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A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Cope, 1480/1500

A work made of silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel (Intended as Dress Fabric), 1760s

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

Illustrated Legends of the Tenchi-in (Tenchi-in engi), 14th century

A work made of gold, enamels, and glass.

Pendant with the Holy Sacrament, c. 1650-c. 1700

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

Panel (Design 104), 1955

Frank Lloyd Wright

Golden six-paneled screen painted with blue mountains and whispy dark green trees, a red structure with figures at left.

The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (front); Geese among Reeds (back), 1900

Noguchi Shohin

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in plaited braid and tent stitches; raised darning.

Book Cover for Book of Psalms, Prayers, and Hymns, 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave and embroidered with silk floss, gold gilt strips, and paillettes in satin stitch; laid work, couching, and padded couching.

Cope with Orphrey Band, Hood and Remnants of a Morse, 1775/1800

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced warp chevron twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Fragment, 13th/14th century

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

Pink Square (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of silk, stripes of warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, warp-float faced 7:1 warp chevron twill weave and plain weave; pieced; stars: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 and 4:1 satin and plain weaves; some self-patterned by complementary ground wefts or by warp and weft floats; some in stripe of both weaves with supplementary patterning warps; some with impressed patterning; some warp ikat dyed; some printed; and silk and cotton, plain weave self-patterned by weft floats; pieced; quilted with silk threads; edged with ribbon of silk, stripes of warp-float facd 4:1 satin weave and plain weave with extended weft loops; backing: cotton, plain weave; glazed; batting: cotton.

"Lone Star" Variation Quilt, c. 1845/50

Ruth Hart

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille in split, surface satin, and stem stitches; couching.

Mourning Sampler, c. 1810

Mary Balch's School

Half circle of fabric, embroidered with Virgin Mary, saints, prophets, and plant motif.

Cope, 1490-1525, with later restoration

A work made of silk, wild silk and gilt-metal-strip, plain weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts forming weft loop fringe; lined with silk, plain weave.

Cope with Hood, 19th century (adaptation of a 17th century textile design)

A work made of glazed fritware tiles cut and reassembled as a mosaic.

Twelve-Point Star Tile, Timurid dynasty (1370-1507), Late 15th century

Islamic

A work made of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts; apparels: silk, warp-float faced 3:1 broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with warp-float faced 7:1 satin weaves; painted; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and metal wire in split stitches; laid work and couching; edged with braid of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and extended weft uncut fringe; with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, square braided, wrapped and knotted cords and silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, square braided, wrapped, knotted and fringed tassels worked over cotton core; underlined with linen and sisal, plain weaves; lined with linen, plain weave; glazed.

Dalmatic, 17th century

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with weft-float faced 1:2 "z" twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary warps forming cut voided velvet.

Fragment, 13th/14th century

A work made of linen, wool, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; embroidered with silk in back and split stitches.

Altar Frontal, c. 1450

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, hem, satin, and split stitches; edged with silk floss in buttonhole and detached buttonhole stitches.

Border, 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, satin, and padded satin stitches; laid work and couching; paillettes.

Chasuble (Back), 1701/25

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