Velvet Collection (#12)

Vest, late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Vest, late 19th century

Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together, 1400s. Creator: Unknown
Two Velvet Fragments Sewn Together, 1400s

Two-colour Velvet with Gold in a Double Curved Lattice Pattern, 1450-1500. Creator: Unknown
Two-colour Velvet with Gold in a Double Curved Lattice Pattern, 1450-1500. Although plain velvets were woven in Italy by the end of the 13th century

The Annunciation, 1750s. Creator: Johann Michael Düchert (German, 1725-1799)
The Annunciation, 1750s. This object entered the collection attributed to the German sculptor Johann Paul Egell. However, this attribution never sat comfortably because Egell mostly worked

Procurators Velvet Stole, c. 1575- 1600. Creator: Unknown
Procurators Velvet Stole, c. 1575- 1600. Venetian law obliged senators to wear coloured textiles, in contrast to other male citizens, who wore black

Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern, 1415-25. Creator: Unknown
Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern, 1415-25. Few velvets were woven in Italy with as many as six colours of pile, such as this front panel from a chasuble

Part of a Chasuble Back, c. 1500. Creator: Unknown
Part of a Chasuble Back, c. 1500. Although missing the central decorative orphrey band, these two velvet panels originally formed part of the back of an ecclesiastical chasuble

Placket, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Placket, late 1800s. In the 1800s, native peoples began to use European fabrics to fashion fine formal garments; they favored sturdy cloth, such as velvet and wool broadcloth

Placket and Cuffs, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Placket and Cuffs, late 1800s. In the 1800s, native peoples began to use European fabrics to fashion fine formal garments; they favored sturdy cloth, such as velvet and wool broadcloth

Cloth of Gold, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Cloth of Gold, 16th century

Gold-Thread Embroidered Garment for a Woman, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Gold-Thread Embroidered Garment for a Woman, late 1800s. This richly embellished garment was worn by Muslim women in Albania over a fine silk blouse with wide trousers decorated with matching

Four-colour Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes, 1450-1500. Creator: Unknown
Four-colour Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes, 1450-1500. This polychrome velvet displays the heraldic design of the Medici family of Florence, where it was probably made

Floorspread with medallion pattern, 1650-1700. Creator: Unknown
Floorspread with medallion pattern, 1650-1700

Chasuble, late 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Chasuble, late 1600s

Chasuble, 1500-1520. Creator: Unknown
Chasuble, 1500-1520. After centuries of elaborate work, the English adopted a simpler style of embroidering vestments suitable for mass production around 1500

Chalice Veil, 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Chalice Veil, 1600s

Chasuble, Stole, Burse(Corporal Case), and Maniple, c 1600- 1700. Creator: Unknown
Chasuble, Stole, Burse(Corporal Case), and Maniple, c 1600- 1700. This sumptuous polychrome velvet displays a central vase with abundant flora

Burse(Corporal Case), 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Burse(Corporal Case), 17th century. This sumptuous polychrome velvet displays a central vase with abundant flora and exotic leaves flanking curving blossoming fronds on a gilt-metal thread ground

Border Fragment, late 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Border Fragment, late 1600s

Chasuble, c 1600- 1700. Creator: Unknown
Chasuble, c 1600- 1700. This sumptuous polychrome velvet displays a central vase with abundant flora and exotic leaves flanking curving blossoming fronds on a gilt-metal thread ground

Chasuble Front, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Chasuble Front, 16th century

Door curtain, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Door curtain, 1800s

Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child, 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child, 1500s

Altar Hanging, 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Altar Hanging, 1600s

Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag, 1880s?. Creator: Unknown
Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag, 1880s?. Inspired perhaps by British ammunition pouches, bandolier bags evolved from smaller native bags, similar to another in this case, to become one of the flashiest

Cuff, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Cuff, late 1800s. In the 1800s, native peoples began to use European fabrics to fashion fine formal garments; they favored sturdy cloth, such as velvet and wool broadcloth

Two silk calashes; riding-cap; Quaker bonnet; hat; gloves; and skirt, c18th century, (1937)
Two silk calashes; one velvet riding-cap with visor; one Quaker bonnet; one beaver hat; two pairs of mens gloves; embroidered muslin skirt, c18th century, (1937)

