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A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and creped silk yarns, gilt-metal purl and wire, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in buttonhole filling, raised and couched buttonhole, plaited braid, square chain, and tent stitches; knots, knotted pile, and couching; glass beads.

Picture Depicting Adam and Eve (Needlework), 17th century

A work made of linen, slit tapestry weave.

Fragment, Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century

Islamic

Large tan rug with black and brown floral motif.

Bed Rug, 1796

Hannah Johnson

A work made of cashmere wool, twill tapestry.

Shawl, 19th century

A work made of wool and cotton; tapestry weave.

Sonata, 1976-77

Leonardo Nierman

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in coral and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Cover, 1601/1875

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, wool, silk, horsehair, hemp, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in open buttonhole filling and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Das andere Land (The Other Land), 1986/87

Lissy Funk

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

Panel, 1920/30

Maria Monaci Gallenga

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips, spangles, and purl, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in couching and padded couching; lining and ribbons of silk, plain weave; d: lined with linen, plain weave.

Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Burse, 1775/1825

A rectangular garment of patchwork dark silk patterned with golden dragons and green, blue, and brown clouds

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

A work made of wool and cotton, slit tapestry weave.

Hindu Kush, 1969

Jan Yoors

A work made of cotton, plain weave; quilted; appliquéd and pieced with cotton, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover (North Carolina Lily Quilt), c. 1850

A work made of rayon, cotton, and mohair, twill weave; printed.

Campo Lindo (Furnishing Fabric), 1956

Larsen Design Studio

A work made of wool, plain weave; self-fringed; screen printed.

À Damiers (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of wool (camelid), stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp plain weave; joined in overcast stitches.

Bag, A.D. 1476/1532

Inca

A work made of wool (camelid), square knotted ground with interworked yarns forming cut pile; tassels.

Hat, A.D. 600/900

Wari

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

Centennial Print (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1875

Cocheco Manufacturing Company

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

Chinese Clouds (Furnishing Fabric), 1946 (produced and reprinted 1988)

Ben Rose

A work made of sisal and hemp, plain weave with discontinuous wefts and with supplementary pile wefts forming cut and uncut pile and additional warps knotted into weave; plied and wrapped.

Humming Bird I, 1970/74

Magdalena Abakanowicz

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

Panel, 1901/25 Reproductions (Originals 1894/95)

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

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