Textile Sample from Sample Book

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The textile sample is rectangular with a gold border. The sample is primarily tan with a wide vertical stripe down the center that consists of a thin black stripe flanked on both sides by a thin white stripe. A thin, beaded stripe runs vertically along the left edge. The right side contains a repeating pattern of four blue and gold squares. From top to bottom, they contain a floral design, a floral lace design, a circular floral design with four petals, and a blue and gold floral design. There are brown handwritten markings on the left side. A small white sticker on the bottom reads "3758". The sample sits on a blue background. The sample is likely from a sample book by an unknown artist.