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A work made of schist.

Jaina Tirthankara Chandraprabha Standing in Meditation (Kayotsarga), 12th century

A colorful wedding scene with a dark-skinned bride in red and a groom in black at center, their backs to the viewer. A minister cloaked in black stands between them, a dense wall of flowers or perhaps a floral pattern behind him. The group is flanked by two figures and panels of geometric stained glass.

The Wedding, 1948

Jacob Lawrence

A light-skinned woman with lightish hair pulled back stands in partial profile, wearing an oversized wrap-around sweater with bell sleeves and a geometric print, hands together. She looks seriously at the viewer.

Gundvor Berg in Her Studio, 1926

André Kertész

A work made of bronze.

Violet Sargent, Modeled 1890, cast c. 1908

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

A work made of low-fire clay, underglazes, glazes, metal, gold leaf, luster, and glass.

La Linda Nasca, 2011

Kukuli Velarde

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

Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry, c. 1600

Erasmus de Pannemaker, I

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

The Crossing of the Granicus, from The Story of Alexander the Great, 1619

Karel van Mander, II

Bright abstract print featuring a geometric background in cream, black, and gray with semitransparent shapes superimposed upon it: two blue blobs, a red-brown oblong shape, and a prominent yellow rounded shape with three nearly circular holes in it.

Lyrique No. 19, 1952

Onchi Kōshirō

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

Venus and Adonis (?) with the Duck Hunt, c. 1600

Jacques Geubels, I

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

The Feast [central part], from The Story of Artemisia, 1607/30

Antoine Caron

A tapestry depicting a fountain that features two nude females holding a platform on which another nude female lies, her arm around a moose.

The Petitions [right part], 1607/30

Antoine Caron

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

Tapestry (Four Servants), c. 1650

Jan van Leefdael

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

Pomona, Figure design 1882, background design 1898, made 1906

Sir Edward Burne-Jones

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

The Lovers, 1490/1500

A work made of wool and silk; slit and single and double dovetailed tapestry weave. warp: count: 5–6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 16 to 24 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of- two z-spun elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.5 mm; silk: three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.6 mm.

Tapestry (Bear Hunt and Falconry from a Hunts Series), c. 1525

A work made of wool, slit tapestry weave. warp: count: 3–4 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.2 mm weft: count: varies from 10 to 17 wefts per cm; wool: single s-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm.

Camel Riders, presumably from a Wild Man series, 1475/1510

Large Leaf Verdure with Balustrade, Animals, and Birds

Large Leaf Verdure with Balustrade, Animals, and Birds, 1550/75

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave. warp: count: 5 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.9–1.2 mm weft: count: varies from 11 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two, three, and four z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.7 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm.

A Falconer with Two Ladies and a Foot Soldier, c. 1500

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.

Chancellerie, 1718/20

Manufacture Royale de Beauvais

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