Artworks

Marguerite Zorach

Linen, plain weave; cotton, wool and silk, plain and twill weaves, velvet and knitted strips forming “hooked” pile; edges with wool, single crochet · 1922

Paul Follot

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; block or screen printed; some selvages present · 1921

Maria Monaci Gallenga

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; stenciled · 1920

Jacobus W. C. Gidding, (Jaap)

Cotton, jute, and wool, plain weave with secondary binding warps tying supplementary chenille patterning wefts forming cut surface pile · 1920

Jean Lurçat

Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots" · 1920

Maria Kipp

Cotton, wool, rayon, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, plain weave with patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats forming uncut warp pile in areas · 1920

Jessie Franklin Turner

Dress: silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk floss in cross stitch; sleeves: plain weave with paired wefts, with supplementary patterning warps forming cut pile (velvet); dress trimed with sleeve fabric · 1920

Ernest Boiceau

Linen, wool, silk and gilt-strip on silk core; weft-float faced reversed twill weave; with areas of uncut pile formed by hooking; signature embroidered in "chain" stitches covered with wrapping yarns of gilt-strip on silk core and wool · 1920

Jean Lurçat

Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"; attached wool, knotted cut fringe · 1920

Jean Lurçat

Wool and linen, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots" · 1920

Mrs. Howard C. Blake

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed · 1918

Maria Monaci Gallenga

Cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; stenciled · 1911

Maria Monaci Gallenga

Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; screen printed · 1910

Warner and Sons Limited

Silk and cotton, warp-float faced satin weave with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet · 1910

Erna E. (Hucke) Postel

Cotton, plain weave; pieced; quilted; embroidered with cotton yarns in back, Roumanian, running, satin and stem stitches; couching and French knots; folded triangles forming zig-zag edges · 1908

George Grant Elmslie

Linen, cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots" · 1907

Mariano Fortuny Y Madrazo

Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; printed · 1906

Mariano Fortuny Y Madrazo

Silk, plain weave with supplementary warp forming cut pile; printed; lined with silk, warp-float faced satin weave · 1906

Addison B. Le Boutellier

tiles, decorative arts, tile — formed, applied and glazed earthenware · 1902

Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts

tiles, decorative arts, tile — formed, applied and glazed earthenware · 1902

Josef Hoffmann

Linen, jute and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots" · 1902

George Washington Maher, American

Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads · 1901

George Washington Maher

Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads · 1901

Kuba

Raffia, plain weave; embroidered in overcast and stem with running stitches cut to form pile; couching · 1901