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A work made of linen and wool, tapestry weave.

Fragment (from a Tunic), Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.)/Arab period (641–969), 6th/7th century

Coptic

A work made of silk, broken warp-chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; over leather; edged with silk, plain weave tape; drawstring of silk, oblique interlacing.

Gaming Bag, 1675/1700

Border Fragments

Border Fragments, 200-500

Nasca

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 polyester, complex gauze weave; weft dyed.

Illuminati (Furnishing Fabric), 1988

Ben Rose

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

Escape, 1950s

Madeline Tourtelot

Large rectangle of fabric, geometric shapes depicting ship and people, in red, blue and yellow.

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai), 19th century

Paminggir

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, 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 silk, satin weave; block printed.

Flowers, Oranges, and Cherries, c. 1911

Raoul Dufy

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 cellophane, plain weave.

Sample (Furnishing Fabric), 1919/33

Otti Berger

A work made of cotton, double knit; screen printed.

Rainbow (Dress Fabric), 1971

Hans Krondahl

A work.

Sling (Waraka), Probably late 19th/early 20th century

Quechua

A work made of cotton, plain weave, double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Stichblatt (Coquille) (Upholstery Fabric), 1910/11

Ugo Zovetti

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

Phylloc (Furnishing Fabric), 1950s

Arthur Sanderson & Sons

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; engraved roller printed.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1830

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)

A work made of embroidered in multicolored silks on canvas.

Darning Sampler, 1843

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