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A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8 mm
weft: count: varies from 22 to 48 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; wool and silk: three yarns, one yarn of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and two yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm.

Procession of the Fat Ox from a Teniers Series, 1729-1768

Workshop of Daniel IV Leyniers

Detail of a textile with an intricate red and white floral border and a central pattern composed of floral motifs and birds.

Coverlet, 1855

A work made of silk, plain simple cloth, semi-transparent brocaded with gold wound on yellow silk core; stripes and four corner motifs of red silk and border of gold warp along selvages.

Scarf, 19th century

A work.

Fragment, A.D. 1000/1476

Nasca

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Drum-Shaped Vessels with Textile Motif, 1450–1532

Inca

A work made of wool and silk; slit, single, and double interlocking tapestry weave
warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.85 mm
weft: count: varies from 32 to 56 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.85 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere), 1540/45

Willem de Pannemaker

A work made of steel, brass, silver-gilt bradding, silk textile, and leather.

Cuirass, 1700/50

A work made of slit tapestry weave.

Patch, A.D. 1000/1476

Lambayeque

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut, and voided velvet.

Fragment, Early 17th century

A work made of steel, iron, textile, and wood.

Rapier, c. 1630

A textile featuring two pheasants in the upper portion facing one another, strands of golden beads held between them in their beaks, symmetrical garlands above and below them, a golden structure near the middle, and curled ribbons embroidered near the bottom.

The Pheasants from the "Verdures of the Vatican" Series, c. 1799

Jean-Demosthene Dugourc

A work made of hemp, wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Lovers, 1490/1500

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
warp: count: 7 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm
weft: count: varies from 18 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.45–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.55 mm.

Cyrus Defeats Spargapises from The Story of Cyrus, c. 1670

Workshop of Albert Auwercx

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, three-color complimentary warp, warp-float faced twill weave with inner wefts.

Toka Socho Chohan Kin (Pouch), Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1988

Tatsumura Textile Company Ltd.

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered.

Picture, 1634

A work made of gouache on three prepared papers; flush joining technique.

Design for a Textile or Wallpaper, 1984

Terry A. Gentille

A work made of graphite and paint, on paper; painted.

Design for a Textile or Wallpaper, c. 1921

Wilhelm Lichtmann

A work made of cotton and wool dovetailed tapestry weave.

"Germantown Eye-Dazzler" Rug, c. 1800/90

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of ink, on paper; screen printed.

Wallpaper and Textile Design, c. 1922

Dagobert Peche

A work made of wool, double interlocking 2:2 's' twill tapestry weave.

Fragment (Shawl Border), 1800/25

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