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A work made of linen and horsehair, needle lace of a type known as "point d'aleçon".

Borders, 1820s/30s

A work made of a: silk, complex gauze weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing with silk tapes of 3:1 twill oblique interlacing, ikat; lined; plain weave; b: silk, weft-ribbed plain weave; waist band and ties: silk, plain weave; cords: silk, four element square braid, three element ply; c: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; warp ikat; embroidered in satin, stem and straight stitches; couching; four element square braid fringe; d: plain weave.

Noh Costume (Awase kariginu, Sashinuki and Koshi obi), a–b: late Edo/early Meiji period, 19th century; c–d: Late Meiji period, late 19th century or early 20th century

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

Panel, 1730/33

Style of Jean Revel

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

The Travels of Doctor Syntax (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1820

Thomas Rowlandson

A work made of linen, twenty-four squares of square netting (filet) embroidered in cloth, darning, and twined double running stitches; alternating with twenty-four squares of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn thread work embroidered in cross, darning, interlocking lace, overcast, and satin stitches; knots, overcast bars, buttonhole, darned, and woven wheels; needle lace filling stitches; appliquéd with plain weave and embroidered in back, bullion, cross, half cross, detached chain, double running, running, satin, single satin, surface satin, and stem stitches; buttonhole wheels, eyelet holes, and french knots; edged with bobbin straight lace.

Cover, c. 1620/30

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, romanian, satin, and stem stitches.

Sampler, 1775/1800

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

Bertha, c. 1900

A work made of linen, plain weave; copperplate printed; two panels joined.

L'Abreuvoir (Furnishing Fabric), 1796/97

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of cotton, plain weaves; pieced; some printed; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave; edged with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover ("Flying Geese" Quilt), 19th century

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

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758), 1788 (inscription 1829)

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Marrige of Eugenie and Napolean (Furnishing Fabric), 1854/55

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

Elfenbein (Ivory) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1927

Wiener Werkstätte

A work made of cotton and rayon, double-faced plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats.

Dress or Furnishing Fabric, 1928

Grete Reichardt

A work made of cellophane and cotton, warp-float faced float weave backed by weft-float faced twill weave of supplementary warps and wefts.

Sample (Upholstry Fabric), 1919/33

Otti Berger

A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted; applied metal ornaments.

Tunic, A.D. 1470/1532

Chimú

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work in antique hem, double-rowed openwork, interlocking lace, overcast, and satin stitches; darned and overcast bars; darned and woven wheels; darned squares; woven picots; embroidered with silk and linen in bullion, satin and square chain stitches; buttonhole wheels and eyelet holes; edged with buttonhole loops.

Coif, 1601/25

A work made of silk and gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores, countered warp twining with extended weft loop fringe.

"Renaissance" Fringe, 16th century

A work made of silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge) and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge); edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weaves; metal buttons.

Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1900/10

Manchu

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

Festival, Shôwas period (1926–1989), 1973

Lewin Alcopley

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

Printing Presses (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1954

Eleanor Kluck

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