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A work made of linen, needle lace; embellished with glass beads; edged with bobbin straight lace.

Insertion (For a Cover), c. 1620/40

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, plain weave with plain and 1:3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; embellished with pigment on paper forms affixed with wax.

Two Fragments, 1350-1400

A work made of cotton, "rosaline" bobbin part lace; embellished with needle-made details.

Border, 1901/25

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; edged with bands of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, laid work and couching; embellished with gilt-metal framed mirrors; trimmed with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave; collar: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in eyelet and satin stitches; inner coat: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 and 4:1 satin weaves; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin stitches; laid work and couching; trimmed with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave and with silk, knotted cut fringe wrapped with gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton threads; closures: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; lined with ramie, plain weave; glazed; inner lining: ramie, plain weave; metal buttons.

Man's Theater Costume (Reversible), 1850/1900, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, creped silk yarns, linen yarns, silvered-metal wire, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silvered-metal strips, wire and coils in back, bullion, ceylon, overcast, oblique gobelin, plaited braid, satin, split, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and turk's head knots with bullion picots; embellished with metal coils and paillettes; beaded with seed pearls, and glass and coral beads; applied braid of hammered gilt metal.

Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba Before King Solomon, c. 1660

A work made of cotton, "roseline" bobbin lace; embellished with needle-made details.

Bertha, c. 1900

A work made of silk, plain weave with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped with silk supplementary facing wefts; embroidered with silk and silvered-metal-strip and wire purl in satin stitches; couching; embellished with silvered and colored metal spangles; semiprecious stones.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 1775/80

A work made of three tapes of horsehair, twill oblique interlacing; two tapes of horsehair and straw, twill oblique interlacing, openwork with supplementary wrapping elements; one tape of horsehair and straw, plain weave, openwork with raised profile formed by extended wrapped and twill oblique interlaced wefts; embellished with horsehair, cotton, and straw in twined tapes of twill oblique interlacing and florets of cotton plain weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid "velvet" (velveteen); embroidered with straw in back stitches.

Fragment (Bonnet Trim), 1850

A work made of wool and linen; slit tapestry weave; edged with braided binding and plied warp fringe; embellished with woven cord.

Child's Tunic, 6th-8th century

A work made of probably linen, plain weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave over bast fiber padding; embroidered with silk, silk-wrapped-metal-wire coils, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and feathers in bullion, buttonhole, detached twisted trammed buttonhole, encroaching gobelin, individual back, raised stem and tent stitches; laid work and couching; embellished with mica.

Embroidered Picture Depicting an Allegory of Music, 17th century, c. 1640

A work made of rayon, plain weave; screen printed; embellished with glass beads and sequins.

Panel, 1950

A work made of linen, silk and wood, slit tapestry weave with wrapped, cut fringe; embellished with feathers; silk and linen knotted fringes.

Underwater Wind, 1965

Lenore Tawney

A work made of cotton, plain weave, with double warps and single wefts; embellished with feathers (likely from great or snowy egrets, muscovy ducks,chilean flamigos, and macaws) knotted and attached with cotton in back stitches.

Half of a Tabard, 1400-1532

Chimú

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers (likely from chilean flamigos, macaws, and muscovy ducks) knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches.

Half of a Tabard, 1250-1450

Cream-colored tunic with stylized birds, cats, and geometric border.

Feathered Tunic, 1470-1532

Chimú

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers (likely from chilean flamigos, macaws, and muscovy ducks) knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches.

Half of a Tabard, 1250-1450

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary wool yarns forming hooked cut and uncut pile; attached wool tassels embellished with plain oblique interlacing, knotting, plaiting, and wrapped with wool, hemp, silk and linen yarns.

Whiskered Rug, 1970s

Angelo Testa

A work made of cotton, "rosaline" bobbin part lace; embellished with needle-made details.

Place Mat, 1901/25

A work made of seventeen layers of cotton and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed; beaded with cotton and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton and polyester cords.

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), Before 1930

Ngwane

A work made of linen, plain weave; underdrawing in graphite; painted with pigment; embroidered with silk in detached chain, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; french knots; embellished with pearls.

Panel, about 1906

Ann Macbeth

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