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A work made of silk, twill weave; screen printed.

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1922 (produced 1924)

Léon Bakst

A work made of linen, plain weave; stenciled; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; edged with linen and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary wefts and with extended ground weft fringe; lined with cotton, plain weave.

Pillow Sham, 1910/15

Richardson Silk Company

A work made of cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 satin weave; stenciled; embroidered with silk in satin stitches.

Partially Worked Panel Intended as a Pillow, 1910/15

Richardson Silk Company

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in stem, satin, and long stitches.

Pillow Cover, c. 1930

Richardson Silk Company

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, linen and silk in knot, overcast, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and hemp, padded couching.

Orphrey Band, 1375/1400

A work made of silk, brocaded in silk and metal thread.

17 Fragments, 18th century

Cream-colored weaving featuring a floral motif in reddish brown, one main flower in the middle with others surrounding it.

Panel, 1450/1500

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in (weft-float faced 1:3) twill interlacings (on reverse face secondary binding warps and supplementary wefts form detached interlacing).

Fragment, Late 14th/15th century

Vertical textile panel featuring a floral pattern with leaves in yellow, orange, pink, white, and green on a black background.

Panel, Early 18th century

Textile fragment, light brown background with darker patterning of wide vine-line forms with leaves and flourishes, outlined in red thread.

Fragment, 1450/1500

A work made of silk and silk-wrapped-hemp and silk-wrapped-linen cords, bobbin straight lace.

Braid, 1650/75

A rectangular garment of patchwork dark silk patterned with golden dragons and green, blue, and brown clouds

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

A tapestry depicting a fountain that features two nude females holding a platform on which another nude female lies, her arm around a moose.

The Petitions [right part], 1607/30

Antoine Caron

A work made of silk, silver gilt strips, and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning and supplementary brocading wefts.

Fragment, 1650/1700

A work made of silk, fancy simple satin weave.

Fragment, 16th century

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace (made in horizontal strips).

Bonnet Veil, 1850s

A work made of persian silk. ispahan.

Silk, 1650/1700

Rectangular, mostly brown textile made up of many small fabric squares of the same pattern, featuring flora and fauna in green, blue, and cream.

Kesa, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century

A work made of silk, silvered-metal strips, and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, weft-rib plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and patterning wefts.

Fragment, c. 1750

A work made of silk, warp faced weft ribbed plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterning ground wefts; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Portrait of Napoleon III (1808–1873), Emperor, 19th century

Marc-Laurent Bruyas