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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

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

Hired Hand Quilt with Tumbling Block Pattern, 1950/2000

Amish

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

A Chinese Tea Party (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1854

Daniel Lee & Co.

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

Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)(Furnishing Fabric), c. 1840

Marie Christine d'Orléans

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

Nautilus (Furnishing Fabric), 1956/57

Mary Warren

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

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1978 (designed 1924)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of linen, bands of weft-float faced diamond twill weave; weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Towel, 15th century

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

Veil with Russian Imperial Family Coat of Arms, 1875/1900

A work made of cotton, plain weave; quilted; appliquéd with plain weaves, some printed, some glazed, some padded; embroidered in buttonhole, chain, satin, and straight stitches.

Album Quilt, 1845/50

A work made of wool, stripes of plain weave, warp ikat plain weave, and-two color complementary warp weave; plied warp fringe.

Chief's Poncho, 1850/1900

Mapuche

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

Triomphe de Voltaire (Triumph of Voltaire) (Furnishing Fabric), 1788/93

Petitpierre et Cie.

A work made of wool and rayon felt; cut and machine stitched with cotton.

Incomplete Construction, 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of cotton, jute, and wool, plain weave with secondary binding warps tying supplementary chenille patterning wefts forming cut surface pile.

Carpet, 1920/25

Jacobus W. C. Gidding, (Jaap)

A work made of steel, iron, wood, silk velvet textile, wood fiber, and leather.

Two-Handed Sword with Scabbard, 1580-1600

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, bands of plain weave with inner warps and complementary weft plain weave with inner warps.

Fragment from the Mantle of Don Felipe, 1275/1300

Islamic

A work made of cotton, wool, and silk, plain weave with supplementary warp; painted.

Blue Bird, 1950/1976

Trude Guermonprez

A work made of cotton and polyester, twill weave; screen printed.

Lace 'n Lillies (Furnishing Fabric), 1979

Carol Gresko-Lyons

A work made of cotton, linen, silk, wild silk, nettle fiber (ramie), rayon, and wool, plain weave and slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.

A Weaving, 2012

James Bassler

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

La Liberté Americaine (American Liberty) (Furnishing Fabric), 1783/89

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming solid cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots"; attached wool, knotted fringe.

Le Jardin (The Garden), 1925/26

Jean Lurçat

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