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A work made of silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave and a variety of techniques; pieced; embroidered in silk and chenille threads in a variety of stitches; backed with silk, satin weave.

Bedcover (Crazy Quilt), 1887/88

An irregularly shaped textile fragment of gold floral design on a red background.

Fragment, 1601/25

A work made of silk and gilt-paper; compound satin weave.

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), late 18th/early 19th century

A work made of silk, plain simple cloth, semi-transparent brocaded with gold wound on yellow silk core; stripes and four corner motifs of red silk and border of gold warp along selvages.

Scarf, 19th century

A work made of silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (filé and frisé), plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and brocading wefts and weft-float faced interlacing of secondary binding warps and some supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel, Early 18th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered.

Picture, 1634

A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal strip facing wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, split, raised stem, and stem stitches; couching; a: cords of silk, oblique interlacing; tassel of silk, oblique interlacing and a knotting technique known as macramé with cut fringe (no cords or tassel on b).

Amice, 17th century

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

Braid, 1650/75

A work made of silk, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts.

Panel (From a Dress), c. 1745/46

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

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century

A tunic with broad arms and a floral and paisley design throughout.

Dalmatic with Apparel and Orphrey Band, 17th century

Painting of woman, arms crossed on brown desk, staring at goldfish.

Woman before an Aquarium, 1921–23

Henri Matisse

A work made of silk and gilt-metal strips, plain weave with supplementary facing wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Fragment, 1575/1625

A work made of plain compound twill weave, silk and gilt-paper.

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

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8–1.0 mm
weft: count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm.

Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus, c. 1650

Jan van Leefdael

A work made of screenprint in green, blue, red, and black on white wove illlustration board.

Riverboat Western World, n.d.

Robert William Addison

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work embroidered with silk back, running and two-sided italian cross stitches; edged with darning stitch.

Two Border Fragments, Late 16th/early 17th century

A work made of silk, irregular interlacing plain weave variation; pairs of larger diameter warp inserted between warp groups; screen printed.

Scarf, 1965

Vasily Kandinsky

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Feast [central part], from The Story of Artemisia, 1607/30

Antoine Caron

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Fragment, 1501/50