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A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered with straw in fishbone and running stitches; knotting and wrapping.

Border, c. 1860

A work made of wool, knitting with strap in plain weave.

Bag (Matate or Bolsa), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of linen, bobbin part lace (continuous clothwork tapes).

Two Altar Frontal Panels, 1750/1800

A work made of cotton and linen, mixed lace known as "brussels application lace:" bobbin part lace with needle lace fillings applied to machine-made net.

Scarf, 1875/1900

A work made of linen, square netting; embroidered with linen in cloth stitches (lacis).

Border (From a Bed Curtain), 1601/25

A work made of black chantilly lace overy ivory taffeta. lined with thin white silk; wood handle in form of rustic sitck; folding handle; steel tubing frame.

Parasol, c.1865/70

Gorham Manufacturing Company

A work made of silk, brocaded plain compound cloth.

Fragment, 18th/19th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, satin, and padded satin stitches; laid work and couching; paillettes.

Chasuble (Back), 1701/25

A work made of cotton, linen, and silk, machine-made lace of a type known as "leavers".

Shaped Border, 1860s/80s

A work made of cotton or linen, plain weave; with silk ribbon, satin weave; in pink with maroon polka dots; additional watered silk ribbon attatched in back as bow; needle lace tape used throughout, forming circular ear ornaments.

Cap, c. 1930

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

Border, c. 1820

A work made of leather with slashed toe.

Child's Shoe, 16th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave of two-color complementary ground wefts with supplementary binding warps tying some supplementary brocading wefts and some self-patterning ground wefts in twill interlacings, and self-patterned by areas of plain interlacings.

Panel, c. 1729

A work made of embroidered in colored beads; seed pearls and couched gold cords.

Slippers, 19th century

A work made of center of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave; patterned areas of cotton, weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; attached side borders of cotton and wool, weft-float faced 2:2 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; added fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1815/20

A work made of 1957.186a: turned wood 1957.186b: turned wood 1957.186c: turned wood 1957.186d: turned wood 1957.186e: turned wood 1957.186f: turned wood with brass wire coiling 1957.186g: turned wood 1957.186h: turned wood 1957.186i: turned wood 1957.186j: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186k: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186l: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186m: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186n: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186o: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186p: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186q: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186r: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186s: plain wood wound with linen 1957.186t: turned wood wound with linen 1957.186u: turned wood wound with linen 1957.186v: turned wood wound with linen 1957.186w: turned wood with lead color stripes wound witth linen 1957.186x: turned wood with lead color dots wound with linen 1957.186y: ivory with black and red carved dots.

Twenty-five Bobbins, 1801/25

A work made of wool, eighteen strips of plain simple twill; embroidered.

Shawl, 19th century

A work.

Band, 100 B.C./1532

A work.

Panel, 18th century

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

Panel (Design 104), 1955

Frank Lloyd Wright

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