arms of..., 1760–1801

England, 18th century

1916.1366CCCC0

Wall Hanging, 1910

China

1917.380©

Fragments of Velvet Brocade, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1918.911CCCC0

Set of Three Fish in Original Box, c. 1890

House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)

2009.30CCCC0

Stenciled Velvet, c. 1902–10

Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other

1948.100©

Door curtain, 1800s

Iran, Qajar period (1779-1925)

1916.1388CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1900

France, early 20th century

1993.178CCCC0

Velvet Brocade, 1700s

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)

1916.1680CCCC0

Velvet BrocadeTextile, mid 1500s

Italy, mid-16th century

1918.900CCCC0

Fragment of Velvet Brocade, late 1600s or early 1700s

Italy ?, late 17th or early 18th century

1918.23CCCC0

Embroidered Velvet, 1700s

India, 18th century

1916.1375CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.242CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1400

Italy, Florence, early 15th Century

1940.487CCCC0

Fragment, 1500–1550

Italy, first half of 16th century

1918.26CCCC0

Embroidered Fragment, 1700s or 1800s

India, 18th or 19th century

1916.1369CCCC0

Ceremonial Uniform, 1644–1911

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

1918.560CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1500s

Italy, 16th century

1918.231CCCC0

Velvet Brocade Textile, late 1500s

Italy, late 16th century

1918.897CCCC0

Velvet Fragment in Two Pieces, 1300s

Iran or Iraq, 14th century

1918.30CCCC0

Circular Piece, 1700s

India, 18th century

1916.1373CCCC0

Fragment, 1600s

India, 17th century

1946.420CCCC0

Khanjar dagger, c. 1600s

India

1930.708CCCC0

Length of Velvet, 1600–1640

Italy, first third of 17th century

1952.553CCCC0

Textile Fragment, 1774–1793

France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)

1940.482CCCC0

Velvet Strip, mid-1800s

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

1916.1387CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, c. 1385–1402

Italy, Milan ?, late 14th-early 15th Century

1918.36CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.217CCCC0

Cushion cover, 1800–1850

Turkey

1916.1389CCCC0

Fragments from Chasuble Front, early 1500s

Italy, early 16th century

1915.670CCCC0

Fragment, 1600s

Iran, 17th century

1946.415CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.915CCCC0

Embroidered Fragments, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1916.1455CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400–1450

Italy, Lucca or Venice ?, first half 15th century

1926.508CCCC0

Velvet Fragments, early 16th century

Spain, early 16th century

1940.603CCCC0

Untitled (Case with portraits of a man and woman and hair ornaments), c. 1870s

19th century

2017.9CCCC0

Floorspread with medallion pattern, 1650–1700

India, Gujarat, probably Ahmedabad

2001.35CCCC0

Stencilled Velvet, c. 1902–10

Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other

1948.104CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.252CCCC0

Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?), 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.916CCCC0

Embroidered Strip of Velvet, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1939.153CCCC0

Fragment, 1800s

India, Jaipur, 19th century

1925.681CCCC0

Fragment of Brocaded Velvet, 16th century

Spain, 16th century

1954.316CCCC0

Untitled (Pair of Portraits), 1879

Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)

2017.8CCCC0

Inkstand, 1800s

Continental, 19th century

1916.350CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 15th century

Spain, 15th century

1918.253CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1450–1499

Italy, second half of 15th century

1949.164CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1918.284CCCC0

Beaded Bag, 19th century

America, 19th century

1924.801CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1940.493CCCC0

Fragment of Velvet, 15th century

Spain, 15th century

1951.494CCCC0

Hand Seal: Original Fitted Presentation Box, 1904–8

Hjalmar Armfelt (Finnish, 1873–1959) and 1 other

1966.487.1©

Brocaded Velvet, late 1300s

Italy, late 14th century

1918.229CCCC0

Embroidered Headdress, 1700s

Germany, Schleswig, 18th century

1919.856CCCC0

Embroidered Fragment, 19th century

Turkey, 19th century

1940.590CCCC0

Chasuble, late 1600s

Spain, late 16th century

1956.807CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy, 15th century

1951.495CCCC0

Embroidered Cover, 1800s

India, 19th century

1916.1364CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy or Spain, 15th century

