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Introduction

Cloth of Kings

January 25 - February 24, 1985

Selected Objects

No Image Available

Unknown artist

Dress, ca. 1880
Z0006595.jpg

Dutch

Textile, ca. 1560
Z0049363.jpg

Italian

Textile, ca. 1600
Z0026568.jpg

French

vest, ca. 1830
No Image Available

French

textile, ca. 1810
Z0045124.jpg

Italian

Textile fragment, ca. 1650
Z0044494.jpg

Italian

textile, 1650-1700
Z0020783.jpg

Chinese, China

textile panel, early 1800s
Z0006748.jpg

European

fragment, late 1800s
Z0000519.jpg

French

Waistcoat, ca. 1760
Z0023296.jpg

French

waistcoat; fragment, ca. 1780
Z0006532.jpg

Italian

textile, 1700s
Z0044932.jpg

Italian

textile, ca. 1600
RISDM 22-051 v_01.jpg

Italian

Chasuble, 1400s-1500s
Z0027761.jpg

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, designer

evening coat, 1910
Z0026558.jpg

French

waistcoat, ca. 1810
Z0044496.jpg

Italian

textile, 1600-1650
Z0014944.jpg

Turkish, Ottoman Empire

Man's robe (kaftan), 1700s
Z0022794.jpg

French

textile, 1800
RISDM 35-550 v_01.jpg

Italian Probably Venetian, Italy, probably Venice

Ferronnerie Velvet, ca. 1475–1500
Z0023268.jpg

French Italian

fragment, 1500s - 1700s
Z0026885.jpg

French

Court train, first quarter of 1800s
Z0055143.jpg

Iranian, Iran, Safavid dynasty, Shafi Abbasi style design

Textile fragment, mid 1600s
Z0000518.jpg

French

Jacket, ca. 1760
No Image Available

American

skirt, 1885
RISDM 06-094 v_01.jpg

Italian Genoan, Genoa

Textile Fragment, 1600s
RISDM 59-031-3 v_01.jpg

Paul Poiret, designer

Dress with Attached Wrap, ca. 1925
RISDM 29-090.jpg

Italian Florentine

Chasuble, 1500s
Z0018374.jpg

French

fragment, 1878
Z0006445.jpg

French Italian

fragment, 1500s - 1700s
RISDM 06-090.jpg

Italian

Textile fragment, 1625-1650
Z0028094.jpg

Algerian North African

Djubbeh or overcoat, 1800s
No Image Available

American

mantle, 1885
RISDM 47-084.jpg

French

Textile fragment, ca. 1780
RISDM 31-319 v_01.jpg

English

Chasuble Back (with Orphrey), 1300s
No Image Available

American

bodice, 1885
84-032.jpg

Unknown artist

Pair of Candle Stands
No Image Available

Italian

textile, 1600s
Z0023276.jpg

Italian

textile, 1500s
Z0000517.jpg

French, France Lyons

Man's suit, ca. 1760
Z0008916.jpg

French

wrap, 1927-1928
Z0018369.jpg

French

fragment, 1878
Z0023282.jpg

Italian

textile, 1750-1800
Z0045126.jpg

Italian

textile, 1625-1650
Z0044518.jpg

French Italian

fragment, 1500s - 1700s
Z0023281.jpg

Italian

Textile Length, 1500s
RISDM 52-081 v_01.jpg

Italian

Textile Sample, ca. 1630
RISDM 31-266.jpg

Italian

Chasuble, 1400s
Z0044041.jpg

Albanian

Woman's robe (yelek), late 1800s
No Image Available

French

Candle Stand, 1500s
Z0018381.jpg

French

textile, 1850-1899
No Image Available

Turkish, Turkey

cushion cover, mid 1500s-mid 1600s
Z0044426.jpg

Italian

textile, 1640-1650
Z0018380.jpg

French

fragment, 1878
No Image Available

Spanish

textile, 1500s - 1600s
Z0023285.jpg

Italian

textile, 1600-1650
Z0020768.jpg

Chinese

fragment
No Image Available

French

Candle Stand, 1500s
Z0000520.jpg

French

Breeches, ca. 1760
Z0038109.jpg

Italian, Venice

Textile length, ca. 1425-1475
Z0018877.jpg

French

Waistcoat fragment, 1790-1800
Z0023277.jpg

French Italian

fragment, 1500s - 1700s
Z0044516.jpg

Italian, possibly Genoa

Textile fragment, mid 1500s - early 1600s
Z0008532.jpg

American

robe, ca. 1885
Z0044922.jpg

French Italian

fragment, 1500s - 1700s
Z0026555.jpg

American

waistcoat, ca. 1835
RISDM 06-093.jpg

Italian Florentine, Italy Florence

Textile fragment, 1300s - 1400s
Z0044414.jpg

Italian

Velvet fragment, 1550-1600
Z0031125.jpg

Italian Venetian, Italy

Velvet fragment, ca. 1500
No Image Available

Persian

textile, 1500s
Z0008479.jpg

American

mantle; dress, 1885
Z0027838.jpg

American

evening dress, ca. 1920
Z0020776.jpg

Chinese

textile fragments; textile fragment
Z0044410.jpg

Italian

Textile fragment, ca. 1630
Z0044827.jpg

Italian

Textile fragment, Late 1500s - Early 1600s
Z0023278.jpg

Italian

Textile fragment, 1500s
Z0008568.jpg

American

Afternoon dress, 1904

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