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A work made of cotton and silk floss; plain weave; with supplementary brocading and patterning wefts; three panels joined.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of embroidered covers in green silk with gold and silver threads and red and gold sequins; mirror inside front cover.

Almanac, 1813

A work made of linen, wool, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; embroidered with silk in back and split stitches.

Altar Frontal, c. 1450

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, satin, and padded satin stitches; laid work and couching; paillettes.

Chasuble (Back), 1701/25

Half circle of fabric, embroidered with Virgin Mary, saints, prophets, and plant motif.

Cope, 1490-1525, with later restoration

A work made of silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome, otoshizome and shigokizome).

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth), early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/35

Dômoto Inshô

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

Les Altheas, 1914/20

Raoul Dufy

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

Sampler, 1811

Ann S. Sweitzers

A work made of silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts.

Length of Woven Silk, 1700–1705

A work made of handscroll; ink and light color on silk.

One Hundred Cranes 百鶴圖, Qing dynasty (1644–1912) 清朝

Shen Quan

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped fiber, and linen in chain and seed stitches.

Coif, 16th century

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 1425/75

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, fishbone, and overcast stitches.

Sash, 19th century

A work made of pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt top; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic, plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, metallic and cotton embroidery threads.

John L. Sullivan Quilt, c. 1890

A work made of ink and colors on silk.

The Four Accomplishments, c. 1700

Kanô Tsunenobu

A work made of silk, satin weave over linen, plain weave; lined with silk in plain weave; moiré; braid in gilt over silk and yellow silk (gold fringe - twisted threads, gilt over core); embroidered in silk floss, silver and gilt over silk core with satin, (flat), long and short, stem (outline) stitches; couching and some underside couching.

Altar Frontal, 19th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, cross and long-armed cross stitches.

Fragment (From a Border), 1575/1625

A work made of silk, mohair, acetate, linen, polyester, plain weave with supplementary binding warps tying supplementary patterning and brocading wefts in plain interlacing.

Moon Rise, 1979

Jana Vander Lee

A work made of silk and cotton, pieced plain, twill and satin weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts; some self-patterned by main ground or complementary ground wefts; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, cut and uncut solid velvet, cut and uncut voided velvet, cut solid stamped velvet and 'velours au sabre'; some printed painted or warp painted (chiné); some (moiré); one appliqué with silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with silk in buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, stem, straight and sheaf stitch variations; some stitches interlaced; french knots; lined with silk 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave and ground weft floats.

Bedcover (Crazy Quilt), 1875/80

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with linen, silk, and cotton in padded satin, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

La Matinata (Morning Song), 1975

Lissy Funk

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