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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

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 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 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

A work made of cotton, plain weave; cutwork embroidered with wool in overcast stitch; embroidered with silk and wool in cross, long-armed cross, outline, satin and stem stitches.

Sampler, 1852

Eliza Ryan