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A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool yarn in bullion, long-armed cross, satin, and stem stiches; roumanian and trellis couching.

Bed Curtain and Valance, 1750/1800

Sampler

Sampler, 1811

Mary Ann Doe

A work made of cotton, plain weave; engraved-roller printed.

Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), 1827/40

George Zipelius

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; satin weave foundation with a supplementary twill weave and brocading wefts.

Fragment, first half of the 17th century

A work made of silk embroidery on wool ground backed with linen.

Sampler, 1820

C. S. Peake

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, rococo, roumanian, satin, stem, and tent stitches.

Sampler, 1791

Lucy Potter

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk.

Sash, 19th century

A work made of wool, cotton, linen, rayon, nylon, acrylic, silk, and hemp, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and laced, overcast and wrapped outlining wefts.

Mysterium, 1987

Urszula Plewka-Schmidt

Panels

Panels, 1000-1476

Rimac

A work made of cotton, plain weave; screenprinted.

Jazz (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of wool and cotton; tapestry weave.

Sonata, 1976-77

Leonardo Nierman

A work made of cotton, plain weave; hand-drawn wax resist dyed (batik tulis).

Hip Wrapper (Kain Panjang), 1950/75

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with weft-float faced 1:2 "z" twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary warps forming cut voided velvet.

Fragment of Velvet, 13th-14th century

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

Signal (Tablecloth), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of cotton, plain weave; hand-drawn wax resist dyed (batik tulis).

Hip Wrapper (Kain Panjang), 1950/75

A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; two panels joined.

Woman's Àdìrẹ Wrapper, 1970s

Yoruba

A work made of cotton and rayon, warp-stripe, weft-band plain weave with paired warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; warp fringe; two widths joined.

Panel, 1901/25

Nupe

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered with raffia.

Panel Originally Intended as a Ceremonial Skirt, 1901/83

Kuba

A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; two panels joined.

Woman's Àdìre Eleso Wrapper, 1925/75

Yoruba

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

Panel, Early/mid–20th century

Kuba

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