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Pillowcase
Claire Wagner Kosterlitz
Wool and cotton · 1925
Museum of Modern Art

Reversible Coat Material
Gunta Stölzl
Wool and cotton · 1923
Museum of Modern Art

Reversible Coat Material
Gunta Stölzl
Wool and cotton · 1923
Museum of Modern Art

Headscarf
Ida Ou Nadif
Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; extended warp fringe bundles, finished with oblique interlacing border; wool tassels, tops embroidered with buttonhole stitches; henna dyed · 1901
Art Institute of Chicago

Lion with Palms (Rug)
Ebenezer Ross
Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarns, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill weave · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

Tunic (Jibbeh)
Mahdist peoples
Layers of cotton, plain weave; pieced and quilted; appliquéd with wool and wool and cotton plain weaves and wool twill weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, cross, and a derivative of herringbone stitches; applied plied yarn edging; lined with cotton plain weaves; pieced · 1885
Art Institute of Chicago

"Lily" Carpet
William Morris
Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment · 1877
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps · 1876
Art Institute of Chicago

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña)
Quechua
Wool and cotton, plain weave with patterning warps; joined with wool in darning stitches · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña)
Quechua
Wool and cotton; stripes of plain weave with complementary warp weave · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Belt (Chumpi)
Quechua
Wool and cotton, plain weave with patterning warps · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a)
Quechua
Wool and cotton, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave; braided fringe · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a)
Quechua
Wool and cotton, complementary warp; warp fringe. · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a)
Quechua
Wool and cotton, two-color complementary warp weave based on a diamond twill weave; braided warp fringe · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Woman's Long Shawl
Antony
Wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of warp-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of two layers, plain weave and plain weave with seven-color complementary wefts, floats trimmed on reverse; knotted main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two selvages present · 1870
Art Institute of Chicago

Coverlet
Matthew Rattray
Wool and cotton, double cloth; two loom widths joined; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attatchment · 1853
Art Institute of Chicago

Coverlet
Samuel Snider
Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp and extended supplementary weft cut fringe · 1852
Art Institute of Chicago

Coverlet
Andrew Seifert
Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings with main warp cut and extended supplementary patterning weft uncut fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two selvages present · 1851
Art Institute of Chicago

Long Shawl
Antony
Wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings; main warp fringe;woven on loom with Jacquard attachment · 1848
Art Institute of Chicago

Long Shawl
Anthony Berrus
Wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings; main warp fringe;woven on loom with Jacquard attachment · 1848
Art Institute of Chicago

Akhnif (Man's Cape)
Ait Ouaouzguite Confederation
Wool and cotton: wedge and slit tapestry weave; embroidered with wool and cotton in heavy chain, herring bone, interlacing, and stem stitches; twined and wrapped main warp cut fringe; added wrapped cut fringe and leather binding stitched with hemp · 1825
Art Institute of Chicago