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A work made of silk, gold gilt strip wound around silk fiber core, integrated compound-weave of warp-float faced satin weave and twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century

A work made of silk embroidery on cotton satin. stitch: long armed cross-stitch.

Fragment (Border)

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

Carpet, 1575/1600

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; warp-dyed (ikat); binding: plain weave; lining on reverse: cotton, warp-float faced satin weave.

Wall Hanging Composed of Three Panels, 1825/75

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

Vendramin (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1990

Osborne & Little (Firm)

A work made of silk and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave; embroidered in padded satin and stem stitches; painted; edged with silk and gold-leaf-paper-strip-wrapped silk in warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; metal buttons.

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1840/70

Manchu

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (beiderwand); woven on loom with jacquard attachment; one loom width.

Coverlet, 1850s

W. Coller

A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed in small scale design, quilted, batting, backed with cotton, plain weave, basket pattern; handles appliqued with machine stitching.

Bedcover (Basket Pattern Quilt), 1861

Mary Katharine Ashbrook Hill

A work made of silk, plain weave with creped weft; screen printed.

Scarf, 1920s

A work made of cotton, machine-made lace: twist net; machine embroidered laid work and couching.

Panel (Curtain Fabric), 1920s

Josef Hillerbrand

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

Shakespeare Monument with Fantastic Fountains and Trees (Furnishing Fabric), 1770/89

John Munns

A work made of overshot weave. blue wool and white cotton..

Coverlet, 1825/35

A work made of silk, satin weave: embroidered with silk in split, satin, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; lined with linen, plain weave.

Hanging (Furnishing Fabric), Ming (1368–1644)/ Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th century

A work made of cotton, twill weave; embroidered with wool (crewel) in satin, link powdering and stem stitches; also embroidered with silk and metal strips wound around a silk fiber core in split and stem stitches; couching; bobbin lace border.

Bedcover, 1750/1800

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

Panache (Furnishing Fabric), 1982/84

Anne White

A work made of cotton, stripes of plain weave; warp-float faced twill weaves; plain gauze weave; openwork; roller printed.

Panel (Dress Fabric), c. 1850

A work made of linen and rayon, plain weave; pieced and appliquéd with linen, plain and twill weaves; embroidered with wool, linen, and cotton in buttonhole, feather, herringbone, satin, stem and a variety of lace stitches; darned and woven wheels, buttonhole and double buttonhole bars; braid; laid work, couching, and french knots; worked over and embellished by wooden rings and beads, metal rings, washer, and wires, mirrors, cork balls, stones, glass beads, and wooden and plastic strips; backed by cotton and polyester, plain weave; appliquéd with felt.

To Grow, 1970

Virginia Churchill Bath

A work.

Fragment (Border)

A work made of silk, wool, and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of 2:2 's' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Square Shawl, c. 1850

A work made of silk and wild silk, plain weave; resist-dyed (batik).

Saints of the Christian Church, c. 1979

John W. Mulder

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