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A brightly colored printed fabric shows the repeating image of a barn and white house surrounded by trees and foliage in shades of green, yellow, brown, and purple. Farm animals, including cows and horses, are seen throughout, as are numerous human figures.

Childhood Home (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1952

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, gilt metal purl and cardboard in brick, overcast, running, satin, and split stitches; couching, padded couching and laid work; french knots, braided pom pons and seed pearls; in tortoise-shell frame.

Mirror Showing King Charles II, Queen Catherine of Braganza, and Scenes from the Old Testament, c. 1665

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 wool, dovetail and single interlocking tapestry weave; edges finished with three strand weft twining with four knotted corner tassels.

Sandpainting Tapestry, c. 1925

Hosteen Klah

A work made of pineapple fiber, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered with cotton in cross, hem, overcast, satin, and twined double running stitches; bead insertion, interlocking lace, and wave filling stitches; laid work and darned wheels.

Two Panels from a Skirt, c. 1830

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

Amenophis (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1913

Roger Eliot Fry

A work made of silk; printed.

Cover (Furnishing Fabric), 19th century

A work made of wool and linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk, cotton and linen in chequered chain, double running, herringbone, threaded herringbone, pattern darning, satin and stem stitches; silk, cotton and linen wrapped cut tassels; top edge: linen and wool, weft twining; warp fringe wrapped with wool and embroidered with silk in compound cross stitches: lower edge: silk, centered weft twining; edged with cotton wrapped cord; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels.

Headscarf, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

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

Skyline (Furnishing Fabric), 1958

Eleanor Kluck

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of four z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 18 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm.

Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in pulled thread work in chained border, overcast, and two-sided italian cross stitches; embroidered in satin, single satin, stem, and stem filling stitches; couching; edged with silk, plain weave tape.

Part of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper), 1300-1310

A work.

Panel, 17th century

A work made of jute, macramé (flat knots); wrapped with wool; self-fringe; some knotted; some wrapped; metal stand.

Symbolic Poncho, 1971

Claire Zeisler

A work made of linen, plain weave; edged with linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "valenciennes" with a square valenciennes mesh ground.

Handkerchief, 1901/25

A work made of silk, cotton, and wool, variety of plain satin and twill weaves; some with supplementary and/or complementary elements; some with self-patterning elements, and some printed; pieced; quilted; edged with silk, plain weave.

Bedcover, 1904/05

Medora Ann Welsh

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk, twill weaves and plain weave cut solid velvet, some stamped; pieced; embroidered with silk in back, single back, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; backed stitch couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; backed with cotton, satin weave; sewn with cotton thread.

Genealogy Quilt, 1896

Catharine L. Clark

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

The Elements (Furnishing Fabric), 1810/20

Bonaventure M. Lebert

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads.

"The Settling of the West" Quilt, March 1931/September 1932

Mildred Jacobs Chappell

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

The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series, 1700/25

John Vanderbank

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, wool and silk plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics; silk embroidery threads.

Quilt with Buildings, Animals, and Coats of Arms, c. 1890

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