1918.923CCCC0

Saddle Blanket, third quarter of 19th century

America, Native North American, Plains, Dakota, Lakota(Sioux), 19th century

1970.550CCCC0

Writing Set, c. 1830

John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other

2009.39CCCC0

Velvet Fragment, 1400s

Italy or Spain, 15th century

1918.924CCCC0

Embroidered Divan Cover (?), 19th century

Turkey, 19th century

1916.1305CCCC0

Title, Date	Artist / Culture	Accession number	Medium	Dimensions	Credit line	Rights
Body Guard (Brigandine), c. 1500–1525	Italy (?), early 16th Century	1921.1250	linen; gold velvet; steel; brass	Overall: 56.5 x 47.6 cm (22 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance	CCCC0
Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes, 1450–1500	Italy, Florence, 15th century	1943.67	silk, velvet: cut pile and voided	Overall: 211.5 x 40 cm (83 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.); Mounted: 222.3 x 49.5 x 7.6 cm (87 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 3 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern, 1450–1500	Italy, Florence, 15th century	1973.20	silk, gold thread; velvet: three heights of cut pile, gold thread loops	Overall: 300.9 x 56.5 cm (118 7/16 x 22 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Polychrome Velvet, early 1400s	Italy, early 15th century	1940.370	velvet weave (cut and voided): silk thread	Overall: 44.5 x 30.5 cm (17 1/2 x 12 in.)	Gift of The Textile Arts Club	CCCC0
Procurator’s Velvet Stole, c. 1575– 1600	Italy, Venice, late 16th century	1942.829	dyed silk; velvet in two heights of cut pile (pile on pile, alto e basso), woven as two stole widths	Overall: 142.2 x 71.1 cm (56 x 28 in.); Mounted: 147.3 x 77.5 cm (58 x 30 1/2 in.)	Bequest of John L. Severance	CCCC0
French Cut Velvet, 1914–1924	H. A. Elsberg (French)	1939.55	velvet	Overall: 116.2 x 66.7 cm (45 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.)	Gift of the Estate of H. A. Elsberg	©
Gold-Thread Embroidered Garment for a Woman, late 1800s	Prizrend, Serbia, or Scutari, Albani, late 19th century	1943.381	silk, velvet; gold- and silver-thread: bands, cords, couched embroidery	Overall: 117 x 170.2 cm (46 1/16 x 67 in.)	Gift of Jeannette Cox Morrill	CCCC0
Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe, mid-1500s	Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501–1722)	1944.239	Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread	Overall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590–1625	Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century	1916.1787	gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder	Overall: 33 x 34 x 21.3 cm (13 x 13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance	CCCC0
Half Armor for the Foot Tournament, c. 1590	Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)	1996.299	etched and gilded steel, brass rivets, leather and velvet fittings	Overall: 31.7 x 27.7 x 21.6 cm (12 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)	John L. Severance Fund	CCCC0
Two Joined Panels of "Fortuny Painted Velvet", early 1920s	Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949)	1975.253	velvet, painted	Overall: 64.4 x 99 cm (25 3/8 x 39 in.)	Gift of Countess Elsie Lee Gozzi	CCCC0
Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550–99	Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)	1944.499	Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution	Mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Chasuble, Stole, Burse(Corporal Case), and Maniple, c 1600– 1700	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1916.1443	woven polychrome silk and gilt metal threads, cut and uncut velvet	Overall: 106 x 68.3 cm (41 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Stenciled Velvet, c. 1902–10	Dorothy Marshall Hornblower (American, 1886–1968) and 1 other	1948.102	plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyes	Overall: 22 x 30.8 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 36.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)	Gift of Joseph F. Sindelar	CCCC0
Woman’s Robe (munisak), 1850–75	Uzbekistan, Bukhara	2009.267	Silk: velvet ikat	Overall: 132.1 x 150 cm (52 x 59 1/16 in.)	Gift of Arlene C. Cooper	CCCC0
Placket and Cuffs, late 1800s	Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?	1956.788	Velvet, cotton	Overall: 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.); Average: 12.5 x 30 cm (4 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)	Anonymous gift in memory of Sarah Ann Morrison	CCCC0
Stenciled Velvet, c. 1902–10	Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other	1948.101	plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyes	Overall: 11.7 x 34.3 cm (4 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.); Mounted: 18.7 x 41.3 cm (7 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)	Gift of Joseph F. Sindelar	CCCC0
Linstock, c. 1600–25	France, 17th century	1916.1786	steel; octagonal wood haft covered with green velvet, brass studs	Overall: 201 cm (79 1/8 in.); Blade: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s	Italy, late 16th century to early 17th century	1918.255	velvet	Overall: 18.7 x 19.3 cm (7 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Lengths of Floral Velvet, 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1942.828	velvet (cut, uncut, voided); silk	Average: 200.9 x 59.5 cm (79 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.)	Bequest of John L. Severance	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - 1600s	Italy, late 16th - 17th century	1918.256	velvet	Overall: 14.3 x 9 cm (5 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Border, 1600s	India, 17th century	1924.1039	velvet	Overall: 34.3 x 70.2 cm (13 1/2 x 27 5/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Gorget (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590–1625	Netherlands(?), late 16th-early 17th Century	1916.1806	gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder	Overall: 32.4 x 24.8 x 19.1 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, second half of the 15th century	Turkey, Bursa ?, second half of the 15th century	1940.369	velvet (cut and voided): silk	Average: 33.1 x 45.4 cm (13 1/16 x 17 7/8 in.)	Gift of The Textile Arts Club	CCCC0
Crazy Quilt, c. 1887–1900	Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911)	2000.63	silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer	Overall: 186.7 x 182.9 cm (73 1/2 x 72 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Morrisey	CCCC0
Velvet, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.44	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 46.4 x 33.7 cm (18 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child, 1500s	Spain, 16th century	1916.1885	red and dark brown velvet, embroidered; fringe	Overall: 109.2 x 138.4 cm (43 x 54 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance	CCCC0
Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern, 1415–25	Italy	1943.66	Silk, polychrome velvet with cut pile	Overall: 80 x 57.8 cm (31 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.); Mounted: 86.4 x 63.5 cm (34 x 25 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Radio Waves, 1914–1924	H. A. Elsberg (French)	1939.49	jacquard weave; velvet and gold filé	Overall: 95 x 79.4 cm (37 3/8 x 31 1/4 in.)	Gift of the Estate of H. A. Elsberg	©
