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A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed.

Coverlet, 1855

William Craig, Jr.

A work made of linen, needle lace with woven tapes.

Bedcover or Hanging, 1701/25

Beige, square textile with a large circle filling the piece. The circle is bisected laterally, with light-blue vertical striations at top and a beige effect at bottom that includes some darker striations. Short fringe at top and bottom.

Waters Above the Firmament, 1976

Lenore Tawney

A work made of pina (pineapple) fiber, plain weave with cotton embroidery.

Blouse, 19th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in chain stitches; backed and lined with silk, plain weave; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; silk tassels.

Bedcover Depicting the Five Senses, 1675/1725

A work made of cotton and wool, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps.

Panel, c. 1886

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo

A work made of linen, lacis construction.

Black Comet Dream, 1965

Luba Krejci

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

La Route de Jouy (The Road to Jouy) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1820

Delmès

A work made of wool, slit tapestry weave.

Yoke, Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE), 5th/6th century

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of cotton, rayon, and polyester, five-color complementary warp and three-color complementary weft plain weave double cloth; self-patterned by areas of warp and weft floats.

Circa 1903 Ave Maria (Furnishing Fabric), 1991

Rob Rose

A work made of wool and silk; slit, single, and double dovetailed tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm. weft: count: varies from 13 to 28 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.6 mm (some wefts, probably repairs or replacements, are pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements); silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm..

Elias, 1460-1470

A work made of contemporary assemblage of materials from a variety of past cultures. cotton and wool, variety of weaves; embroidered with wool in satin and back stitches; cotton wrapped twigs.

Dolls, 1950/84, with textile fragments from CE 1000/1476

Chancay

A work made of wool, 2:2 twill weave; embroidered with wool in chain and running stitches; couching and french knots.

Chasuble, c. 1750

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

George Washington at the Altar of Liberty (Handkerchief), 1819

Cornelius Tiebout

A work made of leather; shoe stitched with cotton and silk; trimmed with wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; couching; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels.

Pair of Shoes, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

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

Panel, 1775/1825

Jean Baptiste Pillement

A work made of wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns in algerian eye, back, compound cross, cross, double or smyrna cross, flame, flat, eye, greek cross filling, herringbone, jacquard, rococo, running, satin, and surface satin stitches.

Sampler, 19th century

A work made of pieced quilt; dyed and printed plain and twill weave cotton and rayon fabrics.

"Aunt Jemima" Quilt, 1930/1950

A work made of silk, plain weave; screen printed, stenciled, and/or stamped ribbons; pieced and embroidered with silk in feather stitches; underlaid with cotton, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave and batting; backed with silk, plain weave; machine-stitch quilted with silk.

Cigar Ribbon Quilt, 1880s

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

"The Present Time", After 1879

Thomas Stevens

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