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A work made of two panels joined: silk, warp and weft resist-dyed (double ikat) and painted (tsumgi), plain weave.

Raven's Ridge, 2008

Polly Barton

A work made of silk, warp-float faced, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut and voided velvet.

Three Borders, c. 1780

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

Sampler, 1838

Nancy Vredenburgh

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts; with silk, twill oblique interlaced sleeve cards.

Ôsodemono-Style Garment, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in tent and outline stitches.

Valance or Frieze (Unfinished), 1601/25

A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with silk plain weaves and silk and cotton, plain weaves cut solid velvet; sewn with silk and cotton, and embroidered with silk in chain, herringbone, satin, single back and stem stitches; french knots and couching; edged with silk, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; glazed.

Bedcover (Basket of Flowers Quilt), c. 1860

A work made of cotton and silk floss; plain weave formed by single warp, double and triple wefts; with supplementary brocading and patetrning wefts; neck opening embroidered in buttonhole stitch in silk floss; two widths joined.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of cotton, silk, wild silk, polyester film, and sisal, ten interworked strips of warp resist dyed (ikat), plain weave of discontinuous warps and wefts with some non-perpendicular weaving.

Ten Skin Net, 1992

James Bassler

A scene in green, orange, and blue depicts a large robed figure seated prominently in the foreground, a small standing figure beside him, and a tiny, seated, floating figure above him, mountains in the background.

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Vajriputra, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats, late 17th/early 18th century

Tibeto-Chinese

A work made of linen, silk, gold wire, integrated compound-weave of warp-float faced satin weave and warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Orphrey Band, 15th/16th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with crepe fiber warp; screen printed.

Scarf, 1978

Joan Gardy-Artigas

A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); lined with polyester and silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); cords: rayon; machine knitted; plastic toggel.

Chabukusa (Fukusa for Tea Ceremony), Heisei period (1989–present), c. 1990

A work made of silk, cotton, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1885/90

Alexander Morton & Co.

A work made of silk, weft-ikat dyed, weft-float faced twill weave.

Ceremonial Skirt (Sampot Hol), 1900/25

Khmer

A work made of linen(?), plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in long and short, stem, fishbone, and satin stitches; applied gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk edging at warp ends; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk buttonhole variation edging along weft edge.

Sash, 18th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, hemp, silk, and cotton in a variety of laid work and couching with overcast and buttonhole bars.

Sample, 1987

Lissy Funk

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, stripes of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, and bands of two- and three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps terminating in a plied warp fringe with bands of supplementary discontinuous bast fiber warps imitating an attached woven fringe.

Panel, Possibly 15th/16th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts in 3:1 and 2:2 twill interlacings.

Panel (Dress Fabric), c. 1711

A work made of silk, weft twining with interlocked wefts and embroidered in back stitches; couching.

Fragment of a Band Depicting Scene from Homer's Odyssey, 16th/17th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave self-patterned by seversing of faces (damask).

Fragment, 1601/50

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