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Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1812

Nicolò Schiavonetti

Engraving of a man with curly, shoulder-length hair and moustache, wearing a loose-fitting tunic with a large square collar.

Gaspar Charrier, King's Secretary, n.d.

Antoine Masson

A work made of silk, gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber core, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in 3:1 twill interlacing and self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Panel (formerly a Curtain from a Sedan Chair), c. 1720

A work made of embroidered silk floss on cream-white, silk damask with heavy scroll work of solid gold; embroidered in diaper stitch.

Border of a Valance, 18th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying some three color complementary self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings.

Panel, c. 1724/27

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; embroidered with silk.

Waistcoat, 18th century

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; embroidered with silk.

Waistcoat, 18th century

A work made of plain compound twill, silk, and gilt paper, three strips to mm.

Sleeve Cut for Garment Front, 1900/25, Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of engraving in black on paper.

The Triumph of Bacchus, n.d.

Giulio Bonasone

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

Border, 16th–17th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying supplementary patterning wefts in twill and self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings; two selvages present.

Panel (Dress Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Possibly mid–18th century

A work made of silk, plain weave of two color complementary ground wefts self-patterned by areas of 3:1 twill interlacings.

Fragments, c. 1725

A work made of silk, silver-gilt-strips wound around silk fiber cores, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings and self-patterned by areas of 1:3 twill interlacings.

Panel, 1730s

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 's' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), Mid–15th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with patterning warps and patterning and brocading wefts.

Panel, c. 1738/42

A work made of silk, damask weave.

Panel, Late 17th century

A work made of silk, damask weave.

Panel, 16th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; appliquéd with hemp, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and linen in bullion, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching.

Orphrey Band, 16th century

A work made of silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and patterning wefts.

Fragment (From a Vestment), 15th century

A work made of silk, silver gilt strips, and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning and supplementary brocading wefts.

Fragment, 1650/1700

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