Works of Art (123)
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The Triumph of Fame, from a set of The Triumphs of Petrarch, ca. 1502–4,
Flemish (probably Brussels),
Wool and silk tapestry (1998.205) |
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Coat, 1919,
Paul Poiret (French),
Silk, wool, metallic thread (2005.207) |
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Panel with the Triumph of Dionysus, 4th century; Early Byzantine
Egyptian; Said to be from Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt
Undyed linen and purple wool, tapestry weave; 8 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (21.9 x 34 cm)
Gift of George F. Baker, 1890 (90.5.873) |
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Roundel, fragment, 7th century,
Byzantine; Egypt (?),
Polychrome wool and undyed linen, tapestry weave (63.178.2) |
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Tunic, 5th century,
Probably from Panopolis (Ahkmim), Egypt,
Undyed linen and purple wool, design in tapestry weave (26.9.8) |
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Animal carpet, 14th century, Probably Turkey, Pile weave, wool pile on wool foundation, 85 symmetrical knots per square inch (1990.61) |
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"Arsène Lupin" theater dress, fall/winter 195455, Christian Dior (French); Christian Dior Haute Couture (French, founded 1947), Wool, silk (C.I.55.29.2a,b) |
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Bathing ensemble, ca. 1870 American, Beige-and-brown printed striped wool with brown-and-red printed wool bands with Greek-key motif (1979.346.18a,b) |
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Beachwear (bathing suit), 195059, American, Wool (1996.316.2ab) |
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Beachwear (bathing suit), 1964, Rudi Gernreich (American, born Austria), Wool, elastic (1986.517.13) |
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Beachwear (bikini), 197071, Rudi Gernreich (American, born Austria), Wool (1996.118.4ab)
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Beachwear (bikini), ca. 1940, American, Wool (2001.790.1a,b) |
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Bed rug, 1796, Maker Unknown (American), Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, Linen/cotton and wool (33.122) |
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"Bird," ca. 1878,
Designed by William Morris (British); Produced by Morris & Company, Merton Abbey,
Woven wool (23.163.15) |
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Boucher aux Alentours (the Croome Court tapestry room), 175867, Jean-Germain Soufflot, François Boucher, Maurice Jacques, Louis Tessier; Woven in the basse-lisse workshop of Jacques Neilson at the Gobelins manufactory, 176471, French, Wool and silk (58.75.1-22) |
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Bridal Chamber of Herse, Tapestry, ca. 1550, Workshop of Willem de Pannemaker (Flemish), Made/manufactured: Brussels, Southern Netherlands, Wool, silk, silver (41.190.135) |
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Camel trapping (asmalyk), 19th century, Turkmenistan, Wool, embroidered with silk (1989.383) |
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Camel: From the Berain Grotesques, ca. 168589, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer; Woven at the Beauvais manufactory under the direction of Philippe Behagle or his son of the same name in the late 17th or early 18th century, French, Wool and silk (1977.437.1) |
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Carpet with pictorial design, late 16thearly 17th century; Mughal, Pakistan (Lahore), Wool pile on cotton foundation (17.190.858) |
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Carpet, 17th century; Mughal, India, Wool (17.190.857) |
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Carpet, ca. 1650; Mughal, India, Cotton, wool (1970.321) |
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Carpet, early 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Wool pile on silk foundation (10.61.3) |
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Carpet, first half of 15th century, Wool (53.79) |
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Carpet, first half of 17th century; Ottoman, Ushak, Anatolia, Wool warp and weft, wool pile (58.63) |
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Carpet, late 18th century, Caucasus, Turkey, Woolen warp, weft, and pile (1970.302.10) |
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Carpet, Mughal, period of Shah Jahan (162858), India, Wool on silk foundation (14.40.725) |
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Child's coat, 19th20th century,
India (Amritsar), Wool (1983.494.10) |
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"Claro" ensemble, fall/winter 195758, Christian Dior (French); Christian Dior Haute Couture (French), Wool (C.I.65.14.18a-c) |
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Coat, ca. 1919, Paul Poiret (French), Black silk and wool blend with white leather appliqués and white fur trim (C.I.61.40.4) |
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Coat, early 1990s, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese), Black felted wool with gold metallic handpainted surface decoration and brass plate appliqué (2003.573.2) |
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Cocktail dress, 1961,
Norman Norell (American),
Black wool crepe (1986.517.5) |
