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A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered and hemstitched with lace filling stitch; padded satin, slanted, overcast, stem, satin, drawn fillings, cutwork, pulled fillings, buttonhole, straight overcast and feather stitches.

Baby's christening dress, c.1840

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

Algiers (Furnishing Fabric), 1952

Angelo Testa

A work made of .1: cut suede with cotton and glass beads; beaded on bead loom; embroidered in buttonhole stitches .2: not embroidered.

Two Study Samples, 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of linen, knotted square netting; embroidered in cloth and darning stitches; edged with plain weave.

Panel Depicting Annunciation of Virgin, 1667

Catarina Bremselin

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

Carpet, Mamluk period (1250–1517), early 16th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 3:1 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Orphrey Band (Depicting the Resurrection), 15th/16th century

A work made of silk, gold gilt strip wound around silk fiber core, integrated compound-weave of warp-float faced satin weave and twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century

A work made of four panels joined: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in running, back, herringbone, long and short, chain, and filling stitches; interlining: cotton wadding; lining: five panels joined: cotton, plain weave; pieced; applied silk fringe; attached silk tassels at corners.

Bedcover, Late 17th century

Indo-Portuguese

A work made of silk; appliqued; embroidered.

Bedcover, 19th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; quilted embroidered with silk floss in darning and back stitches; original silk fringe and tassels.

Bedcover, Late 17th century

Indo-Portuguese

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Banner, 17th century

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Banner, 18th century

A work.

Panel, 16th century

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; warp-dyed (ikat); binding: plain weave; lining on reverse: cotton, warp-float faced satin weave.

Wall Hanging Composed of Three Panels, 1825/75

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

Panel, Late 19th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; screen printed.

Les Altheas, 1914/20

Raoul Dufy

A work made of linen, plain weave, in two thicknesses; cotton batting; quilted; embroidered in colored silk and metal strips wound around a silk fiber core in chain, satin, split, stem and couching stitches.

Hanging, 18th century

A work made of cotton, twill weave; embroidered with wool (crewel) in satin, link powdering and stem stitches; also embroidered with silk and metal strips wound around a silk fiber core in split and stem stitches; couching; bobbin lace border.

Bedcover, 1750/1800

A work made of cotton and metallic-foil-wrapped rayon and cotton; wrapped and oversewn with cotton in simple looping stitches.

Study Sample (Ball), 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of bronze.

Stupa Reliquary, About 14th/15th century

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