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A work made of cotton, plain weave; with supplementary patterning warps; fringed through extended warp thread.

Ayate, 1900/40

Otomí

A work.

Fragment, Early 19th century

A work.

Handkerchief, 1875/1900

A work made of cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile.

Rug Sample, 1950s

Marianne Strengell

A work.

Band, A.D. 1476/1532

Inca

A work made of velvet.

Utrecht Velvet, Design c. 1871

William Morris

A work made of silk and linen, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Panel, 1714

A work made of brocaded silk.

Fragment, c. 1700

A work made of cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Bertha, c. 1895/1905

A work made of lamb's wool, plain weave; appliquéd with mohair; plain weave with warp fringe; folded, molded, and tucked; embroidered with lamb's wool, alpaca, mohair, and karabul in buttonhole, chain, feather, running, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Elements I, 1978

Nancy Hemenway Barton

A work made of silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel, 1725/75

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, pulled thread work in russian overcast filling stitches and embroidered in flat double running, twined double running, overcast and satin stitches.

Panel (Towel?), 19th century

A work made of plain compound satin.

Border, 17th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave self patterned by ground wefts.

Panel, 1625/75

A work made of cotton and rayon (creped yarn), combined twill weave; band of twill orders: weft-float faced twill; twill; warp-float faced twill.

Panel (Upholstery Fabric), 1948/49

Gladys Rogers Brophil

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1834

David D. Haring

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "mechlin" with a mechlin mesh ground.

Border, 1750/75

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1675/1700

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, hem and double running stitches; edged with silk, bobbin straight lace.

Cover, 1601/25 (center: 19th century)

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace.

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1860s/70s

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