Velvet Fragment, 1375–1399	Italy, last quarter of 14th century	1939.43	velvet; silk	Overall: 20.3 x 26.7 cm (8 x 10 1/2 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s	Italy, late 16th century	1918.278	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 52.7 x 25.4 cm (20 3/4 x 10 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Brocaded Velvet Panel with Italianate Pattern, 1575–1625	Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa	2003.3	Silk: velvet, brocaded; gilt-metal thread and cotton	Overall: 173 x 241.5 cm (68 1/8 x 95 1/16 in.); Mounted: 175.3 x 245.7 x 8.9 cm (69 x 96 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)	Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund	CCCC0
The Annunciation, 1750s	Johann Michael Düchert (German, 1725–1799)	1981.12	ivory, ebony, velvet, in the original gilded and glazed frame	Framed: 56.5 x 41.9 x 6.3 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 33.5 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (13 3/16 x 10 x 1 3/8 in.)	John L. Severance Fund	CCCC0
Altar Hanging, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1916.1381	velvet	Overall: 114.9 x 129.5 cm (45 1/4 x 51 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet, 1600s	China, 17th century	1918.221	velvet	Overall: 36.2 x 41.3 cm (14 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.245	velvet	Overall: 23.7 x 26.5 cm (9 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1600	Italy, early 17th Century	1918.268	velvet	Overall: 45.5 x 14.5 cm (17 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.34	silk velvet	Overall: 59.7 x 24.2 cm (23 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1918.220	velvet	Overall: 40.2 x 53.8 cm (15 13/16 x 21 3/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.226	velvet	Overall: 19.5 x 42 cm (7 11/16 x 16 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1700	Italy, early 18th Century	1918.238	velvet	Overall: 57 x 14 cm (22 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.248	velvet	Overall: 10.3 x 18 cm (4 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.249	velvet	Overall: 38.5 x 44.6 cm (15 3/16 x 17 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1700s	Italy, 18th century	1918.260	velvet	Overall: 20.5 x 14.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1929.903	velvet	Overall: 98 x 27 cm (38 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Panel, 1800s	Iran, 19th century	1916.1391	velvet	Overall: 162.5 x 109.2 cm (64 x 43 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.274	velvet	Overall: 43.2 x 43.8 cm (17 x 17 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1440–1460	Italy, mid 15th century	1918.31	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 41.9 x 17.8 cm (16 1/2 x 7 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragments, 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1916.1390	velvet	Overall: 167 x 108.7 cm (65 3/4 x 42 13/16 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, late 1500s	Italy, late 16th century	1918.222	velvet	Overall: 53.2 x 48.3 cm (20 15/16 x 19 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.266	velvet	Overall: 17.5 x 18 cm (6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s	Italy, late 16th century	1918.273	velvet	Overall: 70 x 38.5 cm (27 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1650–1699	Italy, 2nd half of 17th century	1918.282	velvet	Overall: 60.5 x 25 cm (23 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.317	velvet	Overall: 11.5 x 24 cm (4 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Textile, early 1600s	Italy, early 17th century	1918.40	velvet	Overall: 66 x 27.9 cm (26 x 11 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet, 1600s - 1700s	France, 17th-18th century	1918.893	velvet	Overall: 50.2 x 36.2 cm (19 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.478	velvet	Overall: 6.7 x 3.5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment, 6th-16th century	India, 6th-16th century	1982.294	velvet	Overall: 53.5 x 17.5 cm (21 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Fire Screen, c. 1750	France, 18th century	1960.105	wood and velvet panel	Overall: 109.9 x 77.5 x 38.8 cm (43 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)	Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle	CCCC0
Embroidered Door Hanging, 1700s	India, 18th century	1916.1212	velvet	Overall: 32.4 x 97.2 cm (12 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Cushion Cover, 1700s	Italy, Genoa, 18th century	1916.1384	velvet	Overall: 124.5 x 66 cm (49 x 26 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Segment, c. 1800	Italy, early 19th century	1916.1386	velvet	Overall: 77.5 x 71.1 cm (30 1/2 x 28 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	India, 17th century	1918.219	velvet	Overall: 16.5 x 41 cm (6 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.265	velvet	Overall: 46 x 16.5 cm (18 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1500s - 1600s	Italy, 16th-17th century	1918.280	velvet	Overall: 14 x 37 cm (5 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, 1500s	Italy, 16th century	1918.919	velvet	Overall: 50.1 x 57.1 cm (19 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.477	velvet	Overall: 8.9 x 11.3 cm (3 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Vest, late 19th century	Dalmatia, Late 19th century	1938.17	velvet, gold braid, sequins	Overall: 30 x 42 cm (11 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.)	Gift of Mrs. Margaret Spencer	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1500	Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century	1918.230	velvet	Overall: 55.9 x 47 cm (22 x 18 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1700	Italy, early 18th century	1918.264	velvet	Overall: 22.5 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600–1740	Italy, first third of 17th century	1918.212	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 43.6 x 23.5 cm (17 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.263	velvet	Overall: 19 x 14 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Panel, 1700s - 1800s	Iran, 18th-19th century	1915.662	velvet	Overall: 99.4 x 63.5 cm (39 1/8 x 25 in.)	Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust	CCCC0
Velvet cushion cover, 1600s	Turkey	1916.1681	velvet	Average: 106.7 x 65.4 cm (42 x 25 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.257	velvet	Overall: 26 x 18 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1700s	Italy, 18th century	1918.259	velvet	Overall: 20.5 x 40 cm (8 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.262	velvet	Overall: 17 x 12 cm (6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Costume, 1900s	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker	1976.188	cotton, velvet, flannel, leather, dye, probably wood, cowrie shells, metal	Overall: 152.4 x 58.4 x 40.6 cm (60 x 23 x 16 in.)	Gift of Katherine C. White	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1400s	Italy, early 15th century	1918.316	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 68.6 x 40 cm (27 x 15 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.475	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 5.4 x 8.6 cm (2 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, Genoa, late 17th century	1918.276	velvet (cut, uncut, voided); silk and metallic threads	Overall: 35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragments Sewn Together, late 1500s	Italy, late 16th century	1918.214	velvet	Overall: 37 x 39.5 cm (14 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1600s	Italy, early 17th century	1918.261	velvet	Overall: 10 x 13.5 cm (3 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Panel "Kashan Velvet", 1800s	Iran, 19th century	1940.360	velvet	Overall: 100.3 x 75.6 cm (39 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mrs. Chester C. Bolton	CCCC0
