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A work made of .1 and .8: cotton wound ball, oversewn with cotton in needle lace stitches .2: cotton wound ball and suede covered stone; joined and over sewn with cotton in needle lace stitches .3, .4, .5 and .6: suede covered stone, edged with cotton in needle lace stitches; .7: cotton wound ball and suede strip joined and over sewn in needle lace stitches.

Eight Study Samples, 1970/1976

Claire Zeisler

A work made of stone; covered with wool and rayon felt and oversewn with cotton in needle lace stitches.

Study Sample, 1970/1976

Claire Zeisler

A work made of wool fibers; wrapped with cotton and embroidered in needle lace stitches.

Study Sample, 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of wooden circle, laced and over sewn with linen in buttonhole, overcast and simple looping stitches.

Study Sample, 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of cotton, crochet; knotted cut fringe.

Bedcover, 19th century

A work made of wool, macramé (double buttonhole knots); sterling silver rings.

Necklace, 1960s

Claire Zeisler

A work made of silk, pieced plain weaves and cut solit velvet; backed with silk, plain weave; edged with linen, bobbin straight lace.

"Log Cabin" Quilt, 1875/1900

A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced; quilted, pattern outlined in pencil, heavily padded in parts; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, embroidered; backed with cotton, plain weave.

"Rosebreasted Grosbeak and Iris" Quilt, c. 1951

Dr. Jeannette Dean Throckmorton

A work made of cotton, plain weave with wool yarn forming "hooked" pile.

Rug, late 18th/early 19th century

A work made of wool, felted; embroidered with cotton in buttonhole stitches.

Study Sample, 1973/1976

Claire Zeisler

A work made of metal coils ("slinkys"), padded with jute wrapped with cotton and rayon.

Fiber Construction Entitled "Floor Slinky", c. 1971

Claire Zeisler

A work made of cotton, pieced plain weaves; some printed; some glazed; backed with paper.

Unfinished Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt Top, c. 1840

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss foremost in satin and stem stitches; lace border on three sides; bobbin lace.

Bedcover Showing the Landing of Columbus, 1750/1800

A work made of wool, plain weave; embroidered with wool in cross, running, double running, and stem stitches; three panels joined; two selvages present.

Bedcover, 1855

A work made of cotton, pieced plain and satin weaves, some printed in a variety of techniques and some glazed; appliquéd with plain, twill and satin weaves, some printed in a variety of techniques and some glazed; quilted.

"Toby Lil" Quilt, 1951

Bertha Stenge

A work made of linen, needle lace worked on a plaited thread grid with detached points, reticella pattern.

Border (From a Table Cover), c. 1600

A work made of wool, pieced plain weaves, some glazed, some with supplementary brocading wefts; quilted.

Bedcover, c. 1812

Almeda and Lucinda Robinson

A work made of yellow silk, satin weave; quilted in yellow silk floss through two thicknesses; reverse identical in crimson red silk, satin weave; quilted areas hand corded.

Bedcover, 17th/18th century

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

North Carolina Lily Quilt, c. 1850

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, split, and stem stitches; plied warp fringe; four loom widths joined.

Bedcover, 17th century

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