MFA Images: Patterns, Design, and DecorationExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/952370/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlbum folio with portrait possibly of “Mota Raja,” Udai Singh of Marwarabout 1580–8514.666148515/internal/media/dispatcher/953045/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlbum page from the “Late Shah Jahan Album”Folio, borders, illumination about 1650–58; calligraphy about 1505–45Mir 'Ali Heravi60.170148626/internal/media/dispatcher/813512/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailArchitectural panel with a griffinabout A.D. 175–20003.747151301/internal/media/dispatcher/728336/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBatik samplelate 19th century21.54567793/internal/media/dispatcher/961854/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBedcoverabout 1895Charles Francis Annesley Voysey1976.764272966/internal/media/dispatcher/590341/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)17th or 18th century15.26113975/internal/media/dispatcher/605428/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 19th to early 20th century21.20315840/internal/media/dispatcher/618450/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century60.1164.122086/internal/media/dispatcher/644567/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)latter half of the 19th to early 20th century21.19928701/internal/media/dispatcher/1643220/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 18th to early 19th century21.20228704/internal/media/dispatcher/726701/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)latter half of 19th century39.265640/internal/media/dispatcher/726709/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 18th to early 19th century50.29865642/internal/media/dispatcher/1643218/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 19th to early 20th century11.397168360/internal/media/dispatcher/728764/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 19th century11.395668381/internal/media/dispatcher/728770/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)19th century11.394168384/internal/media/dispatcher/728774/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)latter half of the 19th century11.393368386/internal/media/dispatcher/995896/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)19th century43.794120407/internal/media/dispatcher/817810/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChalice veil18th century35.71346120/internal/media/dispatcher/817779/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChalice veil17th–18th century27.57766954/internal/media/dispatcher/843820/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChalice veil18th century96.40270728/internal/media/dispatcher/843630/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChalice veil18th century95.106971376/internal/media/dispatcher/817882/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChalice veil95.111171425/internal/media/dispatcher/817881/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChalice veil17th century95.110871431/internal/media/dispatcher/965101/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCoverlate 17th to early 18th century11.126468440/internal/media/dispatcher/799035/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDesign for a Ceramic Plate for Albert & Charles Vieillard, Bordeaux, for service "Chevreuse"about 1875–90Amédée de Caranza2000.683271659/internal/media/dispatcher/1032466/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFloral Embroidery Design with large white flowers, small blue flowers, and strawberriesJean François Bony29.2162244223/internal/media/dispatcher/965113/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFragment of a floor coverlate 17th or early 18th century66.86649130/internal/media/dispatcher/729829/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFragment of furnishing fabriclate 19th centuryWilliam Morris93.113371542/internal/media/dispatcher/729833/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFragment of furnishing fabriclate 19th centuryMorris & Co.93.113471543/internal/media/dispatcher/729837/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFragment of furnishing fabric1880–90Morris & Co.93.113571544/internal/media/dispatcher/718197/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFragment of furnishing fabric: "Tulip"Design registered 1875William Morris45.822b48288/internal/media/dispatcher/1062131/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFront side panel of outer coffin of Djehutynakht2010–1961 B.C.20.1822142815/internal/media/dispatcher/845819/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGuitar (chitarra battente)1725Jacopo Mosca Cavelli2003.76397415/internal/media/dispatcher/913790/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHarivamsa (Genealogy of Krishna): The Birth and Escape of KrishnaAbout 1590, border added later66.148148520/internal/media/dispatcher/711411/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of a dress or furnishing fabric1650–170068.9648960/internal/media/dispatcher/750370/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabricmid-19th centuryOwen Jones1999.459149805/internal/media/dispatcher/886047/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabric1920–302003.773360891/internal/media/dispatcher/869689/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabricearly 20th centuryL. C. Chase Co.2003.344406961/internal/media/dispatcher/927806/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabric: Crayabout 1884William Morris2005.4458743/internal/media/dispatcher/845842/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabric from Yuanmingyuan1750–7541.52429337/internal/media/dispatcher/802658/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabric: "Rose and Thistle"about 1881William Morris1976.13123755/internal/media/dispatcher/585582/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing fabric: "Trail"Designed 1891John Henry Dearle1981.132125732/internal/media/dispatcher/965127/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of furnishing or dress fabricabout 1914Paul Iribe2001.817336928/internal/media/dispatcher/715087/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of painted silk1790s50.14751582/internal/media/dispatcher/965097/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of velvetfirst half of 16th century04.12173248/internal/media/dispatcher/585973/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLength of velvet furnishing fabric1712–141988.531127223/internal/media/dispatcher/811069/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLower body wrapper (kain panjang)late 19th to early 20th century11.128468434/internal/media/dispatcher/756144/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLower body wrapper (kain sarong)early 20th century43.1247582/internal/media/dispatcher/728907/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLower body wrapper (kain sarong)late 19th century11.131368529/internal/media/dispatcher/1021300/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan