Artworks

Robert Watts

Ribbon · 1964

Bruce Conner

Wall component: wood, fabric, cardboard, wallpaper, magazine pages, stickers, string, twine, plastic film, glass fragments, mirror fragments, iron straps, grommets, nails, screws, upholstery tacks, metal foil, aluminum sheet, electrical socket, electrical wiring, rubber hose, beads, costume jewelry parts, sequins, ribbon, nylon stocking, cigarette filter, paint, graphite, bitumen, and resin on pressed hardboard; painted wood frame with mirror segments. Floor component: wood spool, fiberboard cone, paper, paint, monofilament netting, electrical plug, insulated wire, speaker, audio cable, iron wire, rings and clips, paper, yarn, and twine; 1/4 in. reel-to-reel audio tape transferred to digital format. · 1961

Benton Spruance

Black paper-covered portfolio with black ribbons · 1957

André Breton

Collage composed of oilcloth laid down on cardboard, with woven ribbon, leaf, tarot card, metal mechanism, die-cut cardboard element, pen and black and white inks, nailed on wood panel in shallow box · 1937

Aristide Maillol

blocked on ribbon, linen (material), gold leaf, paper · 1935

Wilfred O. Langille

Bakelite and ribbon · 1935

Aristide Maillol

blocked on ribbon, linen (material), gold leaf, paper · 1935

James Castle

Corrugated cardboard, soot, spit, ribbon, and string · 1930

James Castle

Black and purple crayon over brush and black ink with touches of green ink and opaque white watercolor on a blue-green paper board (discolored to gray-green) with screenprinting, attached with pink ribbon to a brown paper board · 1920

James Castle

Soot mixed with saliva, string, and ribbon on brown and cream found paperboard, pieced · 1920

Herman A. Elsberg, American

woven textiles, ribbon samples — medium: silk, metallic thread technique: compound weave · 1919

Herman A. Elsberg, American

woven textiles, ribbon samples — medium: silk, metallic thread technique: plain compound twill · 1919

Herman A. Elsberg, American

woven textiles, ribbon samples — medium: silk, metallic thread technique: plain compound satin with supplementary weft · 1919

Ducerf-Scavini

Linen, plain weave; embroidered in linen thread; with pearl buckles and bobbin lace rosettes; ribbons, silk, plain weave; leather · 1914

Costa

Machine-made lace; backed with silk warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; silk, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps foaming cut solid velvet ribbon wrap rhinestone and metal buckle's ribbon ties; silk warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; silk loops and plain weave edge; leather · 1914

Manchu

Silk, warp float-faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by ground wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:5 'Z' twill interlacings; quilted; sleeve facings: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbon: 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 patterning warps and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and ground wefts; edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave; metal buttons · 1900

Manchu

Silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge) and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge); edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weaves; metal buttons · 1900

Florence

Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles · 1886

Thomas Stevens

Silk campaign ribbon · 1886

Florence Elizabeth Marvin

Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles · 1886

Manchu

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin damask weave; facings: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, one with extended ground weft loop fringe, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts; sleeve facings: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in flat, knot, and Pekinese stitches; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave · 1880

Edgar Degas

pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base · 1878

Thomas Stevens, English

woven textiles, commemorative ribbon — medium: silk technique: plain compound cloth with supplementary weft · 1876

Han-Chinese

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve facing: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches (under drawing in black ink or graphite); edging and cloud collar: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; collar: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of 7:1 satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of 7:1 satin weave, and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; tapes: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, 1:1 oblique interlacing and silk, plain weave with self-patterning main warp floats; trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave · 1875