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A work made of cotton and wool, stripes of plain weave and plain weave derived float weave with brocading wefts; plaited warp fringe.

Belt (Faja), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of leather.

Toe of a Shoe, 16th century

A work made of silver spangled mount (white silk); carved sandalwood sticks; pearl rivet; gilt loop.

Fan, 19th century

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

Panel, 1550/1600

A work made of silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, 4:1 satin damask weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 4:1 twill interlacings.

Panel, 1700/25

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

Panel (Hanging), 1965/75

Beatrice W. Swartchild

A work made of linen, needle lace.

Fragment (Border), 1760s

A work made of linen and wool, single dovetailed tapestry weave with wrapping outline wefts.

Chelly Canyon, 1974

Alice Kagawa Parrott

A work made of cotton, bobbin straight lace.

Border (Fragment), 1801/50

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts; joined with wool in cretan stitches.

Ayate, 1936

Otomí

A work made of black silk with alternating stripes of stain and gros grain; brocaded.

Three Fragments from Dress, c. 1885

A work made of linen, plain weave; edged with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in antique hem, back and double running stitches; edged with silk, countered weft twining with extended ground weft cut fringe.

Cover, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; with insertion and edge of cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "valenciennes" with a square valenciennes mesh ground.

Handkerchief, c. 1900

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1650/75

A work.

Curtain, 19th century

Loincloth Panel

Loincloth Panel, A.D. 1000/1476

Chancay

A work made of quilted, pieced, lining.

Bedcover (Sunburst or Modern Star Quilt), c. 1850

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut work in needle lace filling; embroidered with cotton in back, buttonhole, eyelet, padded overcast, and padded satin stitches; edged with cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "valenciennes".

Handkerchief, Probably 1860s

A work made of cotton and linen, pusher machine lace.

Stole, 1850/75

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered in double and italian hem stitches; darned and overcast bars; with insertion of bobbin straight lace.

Insertion, 1550/1600

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