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A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Palepai (Ceremonial Hanging), 19th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-silk-wrapped silk in split and stem stitches; laid work and couching..

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 1400/50

A work made of silk, satin, twill, and plain weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts, some self-patterned by main warps and ground wefts; some embroidered with silk and silk chenille yarns in bullion, satin, split and stem stitches; couching; some warp dyed; silk and silk and cotton, plain and satin weaves with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid and cut voided velvets; and wool, twill weave; embroidered in herringbone, satin and stem stitches; pieced; padded; backed with cotton, plain weave and embroidered with silk in cross, double feather, feather, fly, herringbone, knot, satin and split stitches.

Fragment from Bedcover (Crazy Quilt Block), c. 1884

A work made of silk, plain weave; block printed.

Krone (Crown) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1919

Dagobert Peche

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 15th century

Islamic

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk cord in outline, satin, padded satin and stem stitches; couching and french knots; medallions executed with perforations imitating lace.

Salesman's Sample (Waistcoat Pocket), 1780/90

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in silk threads and silver-gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in rococo and plait (thread counted) stitches, couching, plaited braid and woven rosettes; tassels made with silver-gilt threads in turk's head knots; lined with silk, plain weave.

Bag (Needlework), 1601/25

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in split, stem, and surface satin stitches; painted.

Cupid and Psyche, 1801/25

A work made of silk, plain weave; screen or block printed.

Panel (Dress Fabric), after 1920

Wiener Werkstätte

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered in knot, satin, and split stitches; five loom widths joined.

Bedcover, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750/1800

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in chain, satin, single satin, single back, and split stitches; french knots; edged with gold leaf paper; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble, 1725/75

A work made of silk, cotton and gold leaf over lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 5:1 'z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'z' twill interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts and secondary binding warps; b: lined with silk, warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave; c: lined with silk and cotton, plain weave.

Kamishimo (Kyôgen Costume), 1901/50, Shôwa period (1926–1989)

A work made of silk, warp and weft resist-dyed (kasuri), plain weave.

Kimono (Kosode), Taishô period (1912–1926)/ Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1925

A work made of silk, plain weave with creped warps and both normally twisted and creped wefts; beaded; edge: silk, plain weave with creped warp.

Panel (From a Dress), 1920s/30s

Jean Philippe Worth

Bordered textile depicting a festive scene on a gold background in yellow, red, green, and blue. Three poled structures linked by garland arches dominate the scene. At center, a person rides an elephant, a while at right, two people dance near a seated leopard. Two others dance at left.

The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series, c. 1688/1732

Jean Baptiste Monnoyer

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in chain and cross stitches; backed with silk, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave; bow of silk, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave.

Band, 19th century

A work made of silk, 7:1 satin damask weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped wild silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in eyelet, feather, knot, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, complementary warp 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts; trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 and 4:1 satin weaves; lined with silk, plain weave.

Woman's Ao (Short Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1870/90

Han-Chinese

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and silk in cross and satin stitch; all edges finished in feathered hem stitches.

Sampler, 1775/1825

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitch; all edges finished in feathered hem stitch.

Sampler, 1775/1825

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

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