Fabrics, Tapestries, Quilts, Looms Photos

This index explores the arts of tapestries, woven cloth & tools used to make them.

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Tapestries of France Sight panel of Lady & Unicorn tapestry series from Paris at Cluny Museum. Paris, France Rabbit detail of Lady & Unicorn tapestry series from Paris at Cluny Museum. Paris, France Rug with swans made in Aubusson, France in Maryland period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC
Bayeux Tapestry Museum, Bayeux Facsimile of back side of Bayeux Tapestry at its Museum. Bayeaux, France Examples of colors used for Bayeux Tapestry at its Museum. Bayeaux, France Video images of Bayeux Tapestry scenes at its Museum. Bayeaux, France
Apocalypse Tapestry, Angers Visitors studying Apocalypse Tapestry at Angers Chateau. Angers, France Beast of the sea from Apocalypse Tapestry at Angers Chateau. Angers, France Burning in hell detail of Fourth seal: pale horse & death from Apocalypse Tapestry at Angers Chateau. Angers, France
Fabric (Tissus) Museum, Lyon Jacquard punch card loom in stairway at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France Silk cloth with crown of roses around arms of Lyon by Maison Ogler, Duplan et Cie shown at l'Exposition universelle de Paris of 1889 at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France Uniform of a general of First French Republic at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France
Tapestries of Low Countries Unicorn in Captivity from the Unicorn Tapestry series made in The Lowlands at The Cloisters. New York, NY Deliverance of St. Peter tapestry from Tournai? at Cluny Museum. Paris, France Detail of Flemish tapestry with Moses & Israelites crossing the Red Sea in tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland
European Tapestries of Origin Unknown Gallery with tapestries & sculptures at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA Tapestry for throne of Charles VII by Jacob de Littemont? at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Tapestry frame at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France
Modern Tapestries Les Baigneuses tapestry at Musée National Fernand Léger. Biot, France Detail of Mediterranean Landscape tapestry by Marc Chagall at Chagall Museum. Nice, France Detail of tapestry in Fundació Joan Miró Museum. Barcelona, Spain
Jacquard Loom Silk portrait of Joseph Jacquard inventor of programmable loom used to weave his portrait at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France Punch card loom by Jean Philippe Falcon at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France Loom for shaped fabrics by Jacques Vaucanson at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France
Looms Native artist. AZ Barn loom at Denison Homestead Museum. Stonington, CT Modern loom at Amana Woolen Mill. Amana, IA
Wool & Flax Spinning Wheels & Methods Spinning wheel for wool at Thomas Halsey Homestead. South Hampton, NY Spinning wheel at Nathan Hale Homestead Museum. Coventry, CT Flax spinning wheel by I. Jameson of York in bedchamber at Georgian House museum. Edinburgh, Scotland
Yarn Winders, Weasels, Niddy Noddies Weasel for winding yarn at John Cabot House. Beverly, MA Niddy noddy for winding yarn in weavers cottage at Ulster American Folk Park. Omagh, Northern Ireland Whale ivory yarn winder at New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA
Slater Mill Historic Site, Pawtucket, RI Slater Mill over mill raceway. Pawtucket, RI Cotton Gin by Carver Cotton Gin Company of East Bridgewater, MA automated process of removing seeds from cotton. Pawtucket, RI Hetherington Spinning Mule in expanded position where child labor once worked under mechanism fetching broken threads. Pawtucket, RI
Boott Cotton Mill Museum, Lowell, MA Boott Cotton Mills part of Lowell National Historical Park run by U.S. National Park Service. Lowell, MA Bobbins at Boott Cotton Mills. Lowell, MA Looms at Boott Cotton Mills. Lowell, MA
Verdant Works Museum (of Jute production), Dundee, Scotland Jute weaving machine at Verdant Works Museum. Dundee, Scotland Lapping Machine by J.H. Riley & Co. of Bury Lancashire used to fold & stack woven materials for cutting at Verdant Works Museum. Dundee, Scotland Jute bags at Verdant Works Museum. Dundee, Scotland
