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A work made of a: silk and cotton, plain, twill, and satin weaves, some with patterning warps, some with patterning and brocading wefts, some self-patterned, and some with cut solid velvet; some warp painted (chiné); pieced over paper b: silk, plain and satin weaves, some with self-patterning; some warp painted (chine); pieced.

Fragments from a Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt, 1876

A work made of silk, damask weave; five panels joined; lined with linen, plain weave (original lining).

Cope (without Orphrey or Hood), 1575/1600

A work made of linen, plain weave; stenciled and painted; embroidered with cotton in stem stitches.

Partially Worked Panel Intended as a Pillow Cover, 1910/15

Nonoluck Silk Company

A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on silk.

Landscape, 17th-18th century

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

Commemmorative Ribbon "Compliments of the Season", 19th century

Thomas Stevens

A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of weft-faced warp ribbed plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe.

Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang), 19th century

Minangkabau

A work made of silk, plain weave; screen printed and possibly painted.

Merkur (Mercury) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1911/13

Dagobert Peche

A work made of silk, horsehair, and cotton, needle lace.

Edging, 1875/1900

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats.

Vista Weave (Upholstery Fabric), 1945/80

reg/wick Hand Woven Originals

A work made of silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk; slit and single interlocking tapestry weave (kesi).

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

A work made of silk, broken warp chevron twill weave cut solid velvet; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with same velvet and with silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strip and purl, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laidwork and couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace.

The Stafford Altar Frontal, 1620/40 (appliquéd areas: late 17th century)

A work made of linen, plain weave; applied painted paper, leather, and fur; appliquéd with jute, wool and linen, plain weaves; embroidered with wool, linen, silk, wild silk, cotton, jute, hemp, sisal, and cellulose film, in crossed back, eyelet, herringbone, laced herringbone, laced long-armed cross, long-armed cross, ladder and stem stitches; couching.

Excavations, 1959/60

Mariska Karasz

A work made of cotton and silk, two-faced, two-color complementary weft, warp-float faced satin weave over satin interlacing and self-patterned by areas of plain weave with complememntary ground weft floats; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1909/1929

Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann

A work made of silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by main warp floats and areas of plain interlacing; extended ground weft cut fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; signature embroidered in couching.

Scarf Commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

A work made of outer boot: silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps; seam trim cord: silk, oblique interlacing; ribbon and top boot edge binding: silk, simple and complex gauze weave; lined with silk, plain weave; lining’s upper edge facing: silk, twill damask weave; sole: silk, plain weave; tying ribbon: twill weave self-patterned by areas of twill weave.

Pair of Woman's Boots with Tying Ribbon, Tang dynasty(618–906)/ Song dynasty(960–1279), 10th/11th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in montenegrin cross stitches.

Valence (For a Bed), 18th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome, otoshizome or suri bokashizome).

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth), early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/35

A work made of wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in back, chain, cretan, individual back, individual running, roman, satin, stem, and surface satin stitches; laid work, couching, and roumanian couching.

Sampler, 1791

Polly Bedford

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave formed by paried warps and wefts; with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Panel for a Blouse (Huipil), 1930/39

Maya

A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, utsushinori yûzenzome and suri yûzenzome, shigokizome).

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth), 1926/35, early Shôwa period (1926–1989)

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