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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; roller printed.

Centennial Print (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1875

Cocheco Manufacturing Company

A work made of cotton and wool; thirteen strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining and eccentric wefts; main warp fringe.

Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo), Early/mid–20th century

Fulani

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 cotton and wool, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts.

Ayate, c. 1930

Otomí

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 wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Large Leaf Verdure with Birds, c. 1550/75

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

Feathered Tunic, 1470-1532

Chimú

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 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 cotton and polyester, twill weave; screen printed.

Christmas Horn (Furnishing Fabric), 1979

Carol Gresko-Lyons

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool in tent stitches.

Chair Seat and Back, 19th century

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

Arming Sword, 1520/30

A work.

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

Wari

A work made of ivory and brass.

Folding Shoe Measure, 1738

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

1909 Plan of Chicago, 1986

Helena Hernmarck

A work made of cotton, plain weave; block-printed resist, mordant dyed.

Ceremonial Cloth (Sacred Heirloom Textile), Possibly 15th/16th century

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

Wrapping Cloth, Pojagi, 19th century

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