Cotton Collection (page 25)

Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards, 700 BC-AD 650. Creator: Unknown
Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards, 700 BC-AD 650

Tunic with Frontal Figures, 1400-1532. Creator: Unknown
Tunic with Frontal Figures, 1400-1532. This tunic was made by weavers of the Ychsma ( yeach- mah) people, who were affiliated with Pachacamac

Sarong, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Sarong, 1800s. This sarong, overlaid with gold leaf (or gold dust), would have been worn for high ceremonial occasions and festivals

Suzani with floral sprays, 1800-1850. Creator: Unknown
Suzani with floral sprays, 1800-1850

Seasons: Autumn, Bacchus, 1700s. Creator: Gobelins (French)
Seasons: Autumn, Bacchus, 1700s

Quilt, c. 1880 (?). Creator: Unknown
Quilt, c. 1880 (?)

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

Peruvian Textiles: Mantle or Hanging, Loincloth, Turban, Padded Hat, Band with Tassels, 1200-1460s

Roller Printed Cotton Textile, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Roller Printed Cotton Textile, 19th century

Mantle or Hanging, 1200-1460s. Creator: Unknown
Mantle or Hanging, 1200-1460s

Mola, no date given. Creator: Unknown
Mola, no date given

Long Shawl, c. 1815. Creator: Unknown
Long Shawl, c. 1815

Loincloth, 1200-1460s. Creator: Unknown
Loincloth, 1200-1460s. Loincloths were basic mens wear in ancient Peru. However, the extraordinary size of high-status examples--this one is eight feet long when unfolded--makes it hard to know how

Loincloth with Feather(?) Motifs, 1000-1532. Creator: Unknown
Loincloth with Feather(?) Motifs, 1000-1532

Hip Wrapper (tapis), 1800-1850. Creator: Unknown
Hip Wrapper (tapis), 1800-1850

Hinggi, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Hinggi, late 1800s

Four Border Strips, c. 1100-1400. Creator: Unknown
Four Border Strips, c. 1100-1400

Wedding Veil, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Wedding Veil, 1800s. Brides traditionally concealed their faces during their weddings and afterward as newly married women and on special occasions

Wall Hanging, 1850-1899. Creator: Unknown
Wall Hanging, 1850-1899. Embroideries known as suzani, after the Persian and Tajik word for needle (suzan), feature bold floral and foliate motifs enriched with several shades of red

Wearing Cloth, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Wearing Cloth, 1800s

Waist Cloth (Kain Panjeng), 1800s - early 1900s. Creator: Unknown
Waist Cloth (Kain Panjeng), 1800s - early 1900s. Unlike the Chinese and sometimes European motifs of Northern Javanese batiks, the motifs represented on the batiks of central Java are indigenous

Waist Cloth, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Waist Cloth, 1800s

Flounce, early 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Flounce, early 1800s

Sleeved Tunic, 1460s-1532. Creator: Unknown
Sleeved Tunic, 1460s-1532. The Chancay people of Perus central coast created one of the ancient Andes best-known textile legacies--artistically elaborate tunics and loincloths worn by men

Border Strip, c. 1100-1400. Creator: Unknown
Border Strip, c. 1100-1400

Chintz Bed Cover or Hanging with a Japanese-Inspired Pattern, Right Half, first half 1700s

Panel from the End of a Sash, 700 BC-1. Creator: Unknown
Panel from the End of a Sash, 700 BC-1

Painted Wrapping for Mummy, c. 1100-1400 A. D Creator: Unknown
Painted Wrapping for Mummy, c.1100-1400 A.D

Portion of a Flounce, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Portion of a Flounce, 1800s

Bed cover with floral medallion pattern, late 1600s to early 1700s. Creator: Unknown
Bed cover with floral medallion pattern, late 1600s to early 1700s. The quilted cotton ground of this beautiful floor cover is embroidered with shimmering gilt-metal thread that enriches the central

Elements: Air, Juno, 1700s. Creator: Gobelins (French)
Elements: Air, Juno, 1700s

Cover with geometric design, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Cover with geometric design, 1800s

Textile design, Early 20th cen Creator: Bakst, Leon (1866-1924)
Textile design, Early 20th cen.. Private Collection

C. Cotton, (1630-1687), 1830. Creator: Unknown
C. Cotton, (1630-1687), 1830. Charles Cotton (1630-1687) English poet and writer, known for translation of the works of Michel de Montaigne from French, From " Biographical Illustrations"

N. Cotton, (1707-1788), 1830. Creator: Unknown
N. Cotton, (1707-1788), 1830. Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788) English physician and poet, specialised in the care of patients with mental health issues

Loading a Cargo of Cotton, c1948. Creator: Unknown
Loading a Cargo of Cotton, c1948. From " Newnes Pictorial Knowledge Volume 3". [George Newnes Limited, London]

Belper, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Belper, c1910. Cottons and Silks; also Nails and Earthenware. Population, 11, 640. Lengths of cloth made in Belper in Derbyshire

Decorative fabric, 1876. Creator: Morris, William, Morris Tapestry Works (1834-1896)
Decorative fabric, 1876. Found in the Collection of The William Morris Society

Decorative fabric, 1883. Creator: Morris, William, Morris Tapestry Works (1834-1896)
Decorative fabric, 1883. Found in the Collection of The William Morris Society

Decorative fabric, 1884. Creator: Morris, William, Morris Tapestry Works (1834-1896)
Decorative fabric, 1884. Found in the Collection of The William Morris Society

Decorative fabric, 1880. Creator: Morris, William, Morris Tapestry Works (1834-1896)
Decorative fabric, 1880. Found in the Collection of The William Morris Society

Textile design, 1898. Creator: Moser, Koloman (1868-1918)
Textile design, 1898. Found in the Collection of Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

Textile Design in Orange and White, Early 1920s. Creator: Popova, Lyubov Sergeyevna (1889-1924)
Textile Design in Orange and White, Early 1920s. Private Collection

British Industries - Cotton, 1924. Artist: Robinson, Cayley (1862-1927)
British Industries - Cotton, 1924. From a private collection

Sir Willoughby Cotton, 1842. Creator: Richard James Lane
Sir Willoughby Cotton, 1842. Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Willoughby Cotton (1783-1860), British soldier. Cotton was Adjutant-General under Arthur Wellesley (future Duke of Wellington)

Decorative fabric, 1876-1890. Creator: Morris, William, Morris Tapestry Works (1834-1896)
Decorative fabric, 1876-1890. Found in the Collection of The William Morris Society

South American textile design, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
South American textile design, 1951. Panel of Peruvian (Huacho) cotton woven as double cloth, late Chimu period (before c1470), in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

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