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Cocktail ensemble, ca. 1967, Yves Saint Laurent (French, born Algeria), Black wool bouclé with black silk grosgrain trim (1977.115.17a,b) |
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The Collation: From the Fêtes Italiennes (Italian Village Scenes), 173436, François Boucher; Woven at the Beauvais workshop under André Charlemagne Charron, 1762, French, Wool and silk (64.145.3) |
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The Concert: From a set of Indo-Chinese Scenes, ca. 1690, Probably woven at the Great Wardrobe (London) under John Vanderbank, 16951715 English, Wool and silk (53.165.1), |
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The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem: Scenes from the Gerusalemme Liberata , 173239, Domenico Paradisi; Woven at the San Michele manufactory in Rome under Pietro Ferloni, Italian, Wool and silk (92.1.15) |
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Day coat, 1964, Cristobal Balenciaga (French, born Spain), Wool (1996.134.1) |
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Day dress and coat, fall 1957, Anne Fogarty (American), Red wool twill (C.I.63.47.3a,b) |
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Day dress, 195556, Cristobal Balenciaga (French, born Spain), Wool (C.I.64.4.3) |
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Day dress, ca. 1924, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French), Wool (1975.7) |
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Day dress, ca. 196064, Cristobal Balenciaga (French, born Spain), Wool, silk (1976.124.7a,b) |
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Day ensemble, 1967, Bonnie Cashin (American), Natural cotton, red-and-blue plaid wool, and navy blue wool jersey (C.I.68.34a-c) |
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Day suit, 191113, English, Wool, silk (C.I.37.46.177a,b) |
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Day suit, ca. 1937, Jean Patou (French), Black wool gabardine with silk grosgrain inserts (1978.165.20a,b) |
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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe: From a set of The Horses, early 1630s, Francis Cleyn; Woven at the Mortlake manufactory, 165070, English, Wool and silk (36.149.1) |
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Diana and Her Nymphs: From a set of Mythological Scenes, 1644, Laurent de La Hyre; Probably woven in the workshop of Hippolyte de Comans in the Faubourg Saint-Marcel, Paris, before 1662, French (Paris) Wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (20.44.3) |
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Dinner dress, fall/winter 194950, Christian Dior (French); Christian Dior Haute Couture (French), Wool, silk (1989.130.1a,b) |
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Dragon Carpet, 19th century, Caucasus region, Wool, cotton; plain weave with supplementary-weft embroidery (Soumak) (1971.263.5) |
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Dress, 1989, Issey Miyake (Japanese), Brown wool knit (2003.79.3) |
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Drowning of Britomartis, 154759, Probably designed by Jean Cousin the Elder (French); possibly woven by Pierre II Blasse and Jacques Langlois (both French), Wool and silk (42.57.1) |
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Embroidered coverlet, ca. 176075, Ruth Culver Coleman (American), Possibly Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, Linen with wool embroidery (61.48.1) |
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Embroidered sampler, 1721, Anne Chase (American), Newport, Rhode Island, Silk on wool (L.2001.53.4) |
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Ensemble (beachwear), 194445, Carolyn Schnurer (American), Cotton (C.I.46.106.98a-c) |
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Ensemble, ca. 1983, Issey Miyake (Japanese), Dark gray cotton and wool with taupe and cream mud-cloth style resist patterns (1996.335.10a-c) |
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Ensemble, late 19thearly 20th century, Palestinian, Silk, wool, metallic thread (C.I.39.91.14af) |
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Ensemble, late 19thearly 20th century, Slovakian, Cotton, silk, wool (C.I.39.91.30ag) |
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"A" ensemble, spring/summer 1955, Christian Dior (French); Christian Dior Haute Couture (French), Wool, silk, straw (C.I.55.63a-c) |
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Fabulous Beast (Fragment of a Tapestry), ca. 142030, German (Upper Rhineland; Basel), Linen warp with wool weft (1990.211) |
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Fragments of a carpet (detail), ca. 1650; Mughal, Northern India, Kashmir or Lahore, Pashmina wool and silk; pile weave, pashmina wool pile on silk foundatio (14.40.723) |
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Garden carpet, ca. 1800, Iran, Cotton warp and weft, wool pile (67.156) |
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Hanging with theatrical subject (detail) (detail), Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Silk and metallic thread embroidery on wool tabb (59.190) |
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Hanging, 19th century, Iran (Rasht), Wool (10.33.1) |
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The Harvest: From a set of "Teniers" tapestries, 171228, Woven in the workshop of Urban Leyniers and Daniel Leyniers, Flemish (Brussels), Wool and silk (41.190.254) |