Die Wabn, 1899, (1943). Creator: Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl
Die Wabn, 1899, (1943). Portrait of a woman in a fur (or velvet) hat, Frau Babette Maurer (nee Jordan), known as Die Wabn

Eleonora di Toledo, c1562-1572, (1930). Creator: Agnolo Bronzino
Eleonora di Toledo, c1562-1572, (1930). Portrait of Spanish noblewoman Eleanor of Toledo (1522-1562), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, wife of Cosimo dei Medici, First Grand Duke

The Governess arrives at the Merchants House, 1866, (1965). Creator: Vasily Perov
The Governess arrives at the Merchants House, 1866, (1965). A young woman, her head bowed, stands before her new employer, a portly businessman in a velvet robe

Louis XVI, (c1820-1840). Creator: Delpech
Louis XVI, (c1820-1840). Portrait of King Louis XVI of France (1754-1793) with a facsimile of his signature

Lady Anstruther, 1850s. Creator: Parker
Lady Anstruther, 1850s. Portrait of a woman wearing a lace veil, possibly Janet Carmichael-Anstruther (c1797-1881)

Queen Jane Seymour, 1536, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: H Robinson
Queen Jane Seymour, 1536, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of Jane Seymour, third wife and Queen of Henry VIII of England

Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. From the original of Jarvis, in the
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1725, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, English statesman

Theatre Des Varietes. - Mlle. C. Thevenet. - Role de Caroline - La Chauve-Souris, 1904. Cecile Thevenet (1872-1956) as Caroline in La Chauve-Souris or Die Fledermaus a Vienese operetta by Johann

The Cup of Coffee: Two women taking coffee and smoking hubble-bubble, pub. 1865. Creator
The Cup of Coffee: Two women taking coffee and smoking hubble-bubble, with a black African woman slave, from Stamboul, Souvenir de l Orient, published 1865 (colour litho)

Diane de Poitiers, (early 19th century). Creator: Georges Jacques Gatine
Diane de Poitiers, (early 19th century). Portrait of Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566), chief mistress of King Henry II of France

Mr. J. C. Pritchards sitting-room in the Isokon Lawn Road Flats, 1936
Mr. J. C. Pritchards sitting-room in the Isokon Lawn Road Flats, London, England, designed by Wells Coates, 1936. Walls in panelled Venesta birch, carpet by Heal & Son Ltd

Banquette bibliotheque au mineur, 1902, (c2014-2017). Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Banquette bibliothe que au mineur, 1902. Euge ne Vallin (1856-1922)

Writing Desk-Bookcase, 1900-05, (c2014-2017). Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Writing Desk-Bookcase, 1900-05. Hector Guimard, 1867-1942, Pearwood with velvet and glass

The Venetian Ambassadors Rom at Knole. The Bedstead Made for James I, The Chair and Stools of the Pediod of Charles II, All with Green Velvet Upholstery, 1928. From Old Furniture, Volume III

Henry Laurens, c1758-1770, (1928). Artist: Valentine Green
Henry Laurens, c1758-1770, (1928). From Old Furniture, Volume IV. edited by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, C.B.E. [Old Furniture Ltd. London, 1928]

Queen Annes State Bedstead in Crimson and Gold Figured Velvet, 1927. Artists: Edward F Strange
Queen Annes State Bedstead in Crimson and Gold Figured Velvet, 1927. From Old Furniture, Volume II. edited by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, C.B.E. [Old Furniture Ltd. London, 1927]

The Queens Crown, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, c1848. Artist: Charles Fox
Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, c1848. Seated portrait of a well-to-do middle-aged man in an armchair, with a high collar and dark clothing

Old Sattin, Old Taffaty or Velvet, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Old Sattin, Old Taffaty or Velvet, (c1688?). A collector of second-hand fabric, wearing a large hat and carrying a basket of material. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Quentin Collins, Spice of Life, London, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Quentin Collins, Spice of Life, London, 2014

Johnny Dankworth, London, 1971. Artist: Brian O Connor
Johnny Dankworth, London, 1971

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