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A work made of two panels joined: silk, warp and weft resist-dyed (double ikat) and painted (tsumgi), plain weave.

Raven's Ridge, 2008

Polly Barton

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts; with silk, twill oblique interlaced sleeve cards.

Ôsodemono-Style Garment, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

A work made of silk, weft-ikat dyed, weft-float faced twill weave.

Ceremonial Skirt (Sampot Hol), 1900/25

Khmer

A work made of silk, cotton, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1885/90

Alexander Morton & Co.

A work made of silk, warp-float faced, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut and voided velvet.

Three Borders, c. 1780

A scene in green, orange, and blue depicts a large robed figure seated prominently in the foreground, a small standing figure beside him, and a tiny, seated, floating figure above him, mountains in the background.

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Vajriputra, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats, late 17th/early 18th century

Tibeto-Chinese

A work made of leather; shoe stitched with cotton and silk; trimmed with wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; couching; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels.

Pair of Shoes, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in tent and outline stitches.

Valance or Frieze (Unfinished), 1601/25

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-paper strips, twill weave; resist dyed; lined with silk, plain weave (replacement).

Karaori (Nô Costume), late Edo period (1789–1868), late 18th/early 19th century

A work made of cotton and silk floss; plain weave formed by single warp, double and triple wefts; with supplementary brocading and patetrning wefts; neck opening embroidered in buttonhole stitch in silk floss; two widths joined.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of cotton, silk, wild silk, polyester film, and sisal, ten interworked strips of warp resist dyed (ikat), plain weave of discontinuous warps and wefts with some non-perpendicular weaving.

Ten Skin Net, 1992

James Bassler

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats.

Panel (From a Skirt), c. 1743

Anna Maria Garthwaite

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary binding warps in plain interlacings.

Fragment, 1325-1375

A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); lined with polyester and silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); cords: rayon; machine knitted; plastic toggel.

Chabukusa (Fukusa for Tea Ceremony), Heisei period (1989–present), c. 1990

A work made of framed banner; ink and colors on silk.

Puxian, the Bodhisattva of Benevolence, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century

A work made of silk warp-float faced broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and silvered-metal wire, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and cotton in satin and split stitches; couching and padded couching; four full panels and two partial panels joined.

Cope, 1500-1525

A work made of mon side: wool, plain weave; appliqué with wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered, some areas over paper, with silk, gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-laquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk in back, chinese knot, satin, single satin, surface satin, stem and straight stitches; (probably) bamboo, rolled paper and silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; some embroidered areas painted; lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); interlined with cotton, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with crepe fiber warp; screen printed.

Scarf, 1978

Joan Gardy-Artigas

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

Girl on River Bank, c. 1780/95

Katsukawa Shunchô

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, hemp, silk, and cotton in a variety of laid work and couching with overcast and buttonhole bars.

Sample, 1987

Lissy Funk

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