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A work made of brocaded silk.

Fragment, c. 1700

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

Bertha, c. 1895/1905

A work made of lamb's wool, plain weave; appliquéd with mohair; plain weave with warp fringe; folded, molded, and tucked; embroidered with lamb's wool, alpaca, mohair, and karabul in buttonhole, chain, feather, running, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Elements I, 1978

Nancy Hemenway Barton

A work made of silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel, 1725/75

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, pulled thread work in russian overcast filling stitches and embroidered in flat double running, twined double running, overcast and satin stitches.

Panel (Towel?), 19th century

A work made of plain compound satin.

Border, 17th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave self patterned by ground wefts.

Panel, 1625/75

A work made of cotton and rayon (creped yarn), combined twill weave; band of twill orders: weft-float faced twill; twill; warp-float faced twill.

Panel (Upholstery Fabric), 1948/49

Gladys Rogers Brophil

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1834

David D. Haring

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "mechlin" with a mechlin mesh ground.

Border, 1750/75

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1675/1700

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, hem and double running stitches; edged with silk, bobbin straight lace.

Cover, 1601/25 (center: 19th century)

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace.

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1860s/70s

A work made of silk, silver-gilt-strips wound around silk fiber cores, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings and self-patterned by areas of 1:3 twill interlacings.

Panel, 1730s

A work made of silk, warp-striped, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft loop fringe; grouped and knotted; with attached loop and cut fringe tassels.

Fringe, 17th/18th century

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warp and patterning wefts.

Panel (Depicting Christ Entering Jerusalem), 17th century

A work made of silk, gold gilt strips, gild gilt strips wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Panel, 1725/75

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

Fragment (from a Bedcover), c. 1900 or earlier

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Panel, 16th century

A work made of silk and linen, double cloth.

Fragment, 17th century

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