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A work made of pineapple fiber, plain weave (pina cloth); cut and drawnwork embroidered with silk and cotton in cross, darned squared, darned wheels, interlocking, satin, and single faggot stitches; embroidered with cotton in the back, buttonhole, padded satin, and twined double running stitches.

Handkerchief, c. 1840

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

Woman with Female Servant in a Palace Garden, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, late 14th/15th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work; embroidered with silk floss and linen yarns, in black, double faggot, hem interlocking, loop, overcast, russian overcast, and wave stitches; embroidered with silk floss in back, cross, double running, long-armed cross, satin and stem stitches.

Sampler, 1815

A work made of linen, plain weave; quilted embroidered with silk floss in darning and back stitches; original silk fringe and tassels.

Bedcover, Late 17th century

Indo-Portuguese

A work made of silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and secondary binding warps tying some ground wefts in plain interlacing.

Panel, c. 1736

Style of Jean Revel

A work made of silk, plain simple cloth.

Fragment, Arab period (641–969)/Fatimid period (969–1171)/Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/ Mamluk period (1250–1517), 9th/13th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts, cut voided velvet.

Cover, 1575/1600

A work made of silk, plain gauze weave; embroidered with linen in darning stitches (lacis).

Border, 1601/50

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; patterned with impressed gold leaf; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower.

Surihaku (Noh Costume), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Commemorative Bookmark "A Tribute of Affection", 19th century

Thomas Stevens

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

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1924

Léon Bakst

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

Sampler, 17th century

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace (made in horizontal strips).

Bonnet Veil, 1850s

A work made of cotton, silk, polyester window covering, upholstery.

I Morosi Alla Finestra, 2002

Gio Ponti

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

Narrow Strip, 15th century

Islamic

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century, inscribed 1793

Han-Chinese

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

Cope, 1460-1470

A work made of steel, wood, silk, and brass.

Bill (Ronca), 16th century

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

Sampler, 1814

A work made of five panels joined: three panels of stripes of silk and cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave (paired warps), stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and one stripe of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, double running, stem and surface satin stitches and two panels of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, stem and surface satin stitches.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis), 18th century (?)

Paminggir

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