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A work made of silk, satin weave, cut solid velvet.

Portion of a Chasuble, 1450-1500

A work made of silk, warp faced weft ribbed plain weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterning ground wefts; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Portrait of Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany (1797–1888), 19th century

François Carquillat

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copper-plate printed.

Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), 1783-84

Jean Baptiste Huet

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

Changing Seasons (Furnishing Fabric), 1789/90

A work.

Band

A work made of silk and silk-wrapped-hemp and silk-wrapped-linen cords, bobbin straight lace.

Braid, 1650/75

A work made of wool (camelid), plain weave of discontinuous warps and wefts; scaffold weave; resist-dyed.

Fragment, About 600-800 CE

Wari

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

Apotheosis of Franklin (Furnishing Fabric), c.1785

Valentine Green

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 's' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 1401-1425

A work made of wool, silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit, dovetailed and interlocking tapestry weave.

The Annunciation, 1484/1519

Circle of Andrea Mantegna

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Fall of Phaeton, after 1776

Antonio Tempesta

A work made of silk and silk-wrapped linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "gimp".

Fragment, 1650/75

A work made of wool and linen; slit tapestry weave.

Roundel, Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE)/Arab period (641–969), 7th century

Coptic

A work made of wool (camelid) and cotton, plain weave of discontinuous single interlocking warps and wefts.

Fragment Displaying Stepped-Fret Motif, About 200-500

Nasca

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

Altar Cover, 19th century

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 7 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 18 to 37 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; pairs of single z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.4 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm.

Pomona Surprised by Vertumnus and Other Suitors from The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona, 1535-1540

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

Les Fruits D'Afrique (The Fruits of Africa), c. 1920

Raoul Dufy

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

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1922 (produced 1924)

Léon Bakst

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"Hairstyle of Court Attendants" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of steel, gilding, brass, copper, leather, and velvet textile.

Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard, 1590; decoration 1623/44

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