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

Sampler, c. 1660

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 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 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 silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps.

Fragment, 13th century

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

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned ground wefts.

Fragment, 14th century

Islamic

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

Tulip Armchair, 1955/57

Eero Saarinen

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in linen and silk in cross, satin ground running back and feathered hem stitches and simple trellis overcast fillings; three edges finished in feathered hem stitch.

Sampler, 1794

A work made of silk, linen, and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, weft-faced three-color complementary weft twill weave with inner warps.

Fragment, 13th/14th century

A work made of silk, double cloth.

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 1601/25

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave, stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, katabitta and bokashizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); corner: rayon and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped rayon and cotton; knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40

A work made of silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered in single satin stitches.

Fragment (Border), Late 19th century

M. Jesurum & Cie.

A work made of silk; batik dyed; screen printed.

Off to War, 1917

Martha Ryther Kantor

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in bullion, cross, eyelet, stem, and surface satin stitches.

Sampler, 1808

Nancy Laird

A work made of silk, satin damask weave; ôbôshi shibori dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Furisode, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

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