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A work made of silk, 2:1 twill weave, with complementary weft plain weave double cloth.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 17th century, Safavid Dynasty (1501–1722)

A work made of silk and gold gilt strip wound around silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning weft loop fringe and extended ground weft cut fringe.

"Renaissance" Fringe, 16th century

A work made of linen, plain gauze weave; embroidered with silk floss and linen in double running, stem, weaving, and buttonhole stitches; applied silk tassels at each corner.

Sampler, 17th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, 4:1 satin damask weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:4 's' interlacing; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and extended ground weft uncut fringe and silk, gilt-metal-strip and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and of 2:2 'z' twill weave with extended ground weft, wrapped, knotted uncut fringe; lining: silk, plain weave.

Altar Frontal, Second half of 16th century

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

Landscape with Daoist Immortals Playing Weiqi, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th-16th century

Dai Jin

A work made of silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings; left selvage present.

Fragment, 14th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work with silk floss in two-sided italian cross stitch; embroidered in back stitch.

Border, 17th century

A work.

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

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, wool, silk, horsehair, hemp, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in open buttonhole filling and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Das andere Land (The Other Land), 1986/87

Lissy Funk

A work made of steel, iron, gilding, oak, and silk textile (velvet).

Glaive for the Bodyguard of Emperor Maximilian II, 1564

Jörg Hopfer

A work made of silk, satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; block or screen printed.

Panel, Before 1913

Raoul Dufy

A work made of yellow satin embroidered with silk and metal thread; satin and couched stitches.

Shoe (Single), 1770s

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

Panel (Dress Fabric), 1968 (designed 1924/25)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge) and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge); edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weaves; metal buttons.

Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1900/10

Manchu

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758), 1788 (inscription 1829)

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

Scarf, 1971

Valerio Adami

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work in antique hem, double-rowed openwork, interlocking lace, overcast, and satin stitches; darned and overcast bars; darned and woven wheels; darned squares; woven picots; embroidered with silk and linen in bullion, satin and square chain stitches; buttonhole wheels and eyelet holes; edged with buttonhole loops.

Coif, 1601/25

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

Sampler, 1775/1800

A work made of a: silk, complex gauze weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing with silk tapes of 3:1 twill oblique interlacing, ikat; lined; plain weave; b: silk, weft-ribbed plain weave; waist band and ties: silk, plain weave; cords: silk, four element square braid, three element ply; c: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; warp ikat; embroidered in satin, stem and straight stitches; couching; four element square braid fringe; d: plain weave.

Noh Costume (Awase kariginu, Sashinuki and Koshi obi), a–b: late Edo/early Meiji period, 19th century; c–d: Late Meiji period, late 19th century or early 20th century

A work made of steel, iron, gilding, oak and silk textile (velvet).

Glaive for the Bodyguard of King of Hungry and Bohemia (Later Emperor) Maximilian II, 1563

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