Fashion & Textiles as revealed in painted portraits Eleonora of Toledo & Her Son painting by Agnolo Bronzino at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria portrait by Peter Paul Rubens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC Portrait of marquise Chasseloup-Laubat by Joseph-Désiré Court at Rouen Museum of Fine Arts. Rouen, France
Lace The Lace Maker painting by Jan Vermeer at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Irish lace collar at Ulster American Folk Park. Omagh, Northern Ireland Typical lace window coverings in a home in the village of Tiradentes. Brazil
Textile Museum of Washington, DC Gallery in Textile Museum. Washington, DC Rugs from China & the Caucasus at Textile Museum. Washington, DC Mola panels by Kuna people of San Blas Islands in Panama at Textile Museum. Washington, DC
Native American Woven Rugs Navajo transitional wearing blanket at Nelson Museum of the West. Cheyenne, WY Navajo handspun wool rug in two grey hills style at Arizona State Museum. Tucson, AZ Nez Perce Plateau Indian corn husk woven bag at Utah Museum of Natural History. Salt Lake City, UT
Oriental Carpets Children weaving carpets in Giza. Egypt Prayer rug with vine border from Lâdik, Konya province, south central Anatolia at Textile Museum. Washington, DC Caucasus prayer rug & Beshire, Turkoman prayer rug at Huntington Museum of Art. Huntington, WV
Hawaiian Kapa Cloth & Quilts Hawaiian kapa bark cloth at Bishop Museum. Honolulu, HI Pounded bark Kapa cloth at Hana Cultural Center. Maui, HI Hawaiian quilt at Polynesian Cultural Center. Laie, HI
Quilt Pattern Overview Quilts displayed at Thomas Griswold House. Guilford, CT Quilt at John Wornall House Museum. Kansas City, MO Detail of Abigail Fillmore's tumbling-block quilt at Millard Fillmore House. East Aurora, NY
Crazy Quilts Sugg family crazy quilt at Tuolumne County Museum. Sonora, CA Crazy quilt at Col. Simon Perkins Stone Mansion. Akron, OH Elizabeth's bedroom with crazy quilt at Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Indianapolis, IN
Special Quilts Quilt with U.S. flags made to support Harrison's presidential campaign at Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Indianapolis, IN Pieced quilt made from silk William McKinley campaign ribbons at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH Quilt of cattle brands at Institute of Texan Cultures. San Antonio, TX
Calamanco Quilts Calamanco quilt with glazed surface at Hyland House. Guilford, CT Calamanco quilt with glazed surface at Hyland House. Guilford, CT Calamanco quilt with glazed surface at Henry Whitfield State Museum. Guilford, CT
Cleveland OH History Center - Quilt Collection Applique quilt by Baldwin sisters of Salem, Ohio at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH Pieced quilt from Ohio at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH Double wedding ring pieced quilt by Letha Lasely Russell of Shaker Heights, OH at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH
Quilting Frames Quilting demonstration at Sauder Village. Archbold, OH Quilting frame at Judson House. Stratford, CT Quilting frame at Danbury Museum & Historical Society. Danbury, CT
Samplers Sampler at Broughton House. Kirkcudbright, Scotland Sampler detail by young girl shows English red coat slaying a kilted Jacobite at Culloden at Culloden Moor Visitor Centre. Culloden Moor, Scotland Sampler by Maria Warner at Millard Fillmore House. East Aurora, NY
Sewing Cabinets & Devices, Threads Jean Renoir Sewing painting by Auguste Renoir at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Covered sewing box at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX Whale ivory bobbin thread holder at New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA
Sewing Machines Elias Howe lock stitch sewing machine prototype at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland Sewing machine by Peugeot at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France Pony sewing machine at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT
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