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A work made of cotton and wool, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave.

Festival, Shôwas period (1926–1989), 1973

Lewin Alcopley

A work made of cotton (glazed chintz), plain weave.

Panel, 19th century

A work made of cotton, knitted; edged with knotted fringe.

Bedcover, 1850/1900

A work made of cotton, plain weave; roller printed, with additional color added by surface printing.

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1825

Quilt made of many small, multicolored scraps of fabric arranged organically, with a thick black border.

Bedcover (Altered or Unfinished Crazy Quilt), 1883

Phyllis Rothschild

A work made of cotton, jute, linen, and wool, plain weave with inner warps and chenille supplementary patterning wefts forming surface cut pile.

Carpet, c. 1902

Kunstgewerbeschule Wien

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

Handkerchief, 1875/1900

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

Columns (Furnishing Fabric), 1982/83

Timney-Fowler Ltd.

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

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1815

A work made of cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Hanging Portière or Panel for a Bed, 1775/1825

Gobelins Factory

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

Lazy Lines, 1950s (reproduced c. 1985)

Astrid Sampe

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

George Washington at the Altar of Liberty (Handkerchief), 1819

Cornelius Tiebout

A work made of silk, irregular interlacing plain weave variation; pairs of larger diameter warp inserted between warp groups; screen printed.

Scarf, 1965

Vasily Kandinsky

A work made of cotton, plain weave; mexican hand made paper (amate); laid ixtle fibers couched with cotton.

Oaxaca Series #3, 1982/83

Evelyn Svec Ward

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with warp-float faced 7:1 satin weaves; painted; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and metal wire in split stitches; laid work and couching; edged with braid of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and extended weft uncut fringe; with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, square braided, wrapped and knotted cords and silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, square braided, wrapped, knotted and fringed tassels worked over cotton core; underlined with linen and sisal, plain weaves; lined with linen, plain weave; glazed.

Amice, 17th century

A work made of velvet: silk, plain weave variation with silk supplementary facing wefts, weft-float faced 1:2 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, supplementary facing wefts forming weft loops, and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut, pile-on-pile, voided velvet; cuffs and apparels: silk, warp-float faced 3:1 broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in couching and padded couching; edge trim: 1) silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal -strip-wrapped silk in couching, and 2) silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave (with multiple wefts) with supplementary patterning wefts and extended ground weft cut and uncut fringe.

Two Dalmatics, Late 15th/early 16th century (cuffs and apparels: late 15th century

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

Panel (Curtain Fabric), 1924

Josef Hillerbrand

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

Le Mouton Chéri (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Petitpierre Frères & Cie.

A work made of silk wound on yellow silk core; brocaded plain cloth; embossed.

Man's Coat, 1775–1825

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped linen in laidwork and couching: edged with silk, plain weave with extended weft cut fringe; lined with silk and cotton, satin weave.

Valance, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1700

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