Velvet, 1600s	China, 17th century	1940.597	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 87.6 x 78.4 cm (34 1/2 x 30 7/8 in.)	Bequest of James Parmelee	CCCC0
Tent panel of a dragon slayer, 1550–99	Iran, Yazd[?], reign of Shah Tahmasp, Safavid period (1501-1736)	1948.205	velvet, cut, voided, brocaded, and pile-warp substitution: silk and gilt-metal strips	Overall: 71.1 x 55.6 cm (28 x 21 7/8 in.); Mounted: 81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Panel, 1800s	Iran, 19th century	1916.1382	velvet	Overall: 80 x 51.5 cm (31 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Chalice Veil, 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1916.1437	velvet	Overall: 56.7 x 56.7 cm (22 5/16 x 22 5/16 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1650–1699	Italy, 2nd half 17th century	1918.258	velvet	Overall: 24.5 x 17.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1700s	Italy, 18th century	1918.308	velvet	Overall: 46.5 x 51 cm (18 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Cuffs, 1800s	France, 19th century	1934.198	velvet	Overall: 18.4 x 5.7 cm (7 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)	Gift of Isabel Jane Crawford	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1600s	Italy, early 17th century	1918.227	velvet	Overall: 31.5 x 29.3 cm (12 3/8 x 11 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1650–1699	Italy, 2nd half 17th century	1918.228	velvet	Overall: 37.8 x 33 cm (14 7/8 x 13 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1600s	Italy, early 17th century	1918.270	velvet	Overall: 66.5 x 24 cm (26 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.275	velvet	Overall: 53 x 48 cm (20 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.279	velvet	Overall: 37 x 24 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s - early 1700s	Italy, late 17th - early 18th century	1918.882	velvet	Overall: 25 x 41.9 cm (9 13/16 x 16 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet, c. 1650	Italy, 17th century	1918.215	velvet (cut, uncut, and voided)	Overall: 24.8 x 50.8 cm (9 3/4 x 20 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment, probably from a Chasuble, 1400s	Italy	1918.232	Silk with cut and voided velvet	Overall: 66 x 29.9 cm (26 x 11 3/4 in.); Mounted: 76.2 x 40.6 cm (30 x 16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume, 1900s	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker	1976.187	cotton, velvet, flannel, dye, faux fur, leather, cowrie shells	Overall: 167.6 x 66 x 40.6 cm (66 x 26 x 16 in.)	Gift of Katherine C. White	CCCC0
Velvet Cover, 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1916.1378	velvet	Overall: 101.6 x 61.6 cm (40 x 24 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1500s	Italy, 16th century	1918.234	velvet	Overall: 38.5 x 50.5 cm (15 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.250	velvet	Overall: 19 x 26 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.269	velvet	Overall: 43.5 x 19 cm (17 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.271	velvet	Overall: 70.3 x 37 cm (27 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.272	velvet	Overall: 58.5 x 35 cm (23 1/16 x 13 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
fragment, 1700s	China, 18th century	1918.314	velvet	Overall: 51 x 65 cm (20 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet, 1600s	France, 17th century	1918.914	velvet	Overall: 47 x 47.6 cm (18 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.476	velvet	Overall: 19.7 x 10.5 cm (7 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1926.489	velvet (cut and voided); silk and metal	Overall: 34.3 x 16.9 cm (13 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)	Gift of Adolph Loewi	CCCC0
Fragments of a Chasuble, 1400–1420	Italy, beginning of the 15th century	1951.493	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Average: 108 x 50.5 cm (42 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Fragment with Lobed Palmette Pattern, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.241	velvet, cut and voided; silk	Overall: 23.5 x 18.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1500s	Italy, 16th century	1918.254	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 29 x 10.7 cm (11 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - 1600s	Italy, late 16th - 17th century	1918.309	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 36.1 x 16.7 cm (14 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.315	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 61 x 53.3 cm (24 x 21 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1600s	Italy ?, early 17th century	1918.881	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 17.2 x 50.8 cm (6 3/4 x 20 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?), 1400–1420	Italy, early 15th century	1939.45	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 49.5 x 25.1 cm (19 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1600s	Italy, early 17th century	1918.901	velvet (cut, uncut, and voided); silk	Overall: 67.3 x 18.4 cm (26 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet with gold discs, late 1200s or earlier	Iran, probably Tabriz, Ilkhanid period	1918.225	silk, gilt-metal thread; brocaded velvet	Overall: 30.5 x 20.6 cm (12 x 8 1/8 in.); Mounted: 34.9 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Cap, 1800s	India	1916.1477	Velvet embroidered with gilt-silver–wrapped silk thread (zari); silk: lining; rubies, pearls, and spinels	Overall: 6.3 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (2 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Length of Velvet, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1942.836	velvet; silk	Overall: 193 x 55.3 cm (76 x 21 3/4 in.)	Bequest of John L. Severance	CCCC0
Brocaded velvet with chintamani design, late 1400s	Turkey, Bursa	1943.313	velvet, brocaded: silk and silver-metal thread	Overall: 81.3 x 28.6 cm (32 x 11 1/4 in.); Mounted: 91.4 x 39.4 cm (36 x 15 1/2 in.)	Gift of Adolph Loewi	CCCC0
