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

Geometric Abstraction (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of cotton, twill weaves; pieced; embroidered with cotton in buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, running, satin, and scroll stitches; edged with cotton, plain weave; printed; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted.

Bedcover, 1986

Cora Meek

A work made of steel, iron, gilding, wood, and silk textile (velvet).

Arming Sword, 1520/30

A work made of cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed.

Amorini et Medallions (Cupid and Medallions) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1810

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of linen, three bands of needle lace worked on a plain weave; cut and drawn work grid; edged with bobbin straight lace.

Collar (Made from Border), 1575/1625

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

Oka (Furnishing Fabric), 1969

Katsuji Wakisaka

A quilt composed of multicolored and irregular patches sewn together. The patches are decorated with animals, plants, and other floral motifs and patterns. The quilt is bordered by a floral pattern on a black background.

Crazy Quilt with Animals, 1886

Florence Elizabeth Marvin

Large panel of red fabric covered in repeating white floral pattern.

Mohnköpfe (Poppyheads) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1900

Koloman (Kolo) Moser

A work made of cotton, mixed twill weave; screen printed.

Early Springtime on the Farm (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1952

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

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

Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry, c. 1600

Erasmus de Pannemaker, I

A work made of cotton and linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "mechlin" with a kat stitch mesh ground.

Border, 1901/25

Quilt made of many small, multicolored scraps of fabric arranged organically, with a thick black border.

Bedcover (Altered or Unfinished Crazy Quilt), 1883

Phyllis Rothschild

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave double cloth of paired warps and wefts.

Black-White-Red, Designed 1926/27, woven 1965

Anni Albers

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

Caesar in the Gallic Wars from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Guilliam van Leefdael

A work made of wool and jute, macramé and wrapping with inserted fringes.

Free Standing Yellow, 1968

Claire Zeisler

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

The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals, 1775/89

Etienne Jeaurat

A work made of linen, plain weave; drawn work embroidered with silk and linen in hem and overcast stitches; embroidered in double running and stem stitches; insert and edge of linen, bobbin straight lace; edged with silk, plain weave extended weft fringe.

Cover, Probably 1601/50

A work made of cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed.

La Moisson (The Harvest), 1920

Raoul Dufy

A work made of silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave; pieced; embroidered in silk threads in a variety of stitches; backed with cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, satin weave.

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

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; screen printed.

Caravan (Furnishing Fabric), 1962

Anita Askild

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