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Ceremonial Textile (mbesa tali tau batu or pewo)
Rongkong
Cotton, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; openwork; resist dyed; main warp plied fringe · 1701
Art Institute of Chicago
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
Fragment from the Topacu Waistband of a Tunic (Uncu)
Inca
Cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts · 1532
Art Institute of Chicago
Coca Bag
Inca
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with bands of two-color complementary weft plain weave with three-span floats; joined with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop and overcast stitches · 1532
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment from the Shoulder of a Tunic (Uncu)
Inca
Cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts · 1532
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment from the Topacu Waistband of a Tunic (Uncu)
Inca
Cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts · 1532
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (Tunic)
Inca
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts · 1476
Art Institute of Chicago
Tunic
Chimú
Cotton, plain weave; painted; applied metal ornaments · 1470
Art Institute of Chicago
Ritual Cache
Miriam Salado
Wood, stone, plant fibers, cotton, feathers, hide, and pigment · 1300
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (Loincloth)
Chimú
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft cut fringe · 1250
Art Institute of Chicago
Green Tara
Tibet
thangka; gum tempera, ink, and gold on sized cotton; mount: silk · 1250
Cleveland Museum of Art
Green Tara
Tibet
thangka; gum tempera, ink, and gold on sized cotton; mount: silk · 1250
Cleveland Museum of Art
Fragment (Loincloth)
Chimú
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft cut fringe · 1250
Art Institute of Chicago
Panel
Chimú
Cotton and camelid wool, slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts · 1250
Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (Loincloth)
Chimú
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft cut fringe · 1250
Art Institute of Chicago
Loincloth Panel
Chimú
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft cut fringe · 1250
Art Institute of Chicago
Loincloth Panel
Chimú
Cotton and camelid wool, slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft cut fringe · 1250
Art Institute of Chicago