Cut Silk Velvet, 1800s	France, 19th century	1931.447	velvet; silk	Overall: 38.5 x 29.3 cm (15 3/16 x 11 9/16 in.)	Gift of H. A. Elsberg	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.479	velvet (cut, uncut, and voided); silk and gold thread	Overall: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1952.554	velvet weave (cut and voided): silk thread	Overall: 78.1 x 44.5 cm (30 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Cloth of Gold, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1918.243	silk velvet	Overall: 9 x 21.5 cm (3 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600–1640	Italy, 1st third of 17th century	1918.917	velvet (cut, uncut, and voided); silk	Overall: 64.8 x 17.1 cm (25 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet, early 1600s	France or Spain, early 17th century	1918.233	stamped velvet	Overall: 62.5 x 45.7 cm (24 5/8 x 18 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet, 1600s	France or Spain, 17th century	1918.237	stamped velvet	Overall: 47.3 x 52 cm (18 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet panel with four youths smelling flowers, 1625–50	Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period (1501-1722)	1932.42	Silk: velvet, brocaded, and pile-warp substitution; gilt- and silver-metal thread	Overall: 157.5 x 72.7 cm (62 x 28 5/8 in.); Mounted: 167.6 x 83.2 cm (66 x 32 3/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.480	velvet (cut and uncut), on a white satin ground	Overall: 7.6 x 6 cm (3 x 2 3/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.481	velvet (cut, uncut, supplementary weft); silk	Overall: 6.7 x 8.6 cm (2 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment, 1500–1550	Italy, first half of 16th century	1918.18	silk velvet	Overall: 86.4 x 17.2 cm (34 x 6 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1927.365	velvet (cut and uncut)	Overall: 57.1 x 43.8 cm (22 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.236	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 39 x 33 cm (15 3/8 x 13 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Length of Velvet, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1942.835	velvet; silk	Overall: 254 x 50.2 cm (100 x 19 3/4 in.)	Bequest of John L. Severance	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1946.418	velvet; silk	Overall: 74.9 x 9.3 cm (29 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Fragment with Floral Pattern, 1600s	Spain, 17th century	1918.21	velvet with two levels of cut pile; silk	Average: 56.5 x 16.5 cm (22 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600–1640	Italy, 1st third of 17th century	1918.277	velvet (cut and uncut); silk and silver filé	Overall: 50 x 20.5 cm (19 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.224	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 28 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1500s-1600s	Italy, 16th-17th century	1927.367	velvet (cut and uncut)	Overall: 44.4 x 23.5 cm (17 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.218	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 78.8 x 17.8 cm (31 x 7 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s	Italy, late 16th- early 17th century	1946.402	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 24.1 x 14.3 cm (9 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)	Gift of Henry Hunt Clark	CCCC0
Brocaded velvet cushion cover with carnations, late 1500s	Turkey, Bursa	1984.27	velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt-and-silver-metal thread	Overall: 128.9 x 66.7 cm (50 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 136.5 x 74.3 cm (53 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mrs. James Albert Ford, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Mrs. Hermon A. Kelley, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, Mrs. Harry Stratton, and J. H. Wade by exchange	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1918.251	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 24 x 21.3 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velourau Sable, late 19th - early 20th century	France, Germany, Switzerland, America?, late 19th - early 20th century	1940.1243	velvet weave, silk	Overall: 150.3 x 18.4 cm (59 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)	Transfer from Education Art Collection	CCCC0
Brocaded velvet cover with sunbursts, early 1600s	Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa	2008.146	velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton	Overall: 180.7 x 128.3 cm (71 1/8 x 50 1/2 in.); Mounted: 185.4 x 134 cm (73 x 52 3/4 in.)	John L. Severance Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1918.210	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Overall: 29.3 x 59.7 cm (11 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of a Stola, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.283	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 44.5 x 20 cm (17 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Wool Velvet, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1944.324	velvet (cut and voided): wool	Average: 49.6 x 20.4 cm (19 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)	Gift of Adolph Loewi	CCCC0
Length of Velvet, 1500s	Italy, 16th century	1952.555	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Average: 114.6 x 39.1 cm (45 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Fragments of Velvet (So-Called Velours Jardiniers), 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1916.1379	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Overall: 97.8 x 60.3 cm (38 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.281	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 48.3 x 18.5 cm (19 x 7 5/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1940.604	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 66.7 x 57.5 cm (26 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.)	Bequest of James Parmelee	CCCC0
"Ferronnerie" Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.240	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 24.5 x 24.8 cm (9 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.302	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 55.9 x 48.3 cm (22 x 19 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Jacket, c. 1800s	Macedonia or Albania, 19th century	1934.275	velvet; metallic embroidery	Overall: 30.5 x 154.3 cm (12 x 60 3/4 in.)	Gift of the Estate of Samuel E. Dettelbach	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, 1600s	Italy, Genoa ?, second half of 17th century	1918.312	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 90.2 x 24.2 cm (35 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Pieces from Disassembled Cape, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1951.496	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Average: 56.5 x 100.5 cm (22 1/4 x 39 9/16 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Cushion Cover, 1800s	Italy, 19th century	1916.1380	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Overall: 104.1 x 59.1 cm (41 x 23 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1918.247	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Overall: 43 x 14.5 cm (16 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Silk Fragment, 1700s	China, 18th century	1927.292	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 34.3 x 31.8 cm (13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)	Gift of H. A. Elsberg	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.239	velvet (cut and voided)	Overall: 33 x 34.3 cm (13 x 13 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Two-color Velvet with Gold in a Double Curved Lattice Pattern, 1450–1500	Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century	1929.82	silk, gold thread; polychrome velvet: cut pile, brocaded, and voided	Overall: 108.6 x 55.9 cm (42 3/4 x 22 in.); Mounted: 115.6 x 59.7 cm (45 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Gothic Velvet, 15th century	Spain, 15th century	1918.244	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Average: 14.6 x 15 cm (5 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Stamped Velvet, first half of 17th century	Spain, first half of 17th century	1918.267	velvet (cut and stamped): silk	Overall: 24 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s	Italy, late 16th - early 17th century	1946.404	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Average: 28.1 x 19 cm (11 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)	Gift of Henry Hunt Clark	CCCC0
Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents, 1525–75	Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa	2009.282	velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton	Overall: 138.4 x 65.4 cm (54 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); Mounted: 134.6 x 63.5 cm (53 x 25 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Stamped Velvet, 17th century	Spain, 17th century	1918.213	velvet (cut and stamped): silk	Overall: 36 x 16.5 cm (14 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Border Fragment, late 1600s	Italy, late 17th century	1918.904	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Overall: 38.1 x 43.2 cm (15 x 17 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, late 1500s - early 1600s	Italy, late 16th - early 17th century	1946.403	velvet (cut and uncut); silk	Average: 14.6 x 16.5 cm (5 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)	Gift of Henry Hunt Clark	CCCC0
Chasuble Front, 16th century	Turkey, 16th century	1915.677	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Average: 104.8 x 64.8 cm (41 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.)	Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust	CCCC0
Velvet Textile, late 15th century	Spain, late 15th century	1918.211	velvet; silk and metallic thread	Average: 54 x 21.6 cm (21 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.912	velvet (cut and voided); silk	Overall: 42.2 x 59 cm (16 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400–1450	Italy, Venice ?, first half 15th century	1918.310	velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk	Overall: 38.5 x 24.2 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of a Chasuble, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.216	velvet (cut and voided); silk and metal	Overall: 48.8 x 24.7 cm (19 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1700	Italy, early 18th Century	1918.246	velvet weave: silk: metal thread	Overall: 24.8 x 22.3 cm (9 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.223	velvet weave (cut and voided): silk thread	Overall: 63 x 55.3 cm (24 13/16 x 21 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band, 1415–25	Italy (chasuble ground); Austria, Graz (orphrey)	1950.85	Velvet: cut pile and voided; silk, gold and silver thread: embroidery; split and couching stitches	Overall: 122.2 x 73.7 cm (48 1/8 x 29 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Katar dagger, 1700s	India, Mughal	1985.119	Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay	Overall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)	Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett	CCCC0
Textile: Midnight Sun, 1914–1924	H. A. Elsberg (French)	1939.50	jacquard weave; velvet and gold filé	Overall: 123.7 x 79.8 cm (48 11/16 x 31 7/16 in.)	Gift of the Estate of H. A. Elsberg	©
Velvet Fragment, 1500s	Italy, 16th century	1918.235	velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile)	Overall: 38 x 52 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Strip, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1927.364	velvet (cut and uncut); silk and metal thread	Overall: 25.4 x 50.8 cm (10 x 20 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Length of Velvet, 1600s	Italy, Genoa, 17th century	1916.1376	velvet (cut and uncut); silk and flat gold wire	Overall: 44.8 x 55.6 cm (17 5/8 x 21 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Curtain, 1600s	Italy, 17th century	1940.533	silk velvet with metal thread embroidered valance and passementerie	Overall: 241.9 x 161 cm (95 1/4 x 63 3/8 in.)	Bequest of Mrs. James Parmelee	CCCC0
Brocaded velvet with medallions in ogival lattice, late 1500s	Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa	2001.3	velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread	Overall: 162.2 x 64.8 cm (63 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.)	Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund	CCCC0
Woman's Costume (Cuff), 1800s	Italy, Sicily, 19th century	1931.445.i	velvet (black) with metal thread embroidery and lace edging	Overall: 8.9 x 24.8 cm (3 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)	Presented by Mrs. Grace Studebaker Fish	CCCC0
Velvet Band, 1500s-1600s	Italy, 16th-17th century	1920.1465	velvet (cut and uncut); silk and metal thread	Overall: 92.7 x 9.8 cm (36 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)	General Income Fund	CCCC0
Woman's Costume (Collar), 1800s	Italy, Sicily, 19th century	1931.445.h	velvet (black) with metal thread embroidery and lace edging	Average: 7.7 x 109.3 cm (3 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.)	Presented by Mrs. Grace Studebaker Fish	CCCC0
Woman's Costume (Cuff), 1800s	Italy, Sicily, 19th century	1931.445.j	velvet (black) with metal thread embroidery and lace edging	Overall: 8.9 x 24.8 cm (3 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)	Presented by Mrs. Grace Studebaker Fish	CCCC0
Sword with scabbard, 1700s–1800s	India, perhaps Deccan	1930.706	Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads	Overall: 99 cm (39 in.)	Gift of S. D. Wright	CCCC0
Part of a Chasuble, c. 1500	England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century	1970.124	Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk	Overall: 101 x 52.8 cm (39 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.)	Gift of The Textile Arts Club	CCCC0
Women's Jacket, late 19th century	Turkey ?, late 19th century (?)	1945.78	velvet decorated with gold twisted cords; modern cotton lining	Overall: 26 x 141 cm (10 1/4 x 55 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mrs. Albert Thompson	CCCC0
Brocaded Velvet, c. 1500	Turkey, early 16th Century	1946.74	velvet: silk, brocaded with gold and silver	Average: 111.8 x 31.5 cm (44 x 12 3/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Divan Cushion, 17th century	Turkey, 17th century	1916.1385	velvet; silk (formerly on silver ground, which is now worn and darned)	Average: 119.4 x 64.2 cm (47 x 25 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Length of silk velvet ikat, 1875–1900	Uzbekistan, Bukhara	2006.153	Silk: warp ikat, velvet weave	Mounted: 75.9 x 40.6 cm (29 7/8 x 16 in.); Overall: 69.2 x 33.7 cm (27 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)	Gift of Guido Goldman	CCCC0
Shaped horse trapping, 1600s	India	1927.376	velvet, brocaded and pile warp substitution: silk and gilt-metal thread	Average: 26.1 x 23.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Silk Velvet with Gold in Pomegranate Pattern, 1450–1500	Italy, possibly Florence, 15th century	1940.596	silk, gold thread; velvet: cut pile in two heights, uncut pile loops, gold-thread loops	Overall: 118.7 x 60.6 cm (46 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.); Mounted: 130.8 x 71.1 cm (51 1/2 x 28 in.)	Bequest of James Parmelee	CCCC0
Chasuble with Orphrey Band, 1500–1520	England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century	1947.2	Silk, gold thread, sequins; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold)	Overall: 122.5 x 74 cm (48 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.)	Gift of Walter C. and Alvin W. Littwitz in memory of their father, Max Littwitz	CCCC0
