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A work made of silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal-strips in crossed back, running, satin, and split stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; beaded with coral beads; edged with woven tapes.

Cope, 1601/75

A work made of straw, 2:2 oblique point twill interlacing; edged with leather; lined with suede; metal clasp and grommets.

Tobacco Pouch, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; printed.

Handkerchief, c. 1876

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave, with areas of twill and plain weave, weft floats.

Panel, Directoire period, 1795/99

A work made of linen, needle lace worked on a plain weave cut and drawn work grid; edged with bobbin straight lace.

Border (From a Pillow Cover), 1550/1600

A work made of leather.

Shoe, 16th century

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

Portion of a Carpet, 1575/1625

A work made of cotton, mixed lace of a type known as "application d'angleterre"; bobbin lace motifs on a needle lace mesh ground.

Collar, 1860s

A work made of cotton and linen, twill weave; embroidered with wool yarns in satin, chain, bohkara couching (or laid oriental couching), buttonhole, speckling, outline, stem, stroke, coral, rococo, fishbone, slanted stem, chain, link powdering, running, and plain stitches; pattern couching; fillings made with detached buttonhole, basket, roumanian, double knot and rope stitches; french knots.

Panel, 17th century

A work.

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 18th/19th century

A work made of tortoise shell; scroll ornament.

Comb, 1875/1900

A work made of rayon and linen, plain weave; screen printed.

Panel, 1946

Paule Vézelay

A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered in chain stitches (tambour work); edged with machine-made picots.

Bonnet Veil, c. 1820

Mary N. Keith

A work made of plain simple cloth (old card).

Fragment, 1–1532

A work made of wool (camelid) and silk, stripes of warp-faced plain weave and complementary patterning warp; two panels joined.

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña), 1875/1925

Quechua

A work made of cotton and silk floss; plain weave; with supplementary brocading and patterning wefts; three panels joined.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

A work.

Panel, c. 1870/80

A work made of blue cashmere with multicolor; all-over floral pattern.

Shawl, c. 1835

A work.

Headdress, 19th century

A work.

Fragment, A.D. 1000/1476

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