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A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment of a Vestment, 16th century

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment with Nasrid Coat of Arms, Nasrid Dynasty (1232–1492), c. 1400

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Crossing of the Granicus, from The Story of Alexander the Great, 1619

Karel van Mander, II

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

Flight of Geese, Late Yuan (1279–1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

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 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 hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River, Edo period, 1856

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

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 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, 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, 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

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 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, 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 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, 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, 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 silk, warp-float faced satin weave with ground weft-float patterning.

Le Feu (Fire), 1926

Françoise Clarinval

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

Sampler, c. 1660

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