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A work made of linen, plain weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, linen, and wool in split stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 16th century

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); both sides: silk, twill weave.

Dashibukusa (Fukusa for Tea Ceremony), Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1984

A work made of silk; plain weave, embroidered and appliqued with silk and gilt-paper-strip-wrapped silk; silk cord and tassels.

Kesa, Late 19th century, Meiji period (1868–1912)

A work made of album leaf; ink and colors on silk.

Portrait of a Gentleman, Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in cross, outline, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching and french knots; metal paillettes; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven fringe on hood.

Cope, 18th century

A work made of hand-made paper (washi); stitched with silk thread.

Battle Strategy, 1990

Sheila Hicks

A work made of sixteen joined squares, most of silk, plain, satin and twill weaves, some with supplementary pile warps (velvet) and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; some squares of cotton, plain weave with supplementary weft pile (velveteen); embroidered in silk threads in buttonhole feather, running, stem, herringbone, satin and outline stitches and couching; appliquéd; additional design in paint and human hair; border: silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps (velvet) back: silk, satin weave; four panels joined.

'Crazy Quilt', 1880's

Hallie Rogers Judd, (Halvania)

A work made of silk, cotton, and wool, variety of plain satin and twill weaves; some with supplementary and/or complementary elements; some with self-patterning elements, and some printed; pieced; quilted; edged with silk, plain weave.

Bedcover, 1904/05

Medora Ann Welsh

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back and running (pattern darning) stitches.

Fragment, Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century

A work made of album leaf; ink and colors on silk.

Portrait of a Gentleman, Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

Central Park South (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1953

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of silk, warp striped, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; two loom widths joined with silk in overcast stitches.

Mantle-cloth (cawng nak), 1925/50

Zotung Chin

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

Courtesan and Two Attendants, About 1705

Torii Kiyonobu I

A work made of silk, satin damask weave; edged with braid of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with two-color complementary warp weave; and fringe of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with paired warps and extended ground weft fringe; ribbons: silk, plain weave; tassels: silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, oblique interlacing and interknotting in flat knots over silk fringe and paper core.

Dalmatic, 1675/1700

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in plain interlacings.

Fragment, Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th/15th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; silk screen printed; left selvage present.

Panel (Design 102), 1955

Ling Po

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

Heron Maiden, 1920/25

Nakamura Daizaburô

A work made of gold, enamel, silk, and paperwork with gilding.

Double-Sided Pendant with Instruments of the Passion and Emblem of a Confraternity, 18th century

A work made of silk, cotton, wool, rayon, and acetate, plain weaves, some with creped wefts, some with supplementary pile warps and/or wefts forming cut solid velvet and some with self-patterning ground wefts; some printed; twill weaves; satin weaves, some with creped wefts; and double-sided satin weave of complementary warps and wefts, secondary binding warps and main warp floats cut to form "velours au sabré"; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, silk, and rayon, plain weave and satin weaves; some with creped wefts; some printed; embroidered with cotton and rayon, in back, bullion, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, open chain, feather, fly, herringbone, interlooping, overcast, satin, single satin, sheaf filling and stem stitches; french knots and couching, edged with rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, each square backed with cotton, plain weave.

Figurative 'Crazy Quilt', c. 1929/41

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

Sampler, 1833

Sophia Middleton

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