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A work made of wool, cotton and silk, felt and plain and twill weaves, some self-patterned, some with supplementary pile wefts forming cut pile, some fulled; one embroidered with rayon; couching of oblique interlacing tape; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weaves, some self-patterned, some fulled, some roller-printed; embroidered with wool in feather stitches; edged with wool, twill weave.

Bedcover Entitled "Wool-Drawings", c. 1900

A work made of cotton, plain weaves; some roller printed; pieced; padded with cotton, backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted with cotton.

Bedcover Entitled "Wedding Sampler", c. 1840/50

A work made of wool, cotton, silk, rayon, and acetate; plain, twill and satin weaves and oblique interlacing, some roller printed, some fulled; pieced; hand and machine stitched with polyester; backed and edged with wool, twill weaves.

Bedcover Entitled "Wool-Lines", 1950/2000

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist with Saint Francis, Date unknown

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads; ink drawing and inscriptions.

Map Quilt, c. 1920

A work made of walrus ivory.

Probably a Knife or Scraper Handle with Incised Lines and Circles, 800–1000

Punuk

A work made of walrus ivory.

Harpoon Point with Fine Incised Lines and Threading Holes, c. 900 CE

Punuk

A work made of walrus ivory.

Harpoon Toggle with Central Hole and Incised Designs, 800–1000

Punuk

Ledger Book

Ledger Book, 1880–89

Katse

Ledger Book

Ledger Book, 1860–89

Comanche Nation

A work made of grass and silk with dye.

Basket with Raddle-Handled Lid and Basket of Flowers Motif, Late 19th–early 20th century

Unangan

A work made of plant fibers with dye.

Bowl-Shaped Basket with Band of Triangles and Lines Encircling Middle, Late 18th–early 20th century

Yurok

A work made of plant fibers with dye.

Bowl-Shaped Basket with Stepped-Triangle Design Encircling Middle, Late 19th–early 20th century

Yurok

A work made of plant fibers with dye.

Shallow Basketry Bowl with Coiling Rattlesnake and Arrow Designs in Interior, Late 19th–early 20th century

Luiseño

A work made of plant fibers with dye.

Shallow Basketry Bowl with Four Ladder-like Designs Radiating from Center, Late 19th–early 20th century

Papago

A work made of plant fibers and glass beads.

Polychrome Beaded Basket with Repeated Diamond and Triangle Motifs, 1924

Jennie Williams

A work made of silk, cotton, linen, wool, polyester, rayon, nylon, cellulose acetate, metal foil laminated in polyester film, and metallized polyester film wrapped rayon, plain, twill, satin, gauze and float weaves, some damask weave, some with complementary warps and/or wefts, some with secondary binding warps, some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts, some double cloth, with some supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, some self-patterned by weave variations or warp or weft floats, some screen printed; oblique interlacing and cords of oblique wrapping; machine knitting; machine embroidering stitches; machine lace; pieced and appliquéd; embroidered with cotton, silk, and polyester in buttonhole, detached chain, fly, herringbone, stem and tent stitches; applied plastic stars and mother-of-pearl flowers; edged and backed with polyester, machine knitting; screen printed.

Bedcover Entitled "Celebrity Ties", 1980/82

Grace C. Wagner

A work made of pieced quilt; dyed and printed plain and twill weave cotton and rayon fabrics.

Aunt Jemima Quilt, 1930/1950

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk, twill weaves and plain weave cut solid velvet, some stamped; pieced; embroidered with silk in back, single back, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; backed stitch couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; backed with cotton, satin weave; sewn with cotton thread.

Bedcover Entitled "Genealogy", 1896

Catharine L. Clark

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton plain and satin weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads.

Florida Pictorial Quilt, 1939/1943

Federal Works Agency

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