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A work made of silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in individual back, bullion, chain, eyelet, fern, herring bone, open fishbone, single satin, satin, silk-padded satin; surface satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Tamashima River in Hizen Province (Tamashimagawa, Hizen), from the series "Fashionable Mirrors of Famous Places (Furyu meisho kagami)", c. 1770/72

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of color woodblock print; hashira-e.

The Autumn Moon at Tokaiji (Tokaiji no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of the Shinagawa (Furyu Shinagawa hakkei)", c. 1773/75

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of wool, patchwork of 2:2 twill weaves; embroidered in back, fishbone, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; main warp fringe.

Shawl, 1870s

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped-silk in darning, fishbone, double running, and turned double running stitches; main warp knotted fringe.

Towel/Napkin, 1850/1900

A work made of wood engraving on paper.

Monster Fish (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ), 1989-99

Karasawa Hitoshi

A work made of wool, pieced twill weaves; embroidered in back, buttonhole, fishbone, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; main warp fringe.

Shawl, 1801/50

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in fishbone, double running, and twined double running stitches; lined with cotton, plain weave.

Cover (possibly Turban Cover), 18th century

A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered with straw in fishbone and running stitches; knotting and wrapping.

Border, c. 1860

A work made of silk, satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with gilt- and silvered-metal coil and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped hemp in couching and padded couching; glass beads and metal spangles; edged with woven tape; closures of square braiding and in oblique interlacing; embroidered in fishbone stitches; self fringe.

Cope, 1675/1725

A work made of linen, tabby; backed with coarser linen, embroidery thru top layer only. embroidered in silk floss.
stitches: back, chain, satin, running cross, herringbone, buttonhole, fishbone, speckling.

Bedspread, Queen Anne period, 1701/25

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered in wool and cotton; appliquéd with edges turned in, couching with large slanting stitches, encroaching satin stitch, black shading, fishbone, satin.

Bedcover, 1801/25

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long and short, up and down shading, stem, outline, back, couching, satin, chain, knot, bullion, feather (or fishbone) stitches.

Picture (Susannah and the Elders), Queen Anne period, c. 1700/10

A work made of linen and cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in darning, fishbone, hem, overcast, double running, twined double running and satin stitches; main warp fringe.

Towel, 19th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt metal strip and gilt metal strips in darning, fishbone, overcast, padded overcast, running, twined double runningl russian overcast, satin and padded satin stitches.

Towel/Napkin, 1875/1900