Embroidered Sleeve from a Dalmatic, 1500–1525	Italy, Florence, 16th century	1998.51	Silk, gold and silver thread; velvet, embroidery: or nué (shaded gold), split, satin, and couching stitches	Overall: 55.7 x 56.3 cm (21 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.); Mounted: 66 x 66.7 cm (26 x 26 1/4 in.)	John L. Severance Fund	CCCC0
Partisan, c. 1600–50	France, 17th century	1916.1795	steel, etched; octagonal wood haft with studs and leather; remnants of velvet tassel	Overall: 217.2 cm (85 1/2 in.); Blade: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, early 1400s	Italy, early 15th century	1931.63	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 154.6 x 53.7 cm (60 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag, 1880s?	Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) People	1982.61	plain weave cotton, twill weave wool, velvet, plaited wool binding, wool tassels, glass beads	Average: 107.3 x 33 cm (42 1/4 x 13 in.)	James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Brocaded Textile, late 1500s	Italy, late 16th century	1918.903	velvet (brocaded)	Overall: 36.2 x 40 cm (14 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Tulwar sword, 1700s	India, probably Deccan	1930.704	Iron hilt with gold; steel blade with gold; wood scabbard with velvet and metallic thread	Overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.)	Gift of S. D. Wright	CCCC0
Wall Hanging, 1910	China	1917.379	velvet brocade, gold thread	Overall: 340.3 x 185.4 cm (134 x 73 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King	©
Lord Chancellor's Burse (Purse) with Royal Cypher and Coat of Arms of..., 1760–1801	England, 18th century	1916.1366	Red silk velvet, silk embroidery, goldwork, pearls, black beads, sequins, pendant tassels	Overall: 78 x 50 x 5 cm (30 11/16 x 19 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Wall Hanging, 1910	China	1917.380	velvet brocade, gold thread	Overall: 350.4 x 188 cm (137 15/16 x 74 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King	©
Fragments of Velvet Brocade, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1918.911	brocaded silk velvet	Overall: 54.3 x 26.5 cm (21 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Set of Three Fish in Original Box, c. 1890	House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)	2009.30	agate, holly, silk velvet	Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)	Gift of Howard F. Stirn	CCCC0
Stenciled Velvet, c. 1902–10	Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other	1948.100	plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyes	Overall: 32.7 x 46 cm (12 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.); Mounted: 39.4 x 52.7 cm (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)	Gift of Joseph F. Sindelar	©
Door curtain, 1800s	Iran, Qajar period (1779-1925)	1916.1388	velvet ikat: silk	Overall: 151.1 x 121.9 cm (59 1/2 x 48 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1900	France, early 20th century	1993.178	velvet, ikat dyed; silk	Overall: 160.4 x 58.4 cm (63 1/8 x 23 in.)	Gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson	CCCC0
Velvet Brocade, 1700s	China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)	1916.1680	velvet brocade, gold thread	Overall: 289.6 x 190.5 cm (114 x 75 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet BrocadeTextile, mid 1500s	Italy, mid-16th century	1918.900	velvet brocade, silk	Overall: 28.6 x 61.6 cm (11 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Velvet Brocade, late 1600s or early 1700s	Italy ?, late 17th or early 18th century	1918.23	brocaded silk velvet	Overall: 55.9 x 47.6 cm (22 x 18 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Velvet, 1700s	India, 18th century	1916.1375	embroidery; velvet decorated with silver	Overall: 57.2 x 41.3 cm (22 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.242	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded)	Overall: 23.9 x 27 cm (9 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1400	Italy, Florence, early 15th Century	1940.487	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 43.8 x 50.2 cm (17 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment, 1500–1550	Italy, first half of 16th century	1918.26	brocaded silk velvet	Overall: 100 x 20.3 cm (39 3/8 x 8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Fragment, 1700s or 1800s	India, 18th or 19th century	1916.1369	embroidery; gold on velvet	Overall: 111.8 x 94 cm (44 x 37 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Ceremonial Uniform, 1644–1911	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)	1918.560	satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silk		General Income Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1500s	Italy, 16th century	1918.231	velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk	Overall: 42.3 x 51.2 cm (16 5/8 x 20 3/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Brocade Textile, late 1500s	Italy, late 16th century	1918.897	velvet (brocaded); silk and metal	Overall: 19.7 x 50.8 cm (7 3/4 x 20 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment in Two Pieces, 1300s	Iran or Iraq, 14th century	1918.30	velvet, lancé, silk and Cyprian gold around silk core	Overall: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Circular Piece, 1700s	India, 18th century	1916.1373	embroidery; velvet decorated with silver	Overall: 81.5 x 82.6 cm (32 1/16 x 32 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Fragment, 1600s	India, 17th century	1946.420	velvet (brocaded); silk and metal	Overall: 75 x 47.3 cm (29 1/2 x 18 5/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Khanjar dagger, c. 1600s	India	1930.708	Jade hilt with iron and gold; steel blade with iron and gold; wood sheath covered in velvet with metallic thread	Overall: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.)	Gift of S. D. Wright	CCCC0
Length of Velvet, 1600–1640	Italy, first third of 17th century	1952.553	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 80.7 x 58.8 cm (31 3/4 x 23 1/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Textile Fragment, 1774–1793	France, late 18th century, Period of Louis XVI (1774-1793)	1940.482	velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk	Overall: 48.2 x 20 cm (19 x 7 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Strip, mid-1800s	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)	1916.1387	Velvet and gold thread; brocade	Overall: 178.1 x 54.6 cm (70 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, c. 1385–1402	Italy, Milan ?, late 14th-early 15th Century	1918.36	velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metal	Overall: 26.7 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.217	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 49.5 x 20.4 cm (19 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Cushion cover, 1800–1850	Turkey	1916.1389	velvet, brocaded: silk and metal thread	Average: 121.3 x 59.1 cm (47 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Fragments from Chasuble Front, early 1500s	Italy, early 16th century	1915.670	velvet	Overall: 76.2 x 48.3 cm (30 x 19 in.)	Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust	CCCC0
