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A work made of gelatin silver print.

New York, c. 1942, printed later

Helen Levitt

A work made of chromogenic print.

New York, 1976

Helen Levitt

A work made of wool; knotting of double-flat knots terminating in long cut fringe over wool, cotton, silk, mohair, nylon, rayon, and polyester bouclé, plain weave; some bast fiber (jute) and cellophane strip ground weft loop pile (bouclé) and supplementary elements of wood and plant materials; both layers worked over wood branch.

The Nets are Empty, 1976/1990

Else Regensteiner

A work made of silk and wool; plain weave and plain weave double cloth (areas stuffed) with areas of gauze interlacing and knotting (bead, flat, and half knots); crochet and cut main warp fringe.

Hanging, 1960s

Claire Zeisler

A work made of wool; knotting (double buttonhole knots); sterling silver rings.

Necklace, 1960s

Claire Zeisler

A work made of linen and sisal, discontinuous weft plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary wrapping wefts and some ground wefts forming cut and uncut weft pile; self-patterned by ground weft floats; appliquéd with smaller rectangle of same weave, wrapped cord, yarn bundles forming cut pile and three-dimensional form of knotting.

Le Feu et La Cendre (Fire and Cinders), 1973/75

Magdalena Abakanowicz

A work made of linen; knotting.

Tres Modulos (Three Modules), 1976

Aurèlia Muñoz

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in needleweaving; edged with cotton, crochet stitches and knotting covering frame.

Interior Brambles, 1983

Renie Breskin Adams

A work made of chromed bent tubular steel frame, fabric covering.

Chair, Variation on B5, 1930

Marcel Breuer

A work made of linen; knotting.

Border, 1575/1625

A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal strip facing wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, split, raised stem, and stem stitches; couching; a: cords of silk, oblique interlacing; tassel of silk, oblique interlacing and knotting with cut fringe (no cords or tassel on b).

Amice, 17th century

A work made of silk; knotting.

Fifty-five Braid Samples, 1775-1825

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work in buttonholed, darned, and overcast bars with buttonholed picots; embroidered in buttonhole, double running, hem, interlocking lace, overcast, and satin stitches; buttonholed couching; knotting along edge with knotted fringe.

Border, 1601/25 (macramé edge: c. 1600)

Box Stools

Box Stools, 1959

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn thread work in needle lace fillings; embroidered in bullion, buttonhole, double hem, eyelet, overcast, and satin stitches; couching; edged with knotting.

Border (Probably for Table Cloth), 1601/25

A work made of linen; knotting; with cut fringe.

Border Fringe, 1850/1900

A work made of wool and cotton, warp ikat plain weave; knotted fringe.

Shawl (Paño), 1950/84

A work made of silk, satin damask weave; edged with braid of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with two-color complementary warp weave; and fringe of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with paired warps and extended ground weft fringe; ribbons: silk, plain weave; tassels: silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, oblique interlacing and interknotting in flat knots over silk fringe and paper core.

Dalmatic, 1675/1700

A work made of jute and linen; knotting worked off of tree branch; embellished with ceramic pieces.

Siam (Needlework), 1970

Else Regensteiner

Cord

Cord, 18th/19th century, Edo period (1615–1868)/Meiji period (1868–1912)

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