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A work made of cotton, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats.

Sample, 20th century

Anni Albers

A work made of linen, jute and rayon; end sections: plain weave with supplementary, paired patterning warps and supplementary binding wefts; center section: plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, alternating two-color main warp in pairs; edges bound in ribbon of cotton and rayon.

Study for Six Prayers: No. IV, 1965/66

Anni Albers

A work made of center: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, and wool in buttonhole, chain, cross, single cross, feather, roumanian, satin, single satin, stem, and twined double running stitches; squares: cotton, cotton and linen, and linen, plain weaves; block, copperplate, and roller printed.

Bedcover, 1795/1820

Mary Jones

A work made of linen and sisal, resist dyed, plain weave; folded; twisted; mounted to plexiglas.

Color Intersection M-II, Heisei period (1989–present), 1997

Shigeo Kubota

A work made of wool, cotton, linen, rayon, nylon, acrylic, silk, and hemp, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and laced, overcast and wrapped outlining wefts.

Mysterium, 1987

Urszula Plewka-Schmidt

A work made of machine-made lace; backed with silk warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; silk, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps foaming cut solid velvet ribbon wrap rhinestone and metal buckle's ribbon ties; silk warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; silk loops and plain weave edge; leather.

Pair of Tango Shoes, 1914/19

Costa

A work made of cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Border, 1860/80

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

Fragment (Border), Roman period (30 B.C– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century

Ancient Egyptian

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

Les Monuments de Paris (The Monuments of Paris) (Furnishing Fabric), 1816/18

Hippolyte Lebas

Apotheosis of Washington and Franklin (Furnishing Fabric)

Apotheosis of Washington and Franklin (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Valentine Green

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, cross, and padded cross stitches.

Sampler, 1801/75

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 silk and cotton; areas of warp-float faced turned satin weave, weft-faced twill weave and plain weave tying half of the ground wefts on face and half on reverse.

Summer Sports, c. 1920

Alberto Fabio Lorenzi

A work made of wooden box, brass-colored fittings; mother-of-pearl tools.

Sewing Box, 19th century

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave.

Border, A.D. 1000/1476

Chancay

A work made of wool and cotton, two-color complementary warp weave based on a diamond twill weave; braided warp fringe.

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a), Probably late 19th/early 20th century

Quechua

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and metal purl and spangles in long-armed cross, padded satin, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching and embroidered cut pile; embellished with mica and glass beads.

Picture Depicting Peace, Justice, and Plenty (Needlework), 17th century

A work made of wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

Carpet (Known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"), 1701/25

A work made of cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain and twill weaves; pieced; backed with cotton and polyester, plain weave; quilted with cotton thread.

Bedcover, 1950/2000

Amish

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn thread work backed by cotton, machine made "twist net"; and embroidered with cotton in buttonhole, eyelet, padded overcast, and padded satin stitches.

Handkerchief, 1875/1900

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