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A work made of gelatin silver print.

Tupperware, Bee Line Fashions, Lingerie, Wigs and now House Plant Parties have become popular. Everyone wants to have a fern in their front room, but more important they want to know how to take care of a plant that costs $20.00. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1969-75

Bill Owens

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed.

La Route de Lillebonne (The Road to Lillebonne) (Furnishing Fashion), after 1822

Horace Vernet

A work made of wool (camelid), stripes of warp-faced plain weave and complimentary patterning warp; two panels joined with wool (camelid) in figure eight stitch; applied cotton, and cotton with wool (camelid) braided trims; embroidered with wool (camelid) in fishbone stitch.

Woman's Mantle (Llijlla), 1900/1970

Quechua

A work made of chasuble: silk, plain weave with silk facing wefts and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk facing wefts forming weft loops on cut and uncut, pile-on-pile voided velvet; orphrey band: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in fishbone, herringbone, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with woven fringe.

Chasuble with Orphrey Band, Chasuble: Late 15th century; Orphrey Band: Late 15th/early 16th century

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

Poem by Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)", c. 1773/75

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of linen(?), plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in long and short, stem, fishbone, and satin stitches; applied gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk edging at warp ends; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk buttonhole variation edging along weft edge.

Sash, 18th century

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

Fragment (from a border), c. 1860

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 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 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 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

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