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

Don Quichotte (Don Quixote) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Jean-Jacques Lagrenée

A work.

Fragment (Border), 18th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; brocaded.

Handkerchief (One Half), c. 1850/60

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace (of continuous clothwork tapes; worked in large sections).

Border, 18th century

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace.

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1850/75

A work made of silk, simple looping and twisted looping; beaded with glass beads; backed with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in half cross stitches; drawstring: silk, square braid with simple looping; beaded; and tassel of silk, plain weave strips wrapped, looped and cut.

Bag, 18th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and silvered-metal wire facing wefts; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal purl and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in brick, overcast and split stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching and french knots; edged with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and extended ground weft cut fringe.

Dalmatic, 17th century

A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and two-color complementary ground weft floats with supplementary warps bound in satin interlacings and cut in areas to form a cut pile (velours au sabre); woven on a loom with jacquard attachment.

Ribbon, 1920s

A work made of red velvet embroidered with gold and silver; bands and panels embroidered with gold and colored silk.

Altar Frontal, 16th century

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

Border, 19th century

A work made of cotton, mixed lace of bobbin part lace on needle lace mesh.

Cape Collar, c. 1900

A work.

Fragment

A work made of carved pearl sticks; painted paper mount.

Fan, 18th century, Louis XVI period (1774–1793)

A work made of brocade.

Two Chasuble Fragments, Late 18th /early 19th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered in silk and gold and silver thread.

Altar Frontal, c. 1740

A work made of cotton, ikat dyed.

Tapis Sarong (Skirt)

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

Carpet, Late 19th century

A work made of wood with painted decoration in blue and white.

Pin Cushion (Two Pieces), 19th century

A work made of red silk embroidered with multicolor silk and inset with tiny mirror.

Robe, 19th century

Islamic

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

Flounce (Possibly From an Alb), 1701/50

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