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A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace.

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1850s

A work made of silk, velvet; cut pile; embroidered with gold.

Fragment (from Altar Frontal), 16th century

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 2:1 's' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 's' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; painted details.

Thanka (Religious Picture), 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Manchu

A work.

Sash (Banda), 1900/50

Maya

A work.

Towel, 19th century

A work made of cotton, silk, and linen, needle lace.

Border, 1880s/90s

A work made of silk damask.

Fragment, Late 16th century

A work made of wool, twill weave.

Celtic Fret (Furnishing Fabric), 1960/74

Larsen Design Studio

A work made of linen, bobbin part lace.

Flounce (Furnishing), 1725/1800

A work made of wool and linen, plain weave with supplementary warps forming cut pile; ten strips joined.

Carpet, 18th century

A work made of plain compound twill, silk and gold wound on yellow silk core, silver wound on white silk core.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 18th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work and embroidered in back stitch; attached linen edging; with pencilled drawing.

Tablecloth, c. 1950s

A work made of silk.

Fragment, 1650/1700

A work made of cotton, nine narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; embroidered in chain stitches; plied yarn and warp fringe.

Woman's Marriage Shawl (Dankana or Dagana), 1987

Minianka

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in satin (flat) running black, outline, and star stitches; steel frame; knotted wood handle.

Parasol, c.1878

A work made of linen and silk.

Fragment, 15th century

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

Carpet, 1920/29

Jean Lurçat

A work made of cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "valenciennes" with a square valenciennes mesh ground.

Border, 1865/85

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in buttohole, double hem, hem, and overcast stitches; cut and drawn work with silk in needle lace filling stitches.

Border, 1875/1900 (revival lace)

A work.

Child's Tunic, 19th century

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