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A work made of plain compound cloth.

Five Fragments, 18th century

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

Belisarius (Furnishing Fabric), 1821

Jean-Louis-Toussaint Caron

A work made of plain simple dark crimson satin edged by dark blue plain simple satin; embroidered in buttonhole, stem, and chain stitches in yellow, dark blue, and white.

Cover, 19th century

A work.

Panel, c. 1850

A work made of chasuble: silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; orphrey cross: silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal-strips, gilt-metal-strips wrapped with gilt-metal-wire and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, couching and padded couching over bast fiber padding; edged with silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts with extended weft uncut fringe; lined with silk, plain weave.

Portion of Chasuble Back, Late 16th/early 17th century

A work made of silk, stripes of warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; stripes of warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; and stripes of plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats.

Panel, Empire period, c. 1800

A work.

Panel, 1900/50

Maya

A work made of leather with strap and slashes toe.

Child's Shoe, 16th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced twill interlacing.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 17th century

A work.

Panel (Handkerchief ?), 1744

A work.

Fragments

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace (made in vertical strips).

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1850s/60s

A work made of silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silvered-metal strips in satin, split, and stem stitches; couching, padded couching, laid work and french knots; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven tapes and fringe.

Hood, 1775/1825

A work made of silk, plain weaves; pieced; edges bound in cotton, plain weave.

Tangram 5, 1991

Lucienne Day

A work made of linen, bobbin part lace.

Flounce, 1701/25

A work made of silk, broken twill weave cut solid velvet; pieced and appliquéd with silk, satin weave and linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip and purl in brick, satin and split stitches; couching and padded couching; painted.

Panel (Made of Reassembled Fragments from Orphrey Bands), 17th century

A work made of wool, double interlocking 2:2 's' twill tapestry weave; two panels joined.

Fragment (From a shawl), 1825/75

A work.

Fragment, c. 1770

A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal strip supplementary facing wefts bound by secondary binding warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Cover, 16th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk.

Picture of Kings College Chapel, Cambridge (Needlework), 1785

S. Smith

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