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A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered in double faggot, double hem, overcast and padded overcast stitches; needle lace inserts (of buttonhole, darned and overcast bars decorated with buttonhole collar and bullion picots); edged with needle lace points (of six-element plait, buttonhole, double buttonhole, and overcast bars).

Border (From a Cover), 1525/1600 (lower edge: c. 1600)

A work made of gold-gilt-silver strips and gilt-metal and gold-gilt-silver-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace.

Fragment (Braid), 1725/50

A work made of brocaded plain simple cloth, taffeta, silk, and gold wound on yellow silk core.

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 18th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing and self-patterned by reversing of faces.

Panel, c. 1707

A work made of wool, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave.

Pasque Flower (Rug?), 1929

Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom

A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "sehna knots"; knotted warp fringe.

Carpet (Art Deco), 1925/30

A work.

Multipurpose Cloth, 1900/50

Maya

A work made of cotton, machine-made twist net; embroidered with cotton and linen in chain stitches (tambour work), darning, overcast, and wave filling stitches.

Cap, 1850/1900

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave with gilt-metal strip supplementary facing wefts and two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Panel, c. 1880

A work made of silk, plain weave; backed with pink cotton, plain weave, glazed.

Bedcover, 1852

A work.

Border, 17th century

A work made of linen, bobbin part lace.

Border, 1701/50

A work made of (black) leather (toe originally longer end turned up).

Girl's Shoe, 15th century

A work made of silk and cotton, plain, twill, and satin weaves; some resist dyed or printed (chiné), some self-patterned, some printed, some "watered" (moiré); pieced; backed with silk, plain weave; printed; edged with silk, satin weave.

Bedcover, c. 1880

Mary Elizabeth (Motter) Tansill

A work made of linen, needle lace worked on a plain weave cut and drawn thread work grid; embroidered in double hem, hem and overcast stitches.

Border, 1875/1900

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

Flounce, 1701/50

A work made of silk and gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave with complementary wefts.

Fragment (Border)

A work made of cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "rosaline"; embellished with needle-made details.

Border, 1901/25

A work.

Bag, 1900/50

A work.

Shawl, 19th century

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