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Khorasan-type carpet fragment, late 16th or early 17th century; Safavid,
Iran,
Cotton and silk (foundation), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile (2001.54) |
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Kilim, 1774, Ladik, Turkey, Wool, metal thread (62.156) |
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Kilim, ca. 1800,
Central Anatolia,
Wool, cotton, and silver thread (2006.190) |
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Last Supper, from a set of four tapestries of the Passion, known as the Alba Passion, ca. 152030, Bernaert van Orley (Flemish); Probably designed by Pieter de Pannemaker (Flemish), Flemish, Wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (1975.1.1915) |
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Le Jardinier: From the Fêtes Italiennes (Italian Village Scenes), 173436, François Boucher (French); Woven at the Beauvais workshop under André Charlemagne Charron (French), 1762, French, Wool and silk (64.145.4) |
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Lekythos, ca. 550530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.10) |
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Madonna-lily pillow cover, ca. 187677,
Candace Wheeler (American),
Wool twill embroidered with wool and silk thread, silk velvet border (2002.355.1) |
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Mantle, 187075, French, White wool serge couched with metallic braid (46.25.4); Opera cloak, 1850s, American, Ivory silk faille embroidered with gold soutache braid (C.I.53.2); Dolman, ca. 1870, American (?), While silk poplin and braid (C.I.38.102) |
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Mantle, 2nd1st century B.C.,
Peru; Ocucaje,
Wool (1986.488.1) |
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Mantua, late 17th century, British, Taupe wool with stripes of dull orange and blue, embroidered in silver-gilt thread (33.54a,b) |
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Medallion rug with a field of flowers, 17th century; Safavid, Probably Kirman, Iran, Wool pile on cotton, wool, and silk foundation (1970.302.2) |
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Medallion Ushak carpet, first half of 17th century; Ottoman, Western Anatolia, Ushak region, Wool, about 90 symmetrical knots per square inch (1984.69) |
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The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: From a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 1650, Justus van Egmont; Woven in the workshop of Geraert van Strecken, Flemish (Brussels), Wool, silk, silver, and gilt-metal-wrapped thread (92.1.9) |
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"Mondrian" day dress, autumn 1965, Yves Saint Laurent (French, born Algeria), Wool jersey in color blocks of white, red, blue, black, and yellow (C.I.69.23) |
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Needlework picture (probably a chair back), ca. 175565, Mehitable Starkey (American), Probably Boston, Massachusetts, Wool yarn and silk threads on linen (L.2001.53.5) |
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Nine Heroes Tapestries, ca. 14001410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp and wefts (47.101.3) |
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Pinwheel quilt, 1930, Unidentified maker (J.L.), Amish, Indiana, Wool and cotton (1988.128) |
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Prayer rug, 18th century; Mughal, Probably Kashmir, India, Wool pile on cotton and silk foundation (1970.302.7) |
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Prayer rug, late 16thearly 17th century; Ottoman, Egypt, probably Cairo, Wool (17.120.137) |
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Rug, 18th century, Caucasus, Wool (22.100.118) |
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Rug, 19th century; Ottoman, Western Anatolia, Wool warp, weft, and pile; Gördes (Anatolian) knot, about 42 knots per square inch (1974.149.29) |
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Rug, late 16thearly 17th century; Ottoman, Egypt, probably Cairo, Wool (22.100.53) |
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Sample room divider, ca. 1952, Dorothy Liebes (American), Wood, chenille, various fibers, Lurex (aluminum foil, plastic-coated) (1973.129.7) |
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Sampler, 1777, Elizabeth Jefferis (American) Chester County, Pennsylvania, Wool and silk on linen (59.20) |
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Scenes from The Story of the Trojan War: The Battle with the Sagittary and the Conference at Achilles' Tent; Andromache and Priam Urging Hector Not to Go to War, 14701490, South Netherlands, probably produced through Pasquier Grenier of Tournai, Wool warp; wool wefts with a few silk wefts (52.69, 39.74) |
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Serape, 17501800, Mexican (Saltillo), Cotton and wool (2002.471.1) |
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Serape, 18801900, Mexico; Saltillo, Cotton, wool, metal (2002.471.2) |
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Shawl, 18th century; Mughal, Kashmir, India, Pashmina (1998.217) |
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Shawl, ca. 1849,
Manufactured by Deneirouse and Boisglavy,
French, Woven silk and wool (65.91.2) |
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Shepherd and shepherdess scene, ca. 1740, Keturah Rawlins (American) Boston, Massachusetts, Wool, silk, and metallic threads on linen (39.108.1) |
