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Fragment of a Hanging
Linen and wool, plain weave with weft uncut pile and embroidered linen pile formed by variations of back and stem stitches
Because many textiles made by early Egyptians were preserved in arid tombs, a substantial number of these fabrics have survived in remarkably good condition. This striking portion of a wall hanging depicts a figure stan…
| Work | Maker | Date | Medium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fragment of a Hanging | Egypt | 5th-6th century | Linen and wool, plain weave with weft uncut pile and embroidered linen pile formed by variations of back and stem stitches |
| Feathered Tunic | Chimú Peru, south coast, Possibly Nazca Valley, | 1470-1532 | Cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches |
| The Emperor Sailing from The Story of the Emperor of China | After a design by Guy-Louis Vernansal (French, 1648–1729) and others Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of Pierre and Etienne Filleul (codirectors, 1711–22) France, Beauvais | 1716/22 | Wool, silk, and silvered- and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2:2 plain interlacings of silvered-and-gilt-metal wefts |
| Talismanic Textile | Probably Senegal | Late 19th/early 20th century | Four panels joined: cotton, plain weave; painted; amulets of animal hide and felt attached by knotted strips of leather |
| The Pheasants from the "Verdures of the Vatican" Series | Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825) Manufactured by Camille Pernon & Cie France, Lyon | c. 1799 | Silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in chain (tambour work) and satin stitches |
| Waters Above the Firmament | Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007) United States, New York, New York City | 1976 | 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 |
| Furisode | Japan | late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868 | Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave |
| Mohnköpfe (Poppyheads) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric) | Designed by Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918) Produced by Johan Backhausen und Söhne (Austrian, founded 1849) Austria, Vienna | 1900 | Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present |