Artworks

Lenore Tawney

Perforated paper; embroidered with linen in running stitches; cut to form surface pile; regularly placed holes with fringe · 1970

Peter Collingwood

Linen and metal rods, plain weave self-patterned by main warp floats, discontinuous ground wefts and open warps; knotted warp cut fringe · 1970

Claire Zeisler

Wool and jute; knotting; wrapping with inserted fringes · 1968

Lenore Tawney

Linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; embellished with sparrow feathers; wooden rods; braided warp fringe embellished with whelk egg cases and warp fringe knotted to silk · 1967

Lenore Tawney

Linen, silk and wood, slit tapestry weave with wrapped, cut fringe; embellished with feathers; silk and linen knotted fringes · 1965

Eric H. Olson

Glass with polarization and birefringence sheets · 1965

Lenore Tawney

Linen, plain weave; open work; open warp; knotted and braided fringes · 1963

Yayoi Kusama

Sewn stuffed fabric, paint, and chair fringe · 1962

Claire Zeisler

Silk and wool; plain weave and plain weave double cloth (areas stuffed) with areas of gauze interlacing and knotting (bead, flat, and half knots); crochet and cut main warp fringe · 1960

Theodore Hallman

Wool, plain weave; double cloth with supplementary patterning wefts (overshot); wrapped main warp fringe · 1958

Lenore Tawney

Silk, cotton, bast fibers (probably linen), and rayon, plain weave with discontinuous wefts and exposed warps; knotted warp fringe over wooden pole wrapped with linen, plain weave · 1958

Lenore Tawney

Wool, linen, cotton, and silk, plain weave with discontinuous weft open warp areas; knotted warp fringe; feathers · 1958

Marianne Strengell

Jute, wool, rayon and cotton, weft band plain weave; knotted warp fringe · 1957

Lenore Tawney

Linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; embellished with knotted grass fringe, stone and shell beads, and metal foil rectangles secured by knotted lengths of linen threads; suspended from knotted main warp; bottom edged with main warp cut fringe knotted with horsehair · 1957

Lenore Tawney

Linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave with discontinuous wefts; knotted and wrapped warp fringe; embellished with cardinal feathers; wooden rods · 1957

Anni Albers

Cotton, rayon, and acrylic, bands of four-color complementary warp plain weave, weft-faced plain weave, weft-faced plain weave of discontinuous wefts, plain weave of discontinuous wefts, and gauze weave; main warp fringe · 1957

Marianne Strengell

Linen, wool, cotton, and rayon, weft-faced, weft band plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1956

Lenore Tawney

Cotton, wool, silk, wild silk, cotton (mercerized), cellulose acetate, rayon, and linen, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; cut and knotted warp fringe · 1956

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

Marianne Strengell

Linen, abaca, cotton and wool, plain weave and weft-faced plain weave; knotted warp fringe · 1952

Claire Zeisler

Felted wool; edged with cotton in buttonhole stitches; glass bead fringe · 1951

Mary Evans Landis

Linen, silk, and rayon, point twill weave; warp fringe · 1951

Mary Evans Landis

Bands of wool and silk, plain weave, plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats, twill weave, diamond twill weaves, combined twill weaves; twill weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; warp fringe · 1951

Mary Evans Landis

Linen, wild silk, wool, and polyester film, bands of plain weave, of double-faced complementary weft twill plain weaves with inner warps; warp fringe · 1951