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A work made of graphite on white tracing paper.

Working Drawing for Floor, 1993

Julia Fish

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

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1806

Bannister Hall Print Works

A large, red-orange letter O decorated with gold leaf and blue, orange, and green vine-like flourishes contains within it a balding man with a gray beard in a black robe. He holds out a book in each hand. To his left are a group of kneeling men in black robes. Men in white robes kneel at his right.

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook, 1394/95

Martino di Bartolomeo di Biagio

Cutting from a manuscript of the letter G in pink on a green-brown background, with curling leafs in red, blue, and green.

Decorated Initial "G" in Pink with Curling Leaves from a Manuscript, 14th century or modern, c. 1920

A work made of gouache, with graphite, on cream wove paper.

Work, 1952

Akira Kanayama

A work made of chromogenic print.

Racehorse: Morning Work - Preparing a Horse in the Morning, c. 1957

Robert Riger

A work made of wool, plain weave double cloth of three complementary sets of warps and wefts.

Bird, Design 1878

William Morris

A work made of cotton, twill weave; block printed; two panels joined.

Wey, Design c. 1883

William Morris

A work made of glass.

Flask, c. 1850

Baltimore Glass Works

A work made of glass.

Paperweight, c. 1870–90

Mount Washington Glass Works

A work made of etching in dark brown on off-white laid china paper.

Peasants Going to Work, 1863

Jean François Millet

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

Altar Cover, 19th century

Four distinct motifs, each abstract, colorful, and cartoonish, float sequentially, one on top of the other, against a shiny, black background. One looks like an expanding galaxy. The top one, a figure, has a squat body and a pointy head and is grinning.

Mr. Pointy, 2011

Takashi Murakami

A work made of etching from a portion of the plate on ivory laid chine.

Peasants Going to Work, 1863

Jean François Millet

Depiction of comic book style cup, alka seltzer dissolving in water.

Alka Seltzer, 1966

Roy Lichtenstein

A work made of photogravure, from "sun artists, number 2" (1890).

When the Day's Work is Done, 1877, printed January 1890

Henry Peach Robinson

Textile border fragment in blue, green, and coral, with stripes at top, figures in the middle, and square fringe at bottom.

Fragment (Border), 100 B.C./A.D. 200

Nasca

A work made of plastic box containing metal needles of various sizes; ball-head pins; sewing needle; ball head knitting needles; wire thread guides; cotton floss wrapped wooden dowels; knitting needle with glass beads, jute balls wrapped in cotton in simple loop stitch; knitting needle with jute ball wrapped in cotton in simple loop stitches and wrapped with cotton floss; bast fiber coils ("slinky") sample fragments; bast fiber coil ("slinky") sample fragment wrapped in wool; cluster of cotton coils.

Work box, 1960s/1970s

Claire Zeisler

A work made of etching from a portion of the plate on ivory laid chine.

Peasants Going to Work, 1863

Jean François Millet

A work made of glass.

Paperweight, Late 19th century

Mount Washington Glass Works