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Panel (Pillar Print)
Stead McAlpin & Co.
Cotton, plain weave; roller and block printed; painted · 1701
Art Institute of Chicago
Backing from Thanka (Religious Picture)
Manchu
Cotton, plain weave; roller printed · 1701
Art Institute of Chicago
Lining from Thanka (Religious Picture)
Manchu
Cotton, plain weave · 1701
Art Institute of Chicago
Vestment for a First-Degree Taoist Priest
Han-Chinese
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, peacock-feather-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching; appliquéd with forms of silk, plain weaves between two layers of paper, some with gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered paper, and embroidered with silk in chain and knot stitches, needle looping with laid thread and darned bars, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; lined with ramie, plain weave; metal button · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
Pillow Sham (Unfinished)
Jane Bolas Vaughan
Linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk · 1675
Art Institute of Chicago
Pillow Sham with Embroidering Yarns
Jane Bolas Vaughan
Linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, open chain, leaf, Roman, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with linen, plain weave tape · 1675
Art Institute of Chicago
Bedcover
Jane Bolas Vaughan
Linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, open chain, leaf, Roman, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with linen, plain weave tape; two loom widths joined · 1675
Art Institute of Chicago
Bed Curtain
Manchu
center panel and inner borders: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; outer border: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with cotton, plain weave · 1650
Art Institute of Chicago
Tunic
Chimú
Cotton, plain weave; painted; applied metal ornaments · 1470
Art Institute of Chicago
Panel
Lambayeque
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts and uncut weft loop pile; embroidered with wool (camelid) in couching stitch; slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts, finished with extended weft loop fringe; cotton, plain weave; joined by overcast stitches · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment
Lambayeque
Cotton, plain weave; resist dyed; edged with cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with couched supplementary weft loop pile; appliquéd with cotton, slit tapestry weave with extended weft cut fringe; embroidered with cotton in interlaced running stitches · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Headcloth
Chancay
Cotton, plain weave; tie dyed · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (Border)
Chancay
Cotton, plain weave and cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts; slit tapestry tab fringe · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment
Chancay
Cotton, plain weave and cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts; slit tapestry tab fringe · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment
Chancay
Cotton, plain weave and cotton and wool (camelid), slit and tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outline wefts with slit tapestry tab fringe · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (Shawl)
Ica
cotton and camilid wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; cotton and camilid wool, single interlocking tapestry weave (paired warps); and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; edged with camilid wool in cross knit loop stitches; left selvage present: wefts turn on paired weft selvage cord; heading present: three heading cords · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragments (Tunic)
Wari
Cotton and wool, double doevtailed tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and wrapping outlining wefts edged with cotton, plain weave · 800
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment
Wari
Cotton, plain weave; printed and tie-dyed · 600
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment Displaying Stepped-Fret Motif
Nasca
Wool (camelid) and cotton, plain weave of discontinuous single interlocking warps and wefts · 200
Art Institute of Chicago
Sampler
Nasca
Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) in back, cross, double running, running, satin, and stem stitches · 1
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragments (Border)
Nasca
Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) in stem stitches · -100
Art Institute of Chicago
Border Fragments
Nasca
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches; edged with simple looping tabs · -100
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragments (Border)
Nasca
Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches · -100
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragments (Border)
Nasca
Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with camelid wool and cotton in stem and running stitches. · -100
Art Institute of Chicago