Fragment, 1600s	Iran, 17th century	1946.415	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded); silk and gilded silver strips	Overall: 10.2 x 55.3 cm (4 x 21 3/4 in.)	Gift of The Textile Arts Club	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.915	velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metal	Overall: 72.7 x 38.8 cm (28 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Fragments, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1916.1455	appliqué embroidery, couched gold on velvet	Overall: 111.8 x 82.6 cm (44 x 32 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400–1450	Italy, Lucca or Venice ?, first half 15th century	1926.508	velvet (cut, voided, brocaded); silk and metal thread	Overall: 41.9 x 59.4 cm (16 1/2 x 23 3/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragments, early 16th century	Spain, early 16th century	1940.603	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread		Bequest of James Parmelee	CCCC0
Untitled (Case with portraits of a man and woman and hair ornaments), c. 1870s	19th century	2017.9	Photographs: photographs on enamel, framed in copper alloy metal frames; hair lockets: hair with pen and black and ink on cream-colored backing; case: leather with metal push-clasp and velvet-lined interior	Image: 3.5 x 3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.); Case: 9 x 5 x 1 cm (3 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)	John Cook Memorial Fund	CCCC0
Floorspread with medallion pattern, 1650–1700	India, Gujarat, probably Ahmedabad	2001.35	velvet, solid pile and pile-warp substitution: silk	Overall: 285 x 165.8 cm (112 3/16 x 65 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Stencilled Velvet, c. 1902–10	Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) and 1 other	1948.104	plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyes	Average: 25.1 x 47 cm (9 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)	Gift of Joseph F. Sindelar	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.252	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 28 x 47 cm (11 x 18 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?), 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.916	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 76.5 x 25.7 cm (30 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Strip of Velvet, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1939.153	embroidery: silk and gold thread on velvet, fringe border	Average: 285.8 x 52.7 cm (112 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)	Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection	CCCC0
Fragment, 1800s	India, Jaipur, 19th century	1925.681	embroidery; silk and gold filé on silk velvet ground	Overall: 64.8 x 14.9 cm (25 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Brocaded Velvet, 16th century	Spain, 16th century	1954.316	velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk and metal	Average: 111.5 x 56.5 cm (43 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Untitled (Pair of Portraits), 1879	Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)	2017.8	Photographs on enamel in copper alloy frame with velvet liner	Each: 7.7 x 6.2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)	John Cook Memorial Fund	CCCC0
Inkstand, 1800s	Continental, 19th century	1916.350	fused red and green glass (?) mounted with gold, pearl, jewels; interior lined with velvet	Overall: 8.9 x 7 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 15th century	Spain, 15th century	1918.253	velvet (cut, uncut and brocaded); silk and gold thread	Average: 21.3 x 27.7 cm (8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1450–1499	Italy, second half of 15th century	1949.164	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Average: 57.2 x 31.1 cm (22 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1918.284	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 18.5 x 72.4 cm (7 5/16 x 28 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Beaded Bag, 19th century	America, 19th century	1924.801	glassbeads, crocheted with silk thread, metal purse frame, velvet ribbon	Average: 26.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)	Bequest of Mary C. Taylor	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1940.493	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 21 x 40.7 cm (8 1/4 x 16 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Fragment of Velvet, 15th century	Spain, 15th century	1951.494	velvet (cut, voided, and brocaded); silk and silver-gilt strips	Average: 69.9 x 31.5 cm (27 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Hand Seal: Original Fitted Presentation Box, 1904–8	Hjalmar Armfelt (Finnish, 1873–1959) and 1 other	1966.487.1	holly wood; silk and velvet-lined; fitted for Hand Seal	Box: 2.6 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm (1 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)	The India Early Minshall Collection	©
Brocaded Velvet, late 1300s	Italy, late 14th century	1918.229	velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile, and uncut, voided, brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 64.8 x 29.2 cm (25 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Headdress, 1700s	Germany, Schleswig, 18th century	1919.856	embroidery, velvet ground embroidered with gold and silver thread; edged with gold lace	Overall: 39.4 x 28.6 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)	Gift of Max Littwitz	CCCC0
Embroidered Fragment, 19th century	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
Chasuble, late 1600s	Spain, late 16th century	1956.807	Silk, velvet, embroidery on orphrey metallic thread, or nué (shaded gold)	Overall: 114.3 x 62.2 cm (45 x 24 1/2 in.)	The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy, 15th century	1951.495	velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile and brocaded): silk and gold thread	Average: 113 x 32.4 cm (44 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)	Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Cover, 1800s	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
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy or Spain, 15th century	1918.923	velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile, voided, brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 8.9 x 17.8 cm (3 1/2 x 7 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Saddle Blanket, third quarter of 19th century	America, Native North American, Plains, Dakota, Lakota(Sioux), 19th century	1970.550	velvet, leather, beads, silk, metal, sinew sewn, paha stitch; white cotton lining	Overall: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.)	Gift of Mr. G. A. Kositzky	CCCC0
Writing Set, c. 1830	John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779) and 1 other	2009.39	hardstones including lapis lazuli, malachite, carnelian, agate, gold; original fitted velvet-lined case	Overall: 6.4 x 1.3 x 2 cm (2 1/2 x 1/2 x 13/16 in.)	Gift of Howard F. Stirn	CCCC0
Velvet Fragment, 1400s	Italy or Spain, 15th century	1918.924	velvet weave (cut with two heights of pile, voided, brocaded): silk and gold thread	Overall: 19.1 x 21.6 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)	Dudley P. Allen Fund	CCCC0
Embroidered Divan Cover (?), 19th century	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

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