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A work made of silk, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary binding warps.

Narrow Strip, 15th century

Islamic

A work made of linen, plain weave embroidered in silk floss in chaing, short, long and brick stitches; original silk fringe.

Bedcover, Late 17th century

Indo-Portuguese

A work made of cotton, machine-made net; embroidered with cotton yarns in machine laid work and couching.

Panel (Curtain), 1920s

Josef Hillerbrand

A work made of cotton, plain weave; probably copperplate printed.

The Lady of the Lake (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1820

G. Merklen

A work made of yellow silk, satin weave; quilted in yellow silk floss through two thicknesses; reverse identical in crimson red silk, satin weave; quilted areas hand corded.

Bedcover, 17th/18th century

A work made of linen and cotton, areas of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and 1:1 plain gauze weave.

Panel (Hanging), 1965/75

Beatrice W. Swartchild

A work made of cotton, rayon, and polyester, six-color complementary warp and four-color complementary weft plain weave double cloth, self-patterned by areas of warp floats.

Circa 1926 Serious (Furnishing Fabric), 1991

Rob Rose

A work made of wool, plain weave; screen printed.

En Losanges (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of cotton, plain weave; roller printed.

Feed Sack, 1950/2000

A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

Prayer Carpet, 1875/1900

A work.

Panel, 16th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; batik dyed.

Bookcover, c. 1910

Louis Comfort Tiffany

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1840s

A work made of linen, needle lace worked on a laid and plaited thread grid.

Border, Probably 19th century (copy of early 17th century pattern)

A work made of cotton, satin weave; screen printed.

Arundel (Furnishing Fabric), 1960

John Piper

A work made of wool, felted; embroidered with cotton in buttonhole stitches.

Study Sample, 1973/1976

Claire Zeisler

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, waxed cotton, cotton, jute, nylon, rayon, cellulose film and synthetic-covered cotton in open cretan and simple looping stitches; couching.

Secret, 1952

Mariska Karasz

A work made of cotton, plain weave; screen printed.

Gemstones (Furnishing Fabric), 1971

Eddie Squires

A work made of cotton, rayon, wool, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, plain weave; one selvage present.

Fragment (Up 101 V #1), 1944/74

Robert D. Sailors

A work made of cotton, pieced plain weaves; some printed; some glazed; backed with paper.

Unfinished Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt Top, c. 1840

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