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Sample (93.30.10.3/5.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon, triacetate and metallized-polyester film, satin weave with two-color discontinuous pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1968
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and Five Colorways (93.30.10.3/48.)
Manufactures de velours et peluches J.-B. Martin
Rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; resist dyed or painted; impressed · 1968
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and Three Colorways (93.30.10.3/47.)
Manufactures de velours et peluches J.-B. Martin
Rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; resist dyed or painted; impressed; cotton and rayon · 1968
Art Institute of Chicago

Tulband van 'nachtblauw' zijden fluweel
Christian Dior
weaving on velvet (fabric weave), silk · 1967
Rijksmuseum

Conquistador (Furnishing Fabric)
Larsen Design Studio
Cotton, plain weave; supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; resist-dyed (batik); printed selvedge · 1966
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.957/4.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Acetate, rayon and metallized-polyester-film strips, satin weave with two-color discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1966
Art Institute of Chicago

Pincushion to Serve as Fetish
Dorothea Tanning
Velvet, plastic funnel, metal pins, sawdust and wool · 1965
Tate

Kyoto (Furnishing Fabric)
Hans Krondahl
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed · 1965
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.958/12.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon, acetate, and silk-wrapped-metallized-polyester film, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1965
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.966/43.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon and cotton, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1964
Art Institute of Chicago

Tropic of Capricorn (Furnishing Fabric)
Jack Lenor Larsen Inc.
Cotton, velveteen; hand printed · 1963
Art Institute of Chicago

Caravan (Furnishing Fabric)
Anita Askild
Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; screen printed · 1962
Art Institute of Chicago

Achrome
Piero Manzoni
Fiberglass on velvet-covered wood · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Waterlilies (Furnishing Fabric)
Jack Lenor Larsen
Cotton, velveteen; batik printed · 1960
Art Institute of Chicago

Sur Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Enclosed in a brown cloth covered case with reproductions of Duchamp's notes, sketches and images on lining papers; Case includes small compartment with magnetic closure containing a collotype and stencil facsimile of the "Large Glass" and large compartment containing the book, with black velvet paper covered compartment cover with a torn silhouette profile of the artist on tan paper; mounted on the front of case is a blue enamel coated metial plaque lettered in white "Eau & gaz à tous les estages" · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago

Primavera (Furnishing Fabric)
Don Wight
Cotton, velveteen; printed; treated with silicone · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and One Colorway (83.79.969/62.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon and cotton, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1958
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.968/55.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon and silk, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1957
Art Institute of Chicago

Midsummer Velvet (Furnishing Fabric)
Don Wight
Cotton, velveteen; screen printed · 1956
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and Two Colorways (83.79.963/40.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon and cotton, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1954
Art Institute of Chicago

Young Women
Lenore Tawney
Linen, wool, nylon, silk, rayon-and-metal-foil-laminated in cellulose acetate film-wrapped rayon, nylon-, wool-, and metal-strip laminated in cellulose acetate film, and cotton-and-metal film, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; main warp fringe; backed with cotton, velveteen · 1954
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.964/41.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon and acetate, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.965/42.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Rayon and acetate, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel
Luigi Bevilacqua
Silk; cut, uncut, voided velvet with additional patterning wefts in cut gold strips wound around silk core; against twill weave foundation · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago