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A work made of wool, 2:2 broken twill weave; fulled; embroidered with rayon in chain stitches; two lengths joined.

Man's Wrapper (Akunitan), 20th century

Akan

A work made of rayon, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary and brocading weft patterning.

Kente Wrapper, 1901/50

Asante

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running (twill darning) and stem stitches.

Cover, 17th century, Ottoman Dynasty (1299–1923)

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in running stitches, pattern darning; main warp fringe.

Cover, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running stitches (twill darning); lined with cotton, plain weave.

Cover, 17th century

A work made of watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper.

Standing Nude with Draperies, n.d.

Auguste Rodin

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; plain weave with supplementary ground and brocading wefts bound in twill order.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 1675/1700 Safavid Dynasty (1501–1722)

A work made of silk, “gold” metal-wrapped silk threads, warp float-faced satin foundation weave with a supplementary twill weave and supplementary brocading wefts bound in a twill order.

Fragment, c. 1550

A work made of watercolor and graphite, with smudging, on cream wove paper.

Leaving the Earth, 1900/05

Auguste Rodin

A work made of watercolor and graphite, with smudging, on cream wove paper.

Sunset, n.d.

Auguste Rodin

A work made of wool, plain weave, glazed (calimanco); quilted with silk thread.

Bedcover, 1778

A work made of silkscreen on cream wove paper.

The Kiss (Bela Lugosi), 1963

Andy Warhol

A work made of silk, machine-made net; embroidered with silk in darning and running stitches; edged with cotton, machine-made picots.

Bonnet Veil, c. 1835

Sara Ann Reno

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches.

Woman's Overskirt, 19th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches.

Woman's Overskirt, 1875/1925

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by pearl and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches.

Woman's Overskirt, 19th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Woman's Overskirt, 19th century

Kuba

A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered in chain stitches (tambour work); edged with machine-made picots.

Bonnet Veil, c. 1820

Mary N. Keith

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching joined by pearl stitches; edged with lateral looping stitches.

Woman's Skirt, Possibly 18th century

Kuba

A work made of linen, cotton, and metallic-foil-encased-in-polyester-film-wrapped rayon, complementary weft plain weave with twill interlackings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts.

Planet Series #10, 1988

Lois Bryant

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