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A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Fragment from a Chasuble, 1550/75

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in chain, closed herringbone, cretan, open chain, overcast back, satin, single back, and stem stitches; french knots; six panels joined.

Border (For a Skirt), 18th century

A work made of center of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave; patterned areas of cotton, weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; attached side borders of cotton and wool, weft-float faced 2:2 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; added fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1815/20

A work made of linen, plain weave; cutwork; embroidered with silk floss in double running and wrapping stitches; linen picot loops.

Panel (Probably used as a Pillow Cover), c. 1600

A work made of mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); stenciled dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome); lining: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (shihôhi); corner: gold-metallized-probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, knotted, buttonhole stitch covered, and re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Heisei period (1989–present), 1991

Akihiko Takemura

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

Map Sampler, c. 1800

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

Spindrift (Furnishing Fabric), 1983

Jack Lenor Larsen Inc.

A work made of steel, wood (oak), silk, and brass.

Langebeve, 1530

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterning ground wefts.

Panel, 1775/1800

A work made of cotton, cotton bouclé, and wild silk, plain weave, double cloth of complementary wefts.

Panel, c. 1897

Arthur Silver

A work made of mount and inner mount: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts; scroll panel: silk and cotton, satin weave; embroidered with silk in chinese knot, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tying tape: cotton, plain weave.

Scroll, Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1880

A work made of cotton and silk, satin weave self patterned by reversing of faces (satin damask).

Panel, 1925

Henri Stéphany

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; edged with warp-float faced 4:1 and 7:1 satin weaves; waist band.

Woman's Qun (Skirt), 1880/90, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Han-Chinese

A work made of mina'i ware, fritware with polychrome painting over an opaque white glaze.

Mina'i Lobed Bowl with a Seated Prince and Mythical Creatures, Seljuq dynasty (1037–1194), Late 12th/early 13th century

Islamic

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing; dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen), stenciled with dyes and gold leaf (yûzenzome;suri yûzenzome), painted with india ink (sumi) and dye details; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, couching; patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome and otoshizome) and painted india ink (sumi) and gold; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in straight stitches; laidwork and couching; silk, running "controlling" stitches along edges; corners: silk and cotton, wrapped and knotted re-piled fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, hem and running stitches.

Border, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silk, cut fringe.

Bedcover, 1775/1825

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in overcast, satin, split, and twined double running stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching.

Fragment, 15th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; beaded; lined with silk, plain weave; steel frame; carved bone handle.

Parasol, c.1850

A work made of a: silk and cotton, plain, twill, and satin weaves, some with patterning warps, some with patterning and brocading wefts, some self-patterned, and some with cut solid velvet; some warp painted (chiné); pieced over paper b: silk, plain and satin weaves, some with self-patterning; some warp painted (chine); pieced.

Fragments from a Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt, 1876

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