Leading a Horselate 16th century17.1352148535/internal/media/dispatcher/961849/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's court sash (patka)about 170066.85948786/internal/media/dispatcher/961848/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's court sash (patka)17th or early 18th century66.85849154/internal/media/dispatcher/711707/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's court sash (patka)late 17th or early 18th century66.86549217/internal/media/dispatcher/962052/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's mantle and two border fragmentsA.D. 50–10016.34a-c456932/internal/media/dispatcher/939620/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's robe restyled as a Tibetan chuba17th century2001.145315329/internal/media/dispatcher/962048/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's semi-formal court robe (jifu)first quarter of the 18th century02.498041/internal/media/dispatcher/847894/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's semi-formal court robe (jifu)fourth quarter of the 18th century50.744254517/internal/media/dispatcher/927804/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMan's wrapper20th century2004.676452030/internal/media/dispatcher/965121/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMantleA.D. 700–9001983.25236608/internal/media/dispatcher/965122/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMantle or shroudabout A.D. 15501988.325127000/internal/media/dispatcher/952378/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMelancholic Woman and Attendantabout 1590 with later borderBasawan14.688148807/internal/media/dispatcher/1260045/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (atsuita)late 18th to early 19th century15.115428296/internal/media/dispatcher/973453/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (atsuita)late 17th to early 18th century15.115528297/internal/media/dispatcher/757435/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (atsuita)late 19th century15.117428316/internal/media/dispatcher/757431/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (atsuita)mid-19th century11.383068355/internal/media/dispatcher/942477/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (atsuita)late 18th to early 19th century11.396668363/internal/media/dispatcher/756041/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)late 18th to early 19th century15.114828290/internal/media/dispatcher/942479/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)early 19th century15.114928291/internal/media/dispatcher/977839/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)18th century15.115028292/internal/media/dispatcher/942475/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)late 18th to early 19th century15.115328295/internal/media/dispatcher/639658/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)late 18th century15.115728299/internal/media/dispatcher/1110828/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)19th century15.116928311/internal/media/dispatcher/644474/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)late 19th or early 20th century21.18428695/internal/media/dispatcher/811071/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (karaori)late 19th or early 20th century11.383768348/internal/media/dispatcher/964911/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh costume (nuihaku)late 17th to early 18th century11.379224497/internal/media/dispatcher/1208375/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNoh theater costume (atsuita)2nd half 18th century, restyled during Meiji period11.379924498/internal/media/dispatcher/961852/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOne face of a cushion cover18th or 19th century1971.437123588/internal/media/dispatcher/757372/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail[One of] 23 Floral embroidery designslate 18th–early 19th centuryJean François Bony29.2188244296/internal/media/dispatcher/765852/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail[One of] 35 All-over patternsEarly 19th centuryUnidentified artist, French29.2156244149/internal/media/dispatcher/748070/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail[One of] 35 All-over patternsEarly 19th centuryUnidentified artist, French29.2158a-b244151/internal/media/dispatcher/765853/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail[One of] 35 All-over patternsEarly 19th centuryUnidentified artist, French29.2159244152/internal/media/dispatcher/765849/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail[One of] 35 All-over patternsEarly 19th centuryUnidentified artist, French29.2129244191/internal/media/dispatcher/765851/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail[One of] 35 All-over patternsEarly 19th centuryUnidentified artist, French29.2146244364/internal/media/dispatcher/965105/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPanels from a bed tent18th or 19th century50.262552031/internal/media/dispatcher/961827/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPart of a long coverEarly 17th century43.25347987/internal/media/dispatcher/1624163/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPictorial quilt1895–98Harriet Powers64.619116166/internal/media/dispatcher/843737/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPiece of brocade18th century01.565969217/internal/media/dispatcher/843786/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPiece of brocadeLate 17th–18th century93.85571660/internal/media/dispatcher/843789/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPiece of brocadeLate 17th–18th century93.87771765/internal/media/dispatcher/733139/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPiece of velvetLate 19th century98.7269848/internal/media/dispatcher/733140/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPiece of velvetLate 19th century98.7369850/internal/media/dispatcher/733137/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPink satinLate 19th century98.7069844/internal/media/dispatcher/1092248/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPitcher (oinochoe) in the Wild Goat style, with bands of flowers, animals, and birds620–580 B.C.03.90154590/internal/media/dispatcher/933468/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPlants and their Application to Ornament1897Eugène Samuel Grasset2004.2272459446/internal/media/dispatcher/928909/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailQuilt1835-402005.95462617/internal/media/dispatcher/802643/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSaltillo sarapemid-19th century02.50573645/internal/media/dispatcher/802642/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSaltillo sarapeearly 19th century02.50473646/internal/media/dispatcher/802636/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSaltillo sarapemid-19th century00.41374254/internal/media/dispatcher/802650/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSaltillo sarape1850–701980.66125485/internal/media/dispatcher/802651/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSaltillo sarape1850–701980.67125501