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A work made of silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 16th century

A work made of silk and gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores, countered warp twining with extended weft loop fringe.

"Renaissance" Fringe, 16th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 1575/1600

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in tent stitches; padded couching.

Fragment, 17th century

A work made of brocaded plain compound cloth, silk, gold wound on yellow silk core, silver wound on white silk core.

Fragment, 18th century

Islamic

A work made of silk, satin weave, embroidered.

Dress for Christ Child, 18th century

A work made of paper with sepia ink; silk.

Book of Silk Braids, 1601/50

Large panel of red fabric covered in repeating white floral pattern.

Mohnköpfe (Poppyheads) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1900

Koloman (Kolo) Moser

Quilt made of many small, multicolored scraps of fabric arranged organically, with a thick black border.

Bedcover (Altered or Unfinished Crazy Quilt), 1883

Phyllis Rothschild

A work made of linen, plain weave; drawn work embroidered with silk and linen in hem and overcast stitches; embroidered in double running and stem stitches; insert and edge of linen, bobbin straight lace; edged with silk, plain weave extended weft fringe.

Cover, Probably 1601/50

A vertical textile in red and gold depicts a saint holding a flag in the upper center. Two people in armor appear toward the bottom, one holding a shield with a scorpion on it.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century

A work made of wooden box; covered with silk, satin weave; appliquéd with silk and linen, plain weaves and twill plaited tapes; embroidered with silk, metal threads, and linen in a variety of stitches; laid work, buttonhole couching, couching, and french knots; mica and pearls; edged with woven tape; silver feet.

Dressing Box Depicting the Finding of Moses and Scenes from Abraham and Hagar, Third quarter of the 17th century

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, 1654/81

Tosa Mitsuoki

A work made of silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, patterning wefts and self-patterning ground wefts; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752–1834), 1839

Claude Bonnefond

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

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

A work made of silk and linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in plain interlacings.

Fragment, 17th century

A work made of silk, cotton, and gilded paper strip, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound with secondary binding warps in twill interlacings.

Fragment, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

A tan linen with a blue geometric border. Inside the border, from the top down, are rows of alphabetical letters, each letter repeated; a row of numbers, a row of letters, and spotty text reading, "No radiant pearl which crested . . . for other's woes . . . Finally, there is a row with the artist's name, "Mary Ann Hollis," and date, "1820."

Sampler, 1820

Mary Ann Hollis

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; appliquéd with hemp, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and linen in bullion, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching.

Orphrey Band, 16th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts and supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas and with supplementary pile warps forming pile-on-pile cut voided velvet.

Fragment, 1450/1500