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Artworks
Tegn I (Sign)
Jan Groth
Cotton and wool, double interlocking tapestry weave · 1970
Art Institute of Chicago
Hindu Kush
Jan Yoors
Wool and cotton, slit tapestry weave · 1969
Art Institute of Chicago
Fisherman's Knot (Hanging)
Cynthia Schira
Wool and linen, slit tapestry weave; open areas of spaced paired warps interworked by simple knots in weft; plain weave of discontinuous warps · 1968
Art Institute of Chicago
Underwater Wind
Lenore Tawney
Linen, silk and wood, slit tapestry weave with wrapped, cut fringe; embellished with feathers; silk and linen knotted fringes · 1965
Art Institute of Chicago
Nuit et Lumière (Night and Light)
Jean Lurçat
Cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1962
Art Institute of Chicago
Rug or Wall Hanging in the "Two Grey Hills" Style
Daisy Tauglechee
Wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; all edges twined, twining elements form corner knotted tassels · 1960
Art Institute of Chicago
Rug or Wall Hanging in the "Two Grey Hills" Style
Hyden Tsosie
Wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages, heading and finish terminating in tassels · 1960
Art Institute of Chicago
Rug or Wall Hanging in the "Two Grey Hills" Style
Sara Begody
Wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages, heading and finish terminating in tassels · 1960
Art Institute of Chicago
Les Saltimbanques (The Entertainers)
Liliane Badin
Wool and cotton; tapestry weave · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago
Zebres
Victor de Vasarely
Cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago
Composition Gris, Noir, Rouge (Composition Gray, Black, Red)
Jean (Hans) Arp
Cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1958
Art Institute of Chicago
Three Angels
Lenore Tawney
Linen, wool, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, silk, cotton, metal-foil-laminated in cellulose acetate film-wrapped rayon, and rayon-and-nylon, tapestry weave · 1954
Art Institute of Chicago
Ramure (Branches or Antlers)
Jean (Hans) Arp
Cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Teatr
Stefan Galkowski
Linen and wool, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Tapestry
Martta Taipale
Linen, wool, silk, rayon, cotton, metal-foil laminated in cellulose acetate film-wrapped cotton and rayon, metal-foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, and metal-foil-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave · 1944
Art Institute of Chicago
Wandtapijt met tulpen van knop tot bloem
Adolphus
tapestry on wool, cotton (textile) · 1930
Rijksmuseum
Headband (Cinta)
Maya
Cotton and silk; twill and slit tapestry weave with inserts of eccentric wefts; in slit tapestry weave area grouped warps; applied silk fringe · 1930
Art Institute of Chicago
Headband (Cinta)
Maya
Cotton and wool, plain and twill slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts; cotton, tassels and fringe · 1930
Art Institute of Chicago
Pasque Flower (Rug?)
Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom
Wool, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago
Hanging ("The Sweet Way of Life")
Lorentz Kleiser
Cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1925
Art Institute of Chicago
Arkilla Kerka (Wedding Hanging)
Fulani
Bands of cotton and wool, weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave, plain weave with paired warp, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and bands of slit tapestry weave · 1925
Art Institute of Chicago
Blanket (Kpokpo)
Mende
Cotton, pieced of eight strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and dovetailed tapestry weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp fringe · 1920
Art Institute of Chicago
Rainbow People Have Arrived (Nááts’íílid Bee Yikáh)
Hastiin Tła
Wool, dovetail and single interlocking tapestry weave; edges finished with three strand weft twining with four knotted corner tassels · 1915
Art Institute of Chicago
Blanket or Rug
Navajo (Diné)
Wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages and headings · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago