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

Border, Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille yarns in satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching; painted; lined and edged with linen, plain weave.

The Harp that Once through Tara's Halls, 1827

Mary R. Glenn

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

Spring Arriving in the Han Palace 漢宮春曉圖, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1717

Yuan Jiang

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and frisé yarns, gilt-metal purl, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, metal pieces, and paillettes in detached chain, running, satin, split and tied herringbone stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching.

Needlework Picture Depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, 17th century, c. 1640

A work made of linen and silk, tapestry weave.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171)

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, slit tapestery weave (kossu); backed with silk, plain weave, creped wefts; tassels: painted and plied.

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25

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

Portrait of Kobo Daishi (Kukai), 14th century

A work made of silk, wool, and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of 2:2 's' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Square Shawl, c. 1850

A work made of linen, plain weave; cutwork embroidered with linen in needle lace filling stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk and linen in buttonhole, cross, darning and single satin stitches; and embroidered with silk in buttonhole, chain and satin stitches.

Sampler, 1795

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk; appliquéd.

Long Housewife, 19th century

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

Scarf, 1966

Saul Steinberg

A work made of silk, twill compound weave.

Woven Silk Fragment, About 1930–50, imitation of a 10th- or 11th-century pattern

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

Nehan: Death of the Buddha, late 17th/early 18th century

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; edged with silk and linen plain weave extended weft cut fringe.

Carpet, 1650/1700

A work made of bronze with bone or ivory inlay.

Pair of Protomes Depicting the Forepart of a Griffin, 625-575 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of silk, satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist.

Panel, 1982

Ethel Stein

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

The Four Accomplishments, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

Wang Ning

A work made of buff earthenware with pigment.

Entertainer, Northern dynasties, 6th century

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

The Salt Maidens, Matsukaze with Yukihira's Coat, Edo period, c. 1800

Chôbunsai Eishi

A work made of (probably) silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk in single and surface satin stitches.

#32, 1990

Scott Rothstein

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