EditorialBedcover, 1725?50, British, Silk and metal-wrapped thread on linen, L. 79 x W. 67 1/2 inches (200.7 x 171.5 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, In addition to yellow-on-white Bengali embroideries made for export were Indian polychrome examples made for European...
EditorialSeminole brave Os-ce-o-la, Powell, son of a white man and Creek woman. In turban and calico robes, holding a rifle, Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialCalico Quilt (Patchwork). Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.6 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 78" square. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialMorning dresses. "Two Ladies, en neglige, taking an airing in a phaeton." They wear plain calico morning dresses and ribbon and feather-trimmed bonnets with ostrich feathers. Description of the left figure reads: "Headdress: white stamp- paper hat, t...
EditorialAlexandra Horowitz at home with her dog, Quid, and Edsel the calico, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)