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Border Fragments

Border Fragments, 100 BCE–200 CE

Nasca

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk weft-faced plain weave with supplementary brocading and supplementary wrapping wefts; embroidered with cotton, wool and silk in pattern darning and stem stitches; cut tassels; warp fringe with wool wrapping wefts and attached knotted cut fringes.

Woman's Wrapper, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of cotton, plain weave; cut work with needle lace inserts; pulled thread work in double hem and overcast stitches.

Insertion, 1900

Aemilia Ars Workshop

A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted with pigment and gold leaf; attached linen threads in grid pattern.

The Bride Has Entered, 1982

Lenore Tawney

A work made of camelid wool, single interlocking tapestry weave and five-color complementary weft weave with center band of complementary weft weave.

Poncho, 1300-1550

Chuquibamba

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

La Caravane du Caire (The Caravan from Cairo) (Furnishing Fabric), 1785/89

Petitpierre et Cie.

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes (turkish) knots".

Carpet (Ushak double-ended prayer rug), 17th century

A work made of polyester and cotton, plain weave, double cloth.

Condor (Furnishing Fabric), 1991

Arlette Ballinari

A work made of cotton, plain weave; pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed; quilted, pattern outlined in pencil; backed with cotton, plain weave.

"Feather-Edged Star" Quilt, 1845

Annie Maria Miller

Printed fabric featuring a series of stately buildings in repetition, blue mountains in the distance and fall colors creeping into the foliage.

Williamstown (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1952

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

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

Spefanglar (Bird) (Furnishing Fabric), 1959 (reproduced 1985)

Hans Krondahl

A work made of wool, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave.

Pasque Flower (Rug?), 1929

Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom

A work made of wool and linen, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

Le Jardin (The Garden), c. 1925

Jean Lurçat

A work made of cotton and rayon, weft-float faced satin weave; screen printed.

Escape, 1950s

Madeline Tourtelot

A work made of silk, satin weave; block printed.

Flowers, Oranges, and Cherries, c. 1911

Raoul Dufy

A work made of polyester, complex gauze weave; weft dyed.

Illuminati (Furnishing Fabric), 1988

Ben Rose

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

The Flowering Cornucopia (La Corne Fleurie), After 1789

J. P. Meillier et Cie.

A work made of cotton, pieced plain and satin weaves, some printed in a variety of techniques and some glazed; appliquéd with plain, twill and satin weaves, some printed in a variety of techniques and some glazed; quilted.

"Toby Lil" Quilt, 1951

Bertha Stenge

A work made of cellophane, plain weave.

Sample (Furnishing Fabric), 1919/33

Otti Berger

A work made of silk, plain weave; screen or stencil printed; padded with silk; lined with silk, plain weave.

Child's Kosode, 1901/25, Taishô period (1912–1926)

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