Artworks

Guido Cadorin

Cotton, silk and silvered-metal strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1930

Maya

Cotton, silk, and wool, plain weave with patterning wefts (cut between motifs after weaving) · 1930

Maya

Cotton, silk and wool; plain weave with supplementary patenring wefts · 1930

Dorothy Liebes

Linen, cotton, silk, cotton chenille yarns and wool bouclé yarns, plain weave · 1928

Lulu Bennett

Appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, silk, rayon and acetate plain, twill and satin weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads · 1920

Maya

Cotton, silk, and wool, plain weave with brocading wefts; joined with cotton in cretan stitches · 1900

Paminggir

Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe · 1890

Thomas Wardle

Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid (velveteen); block printed; fringe: cotton, silk and wool; woven · 1878

Thomas Wardle

Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid (velveteen); block printed; fringe: cotton, silk and wool; woven · 1878

Minangkabau

Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of interlocking tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork and paper padded couching; embellished with gold-colored-metal spangles; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe · 1801

Minangkabau

Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton; in bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton and gilt-metal strip, plain weave with supplementary wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and silvered-metal coil fringe · 1801

Minangkabau

Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of weft-faced warp ribbed plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe · 1801

Sumatra

Cotton, silk, and mirror pieces · 1801

Paminggir

Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe · 1801