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A Beauty, Early 18th century

Doshin

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in double running and back stitches.

Fragment from a Border, 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips and purl, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching, and french knots; gilt-metal spangles; edged with appliquéd linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; lined with linen, plain weave.

Dalmatic and Humeral Veil, 1675/1725

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal strips in couching; beaded with glass beads; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; wooden frame covered with paper.

Box (Needlework), c. 1670s

A work made of silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts bound by main warps in twill interlacings.

La Cour de Chine, c. 1918/24

Raoul Dufy

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts; lined with silk, plain weave.

Atsuita Karaori (Noh Costume), late Edo period (1789–1868), Early 19th century

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

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, c. 1675

Tosa Mitsuoki

Plate sized sculpture depicting seated deity, adorned with figures, filigree, and temples.

Tiered Offering Mandala of the Goddess of Wealth (Vasudhara), 19th century

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps.

Fragment from the Mantle of Don Felipe, 1275-1300

A work made of ink, color, and gold on silk.

High Ranking Courtesan, c. 1830/43

Mihata Jôryû

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 's' twill weave interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; left selvage present.

Fragment, 1401-1450

A work made of handscroll; ink on silk.

Envoys Presenting Tribute, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1850/1900

Su Liupeng

A work made of silk, cotton, bast fibers (probably linen), and rayon, plain weave with discontinuous wefts and exposed warps; knotted warp fringe over wooden pole wrapped with linen, plain weave.

Landscape, 1958

Lenore Tawney

A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and peacock feathers, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining; silk, 1:1 plain oblique interlaced tapes; lined with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave.

Jiasha (Mantle), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1725

Han-Chinese

A work made of silk, twill weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1950/2000

Bernard Buffet

A work made of cotton, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk in overcast stitches; embroidered in double running and long-armed cross stitches; beaded with glass beads.

Sampler, 1849

A work made of silk; printed.

Cover (Furnishing Fabric), 19th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching; beaded with coral beads; edged with gilt-metal strip and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, twill and plain weaves; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble, 1601/75

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

Wiener Werkstätte Neustiftfasse 32 (Sample Book) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), c. 1910

Martha Alber

A work made of linen, plain weave; beaded with glass beads; backed with cardboard; lined with silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Basket Insert, 1662

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