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Contemporary Chief Set (Three Miniatures)
Barbara Teller Ornelas
Wool; dovetail tapestry weave; extended selvage cord fringe. Warp: hand carded wool and mohair; weft: commercially processed, aniline dyed merino wool, respun by the artist; approximately 14 warps/inch and 112 wefts/inch. · 2024
Art Institute of Chicago

Shawl with Narcissus Flowers
Rahul Jain
Silk, cotton and gold thread woven in a brocaded, weft-substituting 1/3 twill weave. Gold pallu with silk brocaded narcissus flowers; gold-colored silk plain weave center, narrow meandering floral border; gold fringe · 2022
Art Institute of Chicago

Shawl with Poppy Flowers
Rahul Jain
Silk, cotton and silver metal-wrapped thread, brocaded twill weave borders, plain weave center field; silver metal-wrapped thread fringe · 2022
Art Institute of Chicago

Shawl with Deer and Goats
Rahul Jain
Silk and silver metal-wrapped thread, woven in a brocaded, brocaded twill; silver metal-wrapped thread fringe · 2020
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Sin Título)
Paola Moreno
Linen and viscose-rayon, plain weave; resist dyed; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave; stitched viscose-rayon fringe; knotted cotton fringe; knotted cotton ties · 2003
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Lamba Mpanjaka)
Antoine Rakotoarinala
Silk, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; five panels joined; finished at both ends with knotted and braided warp fringe · 1997
Art Institute of Chicago

Steichen's Pond
Sheila Hicks
Pieces of paper; stitched with cotton and polyester with spots of plain interlacings and darning stitches; knotted fringe · 1995
Art Institute of Chicago

Shawl
Judy Ross
Wool, 2:2 twill weave; tie dyed; embroidered with rayon in chain stitches; grouped warp fringe · 1995
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Chinese New Year)
Robert D. Sailors
Silk, silvered-metal wire, and cotton bouclé, raffia, nylon-wrapped-metallized-polyester film, and metallized-polyester-film-wrapped cotton and metal-foil-laminated-in-cellulose-acetate film, plain weave with warp fringe · 1993
Art Institute of Chicago

Fukusa (Gift Cover)
Akihiko Takemura
Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); stenciled dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome); lining: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); corner: gold-metallized-probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, knotted, buttonhole stitch covered, and re-plied fringe tassels · 1991
Art Institute of Chicago

Grinded Fabric - Blue & Blue 603
Chiyoko Tanaka
Linen, bands of plain weave; exposed warp and main warp cut fringe; surface abraded by white stone · 1989
Art Institute of Chicago

Private Affair I
Claire Zeisler
Hemp; knotting (multiple chain knots); twisted and wrapped cords; cut fringe · 1986
Art Institute of Chicago

Weft Wandering Astray
Sheila Hicks
Linen and silk, bands of plain weave open work with discontinuous wefts and supplementary brocading weft, warp-float faced twill weave, and plain weave self-patterned with main warp floats; main warp fringe · 1985
Art Institute of Chicago

Kyoto Rooftop: Nishijin VII
Glen Kaufman
Silk, warp chevron twill weave; cut warp fringe; applied gold leaf · 1985
Art Institute of Chicago

Kyoto Rooftop: Nishijin V
Glen Kaufman
Silk; diamond twill weave; cut warp fringe; applied gold and silver leaf · 1985
Art Institute of Chicago

Alquimia III (Alchemy III)
Olga de Amaral
Strips of linen and cotton, plain weave with exposed warps; applied gesso; painted with gold leaf and pigment; joined by knotted extended ground weft fringe · 1983
Art Institute of Chicago

Blues (Shawl)
Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Silk, twill weave; self-fringed; screen printed · 1977
Art Institute of Chicago

Pink Square (Shawl)
Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Silk, twill weave; self-fringed; screen printed · 1977
Art Institute of Chicago

À Damiers (Shawl)
Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Wool, plain weave; self-fringed; screen printed · 1977
Art Institute of Chicago

The Nets are Empty
Else Regensteiner
Wool; knotting of double-flat knots terminating in long cut fringe over wool, cotton, silk, mohair, nylon, rayon, and polyester bouclé, plain weave; some bast fiber (jute) and cellophane strip ground weft loop pile (bouclé) and supplementary elements of wood and plant materials; both layers worked over wood branch · 1976
Art Institute of Chicago

Waters Above the Firmament
Lenore Tawney
Linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave with discontinuous wefts; 18th/19th century manuscript pages cut into strips, attached, and painted with Liquitex acrylic paint; braided, knotted, and cut warp fringe · 1976
Art Institute of Chicago

Le manteau de Saint Jean Baptiste
Cecile Brocard
Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by main warp floats; main warp fringe · 1975
Art Institute of Chicago

Grand Luxe (Furnishing Fabric)
Jack Lenor Larsen
Cotton and ramie, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning warps forming cut fringe and self-patterned by areas of plain weave and by reversing of faces · 1975
Art Institute of Chicago

Symbolic Poncho
Claire Zeisler
Jute; knotting (flat knots); wrapped with wool; self-fringe some knotted, some wrapped; metal stand · 1971
Art Institute of Chicago