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Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;"knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, nylon, cotton, wool, modacrylic metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Wool, cotton, linen, rayon, jute and nylon, weft-faced plain weave with weft bands of pile woven from woven fringe and chenille yarn ground wefts and by supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, wool, cotton, and saran, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen and wool, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots"; knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Fall Meadow (Sample)
Marianne Strengell
Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Carpet Panel for Radio City Music Hall
Ruth Reeves
Cotton, acrylic, and jute, plain weave with supplementary backing wefts and supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid pile; edges bound with cotton, 2:2 twill weave tape; machine woven · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Lattice Loop
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton and metallic foil encased in cellulose acetate butyrate film, twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut pile · 1949
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.962/35.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Acetate, rayon and metal-foil-strip-wrapped rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1949
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut voided velvet · 1948
Art Institute of Chicago

Carpet
Claude Ronald Bentley
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary wool yarns pushed through ground weave to form cut solid pile; gun tufted · 1948
Art Institute of Chicago

Carpet or Hanging
George Lovett Kingsland Morris
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary wool yarns pushed through ground weave to form cut solid pile (gun tufted) · 1945
Art Institute of Chicago

Carpet
Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom
Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as “Ghiordes Knots,” knotted warp fringe · 1944
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Lighted Owl)
Joseph Cornell
Stained wood box with glass front, paper, light bulb, colored-paper image on wood form, plastic spider, tree bark, and dried leaves · 1944
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Lighted Dancer)
Joseph Cornell
Stained wood box with glass front, light bulb, tree bark, glitter or glass chips, glass, colored-paper image adhered to a wood form, and twigs · 1944
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1943
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots" · 1941
Art Institute of Chicago

La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires même (The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even) (The Green Box)
Marcel Duchamp
Cardboard box with punched holes forming the title, a green flocked interior, and copper strips forming an M on the front cover and a D on the back cover; the box contains 93 facsimiles of manuscript notes, drawings, and photographs, one additional color print of “Neuf moules mâlic” (Nine Malic Molds) under glass in the back cover, and one manuscript item. · 1934
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel
Eileen Hunter
Cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; screen printed · 1933
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and One Colorway (83.79.956/3.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Silk and acetate, plain weave with supplementary warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; impressed pattern · 1933
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and One Colorway (83.79.954/1.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Silk and acetate, plain weave with supplementary warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; impressed pattern · 1933
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel
Guido Cadorin
Cotton, silk and silvered-metal strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1930
Art Institute of Chicago