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A work made of silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined.

Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso), 1925-75

Asante

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

Fragment, 1920s

Atelier Martine

A work made of wool, 2:2 broken twill weave; fulled; embroidered with rayon in chain stitches; two lengths joined.

Man's Wrapper (Akunitan), 20th century

Akan

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1601/25

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work in buttonholed, darned, and overcast bars with buttonholed picots; embroidered in buttonhole, double running, hem, interlocking lace, overcast, and satin stitches; buttonholed couching; knotting along edge with knotted fringe.

Border, 1601/25 (macramé edge: c. 1600)

Red long sleeve garment embroidered with a large gold tree with white blossoms.

Furisode, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced twill weave with weft float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; interlined with cotton, plain weave.

Kosode, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

A work made of wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, running, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silvered-metal strips, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; silver hardware; two glass bottles inside.

Cabinet or Writing Box, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in fishbone, overcast, and running stitches.

Cover (possibly Turban Cover), 18th century

A work made of silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with plain and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning and brocading wefts (detached on reverse).

Fragment, 13th century

A work made of linen, needle lace.

Borders, 1760s

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

Le Parc du Chateau (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1783

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of decoration in red, white; two greens, tan and gold on dark yellow ground. five clawed dragon hunting jewel amid clouds. lined. selvage on two sides. decoration in red, white, 2 greens, tan and gold on dark yellow ground. 5 clawed dragon hunting jewel amid clouds, 1 in each of 4 corners and 1 in circular panel in center. all over pattern covering rest. geometric line design of interlocking small hexagons and large 6 pointed stars. stars surrounded by tangent circles. conventional forms of juiheaded clouds tie these lines together and form central rosettes in stars. lined. selvage on 2 sides..

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

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

Garrick and Shakespeare with Tragedy and Comedy (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1790

Robert Edge Pine

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

Strings and Things (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1954

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of wool; plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile "turkish" (ghiordes) knots.

Prayer Rug, 1850-1900

A work made of slit tapestry weave.

Fragment, 500 CE-1000

Moche

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

Sunflower (Furnishing Fabric), 1962

Howard Carter

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary wefts; pleated.

Isadora (Furnishing Fabric), 1981

Gretchen Bellinger

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

Flounce, 1860s

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