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A work made of silk, plain weave with brocading wefts.

Panel, c. 1762/65

A young woman in a dark hat and coat with light ruffled collar sits reading a large periodical held up in her gloved hands. Flowers and foliage are suggested behind her.

Woman Reading, 1880–82

Édouard Manet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Woman with a Black Fichu, c. 1878

Édouard Manet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Woman, 1851

Jean Léon Gérôme

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Lady, c. 1770

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein

A work made of hand-colored etching on paper.

Following the Fashion, published December 9, 1794

James Gillray

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of Constance Pipelet, 1797

Jean Baptiste François Désoria

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as a Fashionable Young Man (Wakashu), About 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho

A work made of oil on canvas.

An Italian Comedy in Verona, 1772

Marco Marcola

A work made of ivory, carved.

Comb, 19th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, individual back, bullion, chain, plaited braid, and stem stitches; buttonholed couching, darned wheels and french knots.

Woman's Coif (Altered), c. 1600

A work made of oil on canvas.

Man with a Ruff, 17th century

Follower of Anthony van Dyck

A work made of wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:2 'z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 2:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1845

A work made of silk, plain weave; brocaded.

Handkerchief (One Half), c. 1850/60

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by floats of complementary ground wefts and by areas of plain interlacing.

Panel, 1640/60

A young girl with medium skin wears a striking dress of black and white stripes with a short lace collar. Behind her is backdrop featuring symbols and native figures. Mangos sit beside her.

Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana), 1893

Paul Gauguin

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid over padding and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silk floss in chain stitch; gussets: silk, plain weave; ribbon: silk, plain weave; lining: linen, plain weave.

Bag, 1680/1700

A work made of silk, warp-float faced broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; slashed.

Fragment (Cut/Slashed), 1601/25

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Paris, 1952

Robert Frank

A work made of oil on panel.

Cavalier, c. 1871

Mariano Fortuny y Marsal

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