Artworks

Dorothy Liebes

Linen, cotton, silk, rayon and metal strip encased in synthetic film, plain weave · 1950

Hmong

a) Silk; satin damask weave, appliquéd with bands and panels of cotton, plain weave embroidered with silk; silk, plain weave with warp-float patterning tapes b) Synthetic; pleated satin weave and bands of plain weave embroidered with silk; cotton plain weave panel with attached warp-float patterning tape tie · 1950

Robert D. Sailors

Cotton, rayon, and metal foil laminated between synthetic film, plain weave · 1950

Anni Albers

Cotton (or synthetic) and metal foil · 1950

Yvonne Palmer Pacanovsky Bobrowicz

Wool, cotton, rayon, silver colored metallic strip encased in gold colored synthetic film, broken, combined twill weave · 1949

Dorothy Liebes

Cotton, linen, rayon, silk, and metallic foils encased in synthetic films; plain weave · 1949

Dorothy Liebes

Wool, cotton, rayon, metal, and metal strip encased in synthetic film, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats · 1948

Dorothy Liebes

Rayon, cotton, and metal-strip-wrapped cotton encased in synthetic film, twill weave · 1948

Dorothy Liebes

Wool, cotton, silk, rayon, and metal strip encased in synthetic film, twill weave · 1948

Dorothy Liebes

Wool, rayon, silk, metal strip wrapped cotton, metallic strip encased in synthetic film wrapped cotton and paper and cotton, bands of plain and twill weaves · 1947

Dorothy Liebes

Silk, cotton, rayon, and metal strip encased in synthetic film, bands of twill weave and weft-float faced twill weave · 1947

Philip Johnson

Acrylic, wood, metal, paper, synthetic polymer paint, sand and stone · 1947

Alberto Burri

Oil, synthetic polymer, pumice, and metallic paint on canvas · 1946

Dorothy Liebes

Cotton, silk, metal strip, and metallic strip encased in synthetic film, twill weave · 1946

Dorothy Liebes

Cotton, rayon, metal, metal strip encased in synthetic film, cellophane film, and metal beads, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats · 1946

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Wood, plastic, paper, glass, copper, synthetic polymer paint · 1937

Gabriele Mucchi

Painted tubular steel and coated synthetic fibers · 1934

Anni Albers

Cotton and synthetic fiber, plain weave · 1901

Yoruba

Natural and synthetic fiber, wood, mirror and metal, shell, pieced from felted, knotted, and woven fabrics; printed and embroidered · 1875

Navajo (Diné)

Natural and Germantown wool, plain weave and single interlocking tapestry weave; twined warp ends and selvages; looped and knotted augmented corner tassels; natural and synthetic dyes · 1870

Chez Aucoc, France, established 1821

cutlery, decorative arts, traveling cutlery set — lined leather, silver, iron, ivory (possibly synthetic) · 1819

Ben Vautier

Synthetic polymer paint on wood

Ben Vautier

Synthetic polymer paint on wood

Chryssa

Synthetic polymer paint, graphite, and gouache on paper