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A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1857

Harry Tyler

A work made of wooden box; beaded with silk and glass beads; appliquéd with beaded figures worked over cotton padding and silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin and single satin stitches; couching and seed pearls; metal hinges.

Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 17th century

A work.

Fragment (From a Tunic), 600 CE-800 CE

Wari

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

America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of her Illustrious Sons (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Pierre Eugene du Simitiere

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching, and chinese knots; painted with gold; lined with red silk (chirimen), crepe; dyed with beni, safflower.

Uchikake (Over Kimono), late Edo (1789–1868)/Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

A work made of silk, satin weaves; embroidered with silk, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; ties: silk, satin weave; lined with silk, twill damask.

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1825/75

A work made of plain simple cloth.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171)

A work made of ivory and brass.

Folding Shoe Measure, 1738

A work made of calabash.

Cocoa Tree-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with supplementary brocading wefts.

1909 Plan of Chicago, 1986

Helena Hernmarck

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

Amsel (Blackbird) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1910/11

Koloman (Kolo) Moser

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

Arlequin (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of cotton, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary weft pile; screen printed.

Black Magic (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

Cream-colored tunic with stylized birds, cats, and geometric border.

Feathered Tunic, 1470-1532

Chimú

A work made of silk, plain weave; pieced; attached ribbon and cord.

Wrapping Cloth, Pojagi, 19th century

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

Coral Stucture (Furnishing Fabric), 1960s/70s

Astrid Sampe

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; diameter: 0.8 mm weft: count: varies from 22 to 42 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: 0.5–1.0 mm.

Caesar and Cleopatra Enjoying Themselves from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

A work made of embroidered in silks on gauze in design of flowers and plants in jardinieres.

Sleeve Band, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

Han-Chinese

A square-shape textile with a dual multicolor border features a painted five-by-four grid of images with the repeated face of a Black woman with short hair, Bessie Smith. Her face appears blue in each instance, while the outline of her facial features, her hair, and clothing alternate colors in varying shades of yellow and orange. The background of each square likewise alternates between shades of blue and green, some with an influx of red.

American Collection #5: Bessie's Blues, January 19, 1997

Faith Ringgold

A work made of paper, woodcuts; 499 pages.

De Gli Habiti Antichi, et Moderni di Diuerse Parti del Mondo Libri Dve, Fatti da Cesare Vecellio et con discoursi da Lui Dichiarti. Con Privilegio", 1590

Cesare Vecellio

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