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Shirt, ca. 193537, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French), Wool (1976.29.7) |
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"Simonetti" Carpet, ca. 1500; Mamluk, Attributed to Egypt, Pile weave, wool pile on wool foundation (1970.105) |
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"Spring," 1754, Mary Wright (American), Possibly Sarah Osborn's school, Newport, Rhode Island, Wool and silk on linen (46.155) |
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Storage bag (chuval), early 19th century, Turkoman/Arabatchi, Central Asia, Goat hair, cotton and wool; asymmetrically knotted pile (22.100.40.a) |
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Suit, fall 1964, Bonnie Cashin (American), Magenta-and-plum checked wool mohair, plum wool double knit, plum suede (1979.431.51a-c) |
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Suit, fall/winter 193839, Elsa Schiaparelli (French, born Italy), Wool (1974.338.1a,b) |
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Sunshine and shadow quilt, ca. 1940, Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Wool and cotton (1973.94) |
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Sweater, 1950, Tina Leser (American), Black and wool knit (C.I.51.14.3a); Skirt, 1954, Bonnie Cashin (American, 19152000), Black-and-white houndstooth check wool (1982.40.3) |
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Table cover with story of Gombaut and Macée, ca. 1600,
French,
Wool and silk on canvas (54.7.1)
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Tapestry Fragment With King Arthur (with 32.130.3ab), ca. 14001410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool wefts (47.101.4) |
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Tapestry Square with the Head of Spring, 4th5th century; Early Byzantine, Egyptian, Polychrome wool, linen (90.5.848) |
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Tapestry with the Annunciation, ca. 14101430, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts (45.76) |
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Tapestry: Portrait of Napoleon I, 180811, After a painting by Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French7); Gobelins Royal Manufactory; Workshop of Michel-Henri Cozette (French), High-warp tapestry of wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (43.99)
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Tea gown, ca. 1891, French, Pieced panels of paisley-patterned woven wool shawl (1985.39.3)' |
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Tent door hanging (ensi), early 19th century, Turkoman/Saryk, Central Asia, Wool, cotton (22.100.42) |
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Textile Blanket (Khasa), 20th century; Fulani, Fulani people; Mali, western Sudan, Wool (1997.446.3) |
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Textile fragment with emblem, late 15th or early 16th century; Mamluk, Egypt, Wool, appliqué (1972.120.3) |
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Textile Fragment, 5th century, Byzantine; Made in Egypt, Polychrome wool and undyed linen, tapestry, weave (90.5.807) |
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Textile Tunic (Jibbeh), 188198, Sudan; Mahdist, Cotton, wool (1993.370) |
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Textile, 1871,
Designed by Christopher Dresser (British); Manufactured by J.W. and C. Ward,
English (Halifax), Wool and silk (1984.469) |
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Travel ensemble (jacket, slacks, and blouse), 1948, Vera Maxwell (American), Brown-and-white donegal tweed and cocoa-brown wool jersey, printed silk, plastic, tan leather (C.I.53.61a-f) |
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Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 14951505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts (37.80.6) |
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Unicorn Leaps Across a Stream, Tapestry, ca. 14951505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, gilt wefts (37.80.3) |
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Woman's Mantle (Lliclla), colonial period (17th century or later), Central Andean, Tapestry-woven (weft-patterned) camelid wool (1994.35.67) |
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Woman's Mantle (Lliclla), colonial period (late 16thearly 17th century), Central Andean, Tapestry-woven (weft-patterned) camelid wool (08.108.10) |
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Work bag, dated 1669,
England,
Wool and linen (2006.263)
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Woven coverlet, 1828, Workshop of James Alexander (American), Little Britain, Orange County, New York, Cotton and wool (67.33) |
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Woven coverlet, 1834, Made by David Daniel Haring (American), Bergen County, New Jersey, Cotton and wool (1988.127) |
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Woven coverlet, ca. 1825, American, Wool and cotton; overshot, woven on a hand loom (10.125.410) |
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Woven coverlet, ca. 1850, Attributed to Mrs. Hicks, Probably Ohio, Wool (56.113) |
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Woven Tapestry Fragment, 8th century; Umayyad, Iran or Iraq, Wool (50.83) |
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Thematic Essays (14)
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