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A work made of wool, cotton and silk, felt and plain and twill weaves, some self-patterned, some with supplementary pile wefts forming cut pile, some fulled; one embroidered with rayon; couching of oblique interlacing tape; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weaves, some self-patterned, some fulled, some roller-printed; embroidered with wool in feather stitches; edged with wool, twill weave.

"Wool-Drawings" Quilt, c. 1900

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 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 steel, iron, wood, silk velvet textile, wood fiber, and leather.

Two-Handed Sword with Scabbard, 1580-1600

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 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 and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave.

Border, 1000-1476

Chancay

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, plain weave; screen printed.

Nautilus (Furnishing Fabric), 1956/57

Mary Warren

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

La Route de St. Cloud ou de Poissy (Furnishing Fabric), 1822 or after

Carle Vernet

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 wool and linen, single dovetailed tapestry weave; embroidered with stem stitches.

Fog, 1978

Zofia Butrymowicz

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; 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 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, 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 silk, plain weave, screen printed.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1978 (designed 1924)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Ancestor Portrait of a Woman, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Red silk with plant inspired design in green, white, and yellow.

Fragment, Nasrid dynasty (1230–1492), late 15th century

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