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A work made of carved ivory sticks and guards; painted paper mount; top of sticks: wood, plain black; pearl rivet; sticks backed with pearl.

Fan, 18th century

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

Sleeve Ruffle (Engageante), 1775/1800

A work made of cotton, 's' twill weave; block printed; edge bound with applied cotton edging.

Gossips (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1940s

Virginia Lee Burton

A work made of linen.

Galloon, 18th century

A work made of cotton and silk; plain weave; with supplementary patterning warps..

Ayate, 1900/40

Otomí

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

Dress Flounce, 1860s (probably 1862 or 1867)

A work made of cotton and wool, 3:1 twill and 3:1 broken twill damask weave with main warp and extended ground weft fringe; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1825-30

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in tent stitch and french knots.

Panel, 17th/18th century

A work made of leather.

Man's Horned Toe Shoe, 16th century

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

Dress Flounce, 1860s (1862 or 1867)

A work made of silk, pusher machine lace imitation of "blonde matte" bobbin lace.

Stole, 1870/80

A work made of linen, needle lace of a type known as "point d'alençon".

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1725/35

A work made of drawnwork on pineapple cloth; embroidered.

Shawl, 19th century

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), tapestry weave; joined in cross-knit loop stitches; edged in buttonhole stitches.

Bag, A.D. 1476/1532

Inca

A work made of wool, cotton, rayon, fiberglass, silver colored metallic strip encased in gold colored polyolefin film, broken combined twill weave.

Panel (Drapery Fabric), 1949

Yvonne Palmer Pacanovsky Bobrowicz

A work made of silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterning ground wefts.

Border, Empire period, c. 1810

A work made of cotton and linen, leavers machine lace, an imitation of a bobbin lace known as "mechlin".

Border, c. 1890s

A work made of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with gilt-metal strip supplementary facing wefts and two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Panel, 1850/1900

A work made of linen, needle lace, coraline pattern.

Border, c. 1700

A work made of cotton and silk; plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Woman's Shawl or Headdress (Tzute), 1930/39

Maya

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