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A work made of silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Sutherland, 1870/71

Owen Carter Jones

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

King Yu Moving a Mountain to Control the Floods, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Large rectangle of fabric, geometric shapes depicting ship and people, in red, blue and yellow.

Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai), 19th century

Paminggir

A work made of silk, tabby, satin, velvet & twill weaves. some have warp-face, extra pattern wefts, printing, or moiré pattern, cisele velvet embroidered in silk floss & 2 ply twist. (backed with tabby cotton after piecing.) embroidery thru 3 layers stitches: herrinbone, feather, buttonhole, cross, satin, fishbone knot, & variations with line stitch.

Square from a 'Crazy Quilt', c. 1884

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads.

Portière, 1901

George Washington Maher

A work made of silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts and brocading wefts.

Fragment Entitled "Fruits", 1914

François Vernay

A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered in chain stitches (tambour work); edged with machine-made picots.

Bonnet Veil, c. 1820

Mary N. Keith

A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with a variety of fibers and weaves; embroidered with a variety of fibers in stem stitches; couching; edged with silk, plain weave extended ground weft uncut fringe.

Bedcover, 1701/25

A work made of silk and cotton, pieced plain, twill and satin weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts; some self-patterned by main ground or complementary ground wefts; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, cut and uncut solid velvet, cut and uncut voided velvet, cut solid stamped velvet and 'velours au sabre'; some printed painted or warp painted (chiné); some (moiré); one appliqué with silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with silk in buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, stem, straight and sheaf stitch variations; some stitches interlaced; french knots; lined with silk 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave and ground weft floats.

'Crazy Quilt', 1875/80

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk or bast fiber, strips of plain weave and stripes of warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat), plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk or bast fiber brocading wefts; main warp fringe.

Patolu, 18th-19th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided pile-on-pile velvet; orphrey: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, padded satin, and split stitches; couching, padded couching, and laid work; edged with silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven tape.

Chasuble, 1425-1475

A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile ghrough a technique known as "persian (sehna) knots;" edged with silk, cotton, and gil-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven and card woven fringe.

Carpet, 1601-25

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warp in weft-float faced 1:4 's' twill interlacings and with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Chasuble Back, 1450-1500

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with ground weft-float patterning.

Le Feu (Fire), 1926

Françoise Clarinval

A textile featuring two pheasants in the upper portion facing one another, strands of golden beads held between them in their beaks, symmetrical garlands above and below them, a golden structure near the middle, and curled ribbons embroidered near the bottom.

The Pheasants from the "Verdures of the Vatican" Series, c. 1799

Jean-Demosthene Dugourc

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

Sampler, c. 1660

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, individual satin, split, and stem stitches; edged with silk, plain weave.

Sampler, 1793

Ann Sellers

A work made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic and lacquered aluminum with silk upholstery.

Tulip Armchair, 1955/57

Eero Saarinen

A work made of polyester, silk, cotton, rayon, wool, plain weave; screen printed.

Lazy Leaves (Drapery Fabric), c. 1953

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading and self-patterning complementary ground wefts; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven tape.

Cope with Hood and Orphrey Band, 1725/75

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