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Édouard Jean Vuillard
Black crayon on tan wove paper; verso: lithograph of La Revue Blanche Transformée and Ames Solitaires · 1884
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"Swan House" Carpet
William Morris
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
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"Swan House" Carpet
William Morris Hunt
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
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"Swan House" Carpet
William Morris Hunt
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
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"Swan House" Carpet
William Morris (1834-1896)
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
Art Institute of Chicago

"Swan House" Carpet
William Morris Hunt
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
Art Institute of Chicago

"Swan House" Carpet
Morris
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
Art Institute of Chicago

"Swan House" Carpet
William Morris
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile · 1883
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Portière
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Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; fringe of gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, wrapped and braided; lined with silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave · 1880
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Velvet Fabric for a Woman's Ao or Magua (Short Coat), Shoes, and Accessories
Manchu
Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut solid velvet · 1880
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Portière
Anna G. Lyman
Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; fringe of gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, wrapped and braided; lined with silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave · 1880
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Fragment of a Chair Seat
Thomas Wardle
Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid (velveteen); block printed; fringe: cotton, silk and wool; woven · 1878
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Fragment of a Chair Seat
Thomas Wardle
Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid (velveteen); block printed; fringe: cotton, silk and wool; woven · 1878
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"Lily" Carpet
William Morris
Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment · 1877
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Acanthus
William Morris (1834-1896)
Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut "velveteen"; block printed · 1876
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Acanthus
Morris
Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut "velveteen"; block printed · 1876
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (from a Dress)
Charles Frederick Worth
Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet · 1875
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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)
Luigi Bevilacqua
Silk, cotton and gilt strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet · 1875
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Fragment
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey
Cotton, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid "velvet"; block printed · 1875
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Chimney Strip
Wiener Werkstätte
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts forming cut pile; stenciled · 1875
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Woman's Ceremonial Skirt
Kuba
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 · 1875
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Utrecht Velvet
William Morris
Cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; stamped · 1871
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Elevated view of the city including docks, Venice
Carlo Ponti
Albumen print form a collodion negative · 1870
Art Institute of Chicago

Large Syringa
Edward William Godwin
Silk, satin weave, self-patterned by reversing of faces; edged with cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; and silk and cotton, braid of plain weave with extended weft loops · 1864
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