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A work made of rayon, silk, and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, weft-faced six-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps.

Panel, c. 1920

Raoul Dufy

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

Printing Presses (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1954

Eleanor Kluck

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 and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave; neck and armholes finished with wool (camelid) in overcast stitches; seams joined with wool (camelid) in darning stitches.

Tunic, 600-800

Wari

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

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk.

Cap, 16th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; hand-drawn wax resist dyed (batik tulis).

Tubular Skirt (Sarong), c. 1900

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

Japanese Paper (Furnishing Fabric), 1948/55

L. Anton Maix Fabrics

A work made of silk, warp striped, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; two loom widths joined with silk in overcast stitches.

Mantle-cloth (cawng nak), 1925/50

Zotung Chin

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

Les Monuments de Grèce (Furnishing Fabric), 1800/10

Oberkampf Manufactory

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

Commemorative Bookmark "A Tribute of Affection", 19th century

Thomas Stevens

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

Lazy Lines, 1950s (reproduced c. 1985)

Astrid Sampe

A work made of wool and cotton, warp-float faced twill and plain weaves; pieced; backed with plain weave.

"Sawtooth Diamond in the Square" Quilt, 1910/15

Amish

A work made of cotton, satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist.

No to Indian Point, 1997

Ethel Stein

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

Les Plaisirs des Quatre Saisons (Pleasures of the Four Seasons) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as “ghiordes knots,” knotted warp fringe.

Carpet, 1944

Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom

A work made of cotton, plain weave, underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in back, herringbone, individual satin, and satin stitches; laid work, couching, and french knots.

Pillow Sham, c.1720

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

Bertha, Dress Front, Collars, and Two Cuffs, c. 1900

A work made of black chantilly lace over white surah; lined with thin black silk; straight ivory handle carved with design of grapes and leaves. steel frame, tubing enameled black; modern fastening.

Parasol, c.1870

A work made of cotton, three-dimensional oblique interlacing of stitched plain weave double cloth tapes.

Dragonfly, 1977

Sherri Smith

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