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

Playing Card, c. 1957

Piero Fornasetti

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, open chain, leaf, roman, roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with linen, plain weave tape; two loom widths joined.

Bedcover, late 17th/early 18th century

Jane Bolas Vaughan

A work made of silk and linen, compound weave.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; lined with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave.

Cushion Cover, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1700/50

Manchu

A work made of silk, velvet, plain twill, damask, also warp-faced plain weave; patterns in warp dyeing, printing, brocading, and extra pattern wefts; wadding and printed warp-faced tabby weave silk lining.

Bedcover, c 1900/10

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in flame stitch.

Cushion Cover, 1701/25

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

Wild Pflanzen (Dress Fabric), c. 1915

Wiener Werkstätte

A work made of wooden box; beaded with silk and glass beads; appliquéd with beaded figures worked over cotton padding and silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin and single satin stitches; couching and seed pearls; metal hinges.

Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 17th century

A work made of silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details in colors, black, and with gold leaf; outer scroll top: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; scroll wrapper: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with 1:2 's' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; rayon and cotton ties; scroll wrapper lined with silk, warp-float faced 2:1 's' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Thanka (Religious Picture), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1743/44

Manchu

A work made of silk, plain weave, screen printed.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1978 (designed 1924)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary discontinuous facing brocading wefts forming areas of weft loops (known as bouclé) tied by secondary binding warps in weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacing and supplementary pile warps forming cut, pile on pile, voided velvet.

Altar Frontal, 1480-1550

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk, gold- and silver-gilt-strips-wound-around-silk-fiber cores, metal purl and linen in bullion, outline and running stitches; couching, roumanian couching and laidwork.

A Day in the LIfe of a French Nobleman, 17th century

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

Watching the Waterfall 高士觀瀑圖, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

Xia Kui

A work made of cotton and paper, interlooping (crochet and crochet variations); embroidered with silk and paper, cotton, mercerized cotton, ramie and nylon in variations on long and short stitches and some knotting; leather and ramie in laid work and couching; metal (aluminum?) wrapped with silk and paper secured to the surface with adhesive; blocked; lined with silk, plain weave.

Evidence, 2008/12

Michael Olszewski

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

The Salt Maidens, Murasame with Yukihira's Hat, Edo period, c. 1800

Chôbunsai Eishi

A work made of steel, iron, copper, textile, leather, and wood.

Rapier and Scabbard, c. 1630

Antonio Piccinino

A work made of phyllite.

Standing Bodhisattva with Human-Figure Necklace, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, rayon, silk, wool, and metal-foil-wrapped cotton in padded satin stitches; laid work and couching.

Sankt Valentin (Saint Valentine), 1996

Lissy Funk

A work made of two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton ,gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches; laidwork, couching, and padded couching.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis), 19th century

Abung

A work made of silk, twill weave; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips; lined with silk, plain weave.

Atsuita karaori (Noh Costume), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

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