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A work made of persian silk. ispahan.

Silk, 1650/1700

Sleeveless vest, photographed in black and white, featuring a leaf motif and a decorated panel down the front.

Chasuble with Orphrey Bands, 17th century

Textile with a cream-colored floral motif on red fabric, vines arranged in repeating diamond shapes, a large flourish or blossom within each one.

Panel, 16th century

A work made of silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 's' twill weave with supplementary patterning weft and brocading wefts tied by secondary binding warps in plain and twill interlacings.

Fragment, 14th century

A work made of silk, plain compound cloth.

Fragment, 19th century

A work made of steel, brass, gilding, leather, and silk velvet textile.

Portions of a Field Armor, 1588/1590

Jacob Halder

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

Portrait of Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany (1797–1888), 19th century

François Carquillat

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 's' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 1401/25

A work made of silk and silk-wrapped linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "gimp".

Fragment, 1650/75

A work made of silk, broken warp-chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; over leather; edged with silk, plain weave tape; drawstring of silk, oblique interlacing.

Gaming Bag, 1675/1700

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; embroidered in satin and stem stitches; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave extended weft uncut fringe.

Chasuble, 1775/1825

A work made of silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces.

Fragment, 1601/25

A work made of silk, plain weave of two color complementary ground wefts self-patterned by areas of 3:1 twill interlacings.

Fragments, c. 1725

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in a twill interlacing and supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet.

Fragment (From a Chasuble), 1475/1500

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

Hackney Coach and Cabriolet Fares/ Regulations and Acts of Parliament (Handkerchief), 1832

John Leander Bishop

A work made of silk, brocaded plain compound cloth.

Fragment, Mid–18th century

A work made of silk, 4:1 satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces (satin damask).

Fragment, 1575/1625

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)", c. 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying some three color complementary self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings.

Panel, c. 1724/27

A work made of silk, cotton, “silver” metal strips wrapped around a silk core, warp-float faced satin weave with “silver” supplementary metal-wrapped silk brocading wefts, supplementary binding wefts, and supplementary warps forming cut and voided velvet.

Cushion Cover, 1575/1625