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A work made of cotton, plain weave; quilted; pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed; backed with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover (Star Quilt), 1858

Nancy Hendrick

A work made of cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed.

Garrick and Shakespeare with Tragedy and Comedy (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1790

Robert Edge Pine

A work made of leather; painted; lined with suede; printed; metal clasp and grommets.

Tobacco Pouch, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1850/1900

A work.

Panel, 1775/1800

A work made of cotton, plain weave; printed.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1840

A work made of wool, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave.

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña), 1850/1900

Aymara

A work made of cotton, plain weave; screen printed.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1966

Sherri Smith

A work made of silk, plain weave; hand-printed with discharge dyes.

South China Sea (Furnishing Fabric), 1960/74

Larsen Design Studio

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

Border, 1875/1900

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

Three Flounces, 1875/1900

A work made of silk, plain compound cloth.

Fragment, Louis XVI period, 1774–1792, late 18th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in padded satin and stem stitches; couching; edged with silk and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped silk in warp-float faced satin weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), 1890/1910, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Manchu

A work made of round glass beads, opaque and transparent, worked between taut vertical threads, 2 horizontal (or wefts) through each bead.

Band, 1833

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

Fragment, A.D. 1476/1532

Chuquibamba

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool in bullion, chain, and satin stitches.

Table Topper, 1760

Mary Toppin

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1775/1800

A work made of silk, pusher machine lace.

Stole, 1870s

A work made of linen, raised needle lace.

Fragment (Border), 1675/1700

A work made of linen, needle lace of a type known as "point d'argentan" with a whipped mesh ground.

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1880s

A work made of silk and silk-wrapped linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "gimp".

Fragment, 1650/75

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