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

Borders, 1820s/30s

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; 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 cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Bertha, c. 1900

A work made of silk, twill weave; self-fringed; screen printed.

Pink Square (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

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 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 cotton, plain weave; screen printed.

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

Wiener Werkstätte

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 linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in bullion, buttonhole, couched buttonhole, chain, hollie, and single satin stitches; darned couching.

Man's Cap (Unassembled), 1601/25

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

Handkerchief, c. 1897

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and wool yarns in long-armed cross stitches; edged with wool and linen, plain weave with extended weft cut fringe.

Cushion Cover, 1601

A work made of linen, plain weave; appliquéd vertical strips of plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long-armed cross and back stitches and appliquéd lower border of plain weave; embellished with pulled thread work (with silk floss) in two-sided italian cross stitch and embroidered in back stitch; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with ground weft cut fringe.

Altar Cloth, 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; screen printed and possibly painted.

Merkur (Mercury) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1911/13

Dagobert Peche

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

Printing Presses (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1954

Eleanor Kluck

A work made of silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with secondary binding warps, patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts; with cotton, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, woven tapes ties: cotton, twill weave interlinings and linings: cotton and linen, plain weaves, some glazed.

Chasuble, mid–18th century

Jean Revel

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed.

Upholstery Fabric for the Fisher Theater, c. 1928

Mrs. Howard C. Blake

A work made of linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; embellished with sparrow feathers; wooden rods; braided warp fringe embellished with whelk egg cases and warp fringe knotted to silk.

Shield, c. 1967/85

Lenore Tawney

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