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A work made of linen, wool, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, silk, cotton, metal-foil-laminated in cellulose acetate film-wrapped rayon, and rayon-and-nylon, tapestry weave.

Three Angels, 1954

Lenore Tawney

A work made of center: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, and wool in buttonhole, chain, cross, single cross, feather, roumanian, satin, single satin, stem, and twined double running stitches; squares: cotton, cotton and linen, and linen, plain weaves; block, copperplate, and roller printed.

Bedcover, 1795/1820

Mary Jones

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in buttonhole, pearl, and stem stitches, and running stitches cut to form pile; edged with raffia and hemp, plain weave, 2:2 oblique interlacing, and raffia-wrapped-raffia cord.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, Late 19th century-early 20th century

Kuba

A work made of cotton, satin weave; screenprinted.

Music (Furnishing Fabric), 1945/49

Susan Williams-Ellis

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet.

Fragment, 1895/1915

Josef Hoffmann

A work made of wool, pieced plain weave of discontinuous warps and wefts; tie resist dyed.

Mantle, AD 600/800

Wari

A work made of cotton and rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; screen printed.

Panel, 1920/25

A work made of cotton, wool, and silk, plain weave with supplementary warp; painted.

Blue Bird, 1950/1976

Trude Guermonprez

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet.

Fragment, 1895/1915

Josef Hoffmann

A work made of linen, wool, silk, cotton, rayon, nylon and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, plain weave of discontinuous wefts.

Tapestry, Early 1960s

Martta Taipale

A work made of wool, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with areas of open work and weft wrapping.

Ventana I, 1963

Sheila Hicks

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in needleweaving; edged with cotton, crochet stitches and knotting covering frame.

Interior Brambles, 1983

Renie Breskin Adams

A work made of cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid 'velvet'; block printed.

Florence, Design c. 1890, made 1890–1917

John Henry Dearle

A work made of linen, bands of plain weave; exposed warp and main warp cut fringe; surface abraded by white stone.

Grinded Fabric - Blue & Blue 603, Heisei period (1989–present), 1989

Chiyoko Tanaka

A work made of ball of wrapped indigo dyed (probably) cotton.

Untitled, Heisei period (1989–present), 1990

Hiroyuki Shindo

A work made of linen, wool, and horsehair, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile; backing bands of jute, plain weave.

Orion, 1981

Ásgerður Ester Búadóttir

A work made of silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Panel, c. 1870

Owen Carter Jones

A work made of (probably) silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk in single and surface satin stitches.

#32, 1990

Scott Rothstein

A work made of cotton, strips of warp-resist dyed striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in open chain stitches; faced with cotton, warp-faced stripe plain weave and plain weave.

Man's Robe, 1875/1920 (before 1920)

Yoruba

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool in closed feather, crossed back, double running, running, satin, padded satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with wool, mixed twill weave.

Dandelion, 1976

Nancy Hemenway Barton

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