Artworks

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

Raymond Duncan

Silk, plain weave; block printed and/or painted; warp fringe · 1920

Khami Chin

Cotton, plain weave with patterning wefts; cotton and glass-beaded selvage fringe; and glass-beaded warp fringe; metal bells · 1920

Jean Lurçat

Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"; attached wool, knotted cut fringe · 1920

Mru Chin

Cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with band of supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embellished by discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; beaded selvage fringe of cotton, glass beads and seed pods, some terminating in pompoms · 1915

Richardson Silk Company

Linen, plain weave; stenciled; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; edged with linen and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary wefts and with extended ground weft fringe; lined with cotton, plain weave · 1910

Khumi Chin

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embroidered with cotton and wool in double running and looping stitches; edges embellished with cotton, glass and wood or seed bead fringe terminating in silk tassels · 1901

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

Nupe

Cotton and rayon, warp-stripe, weft-band plain weave with paired warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; warp fringe; two widths joined · 1901

Nupe

Cotton and rayon, warp-faced, warp-striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; main warp fringe; two widths joined · 1901

Asante

Silk, 26 narrow woven strips of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; joined; warp fringe · 1901

Maya

Cotton and wool, stripes of plain weave and plain weave derived float weave with brocading wefts; plaited warp fringe · 1901

Iban

Two panels joined: cotton, stripes of plain weave (paired warps) and warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave (paired warps); with supplementary weft twining; main warp plied knotted fringe · 1901

Atoni

a: Bands of cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with discontinuous wefts and weft twining and countered weft twining with continuous and discontinuous wefts; upper edge binding of cotton, plain weave; waist ties of 8-strand 1:1 oblique interlacing; main warp fringe beaded with glass beads; b: bands of cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave and countered weft twining with continuous and discontinuous wefts, main warp fringe · 1901

Lebolt and Company

Silk on canvas; petit-point; beaded fringe · 1901

Lebolt and Company

Silk on canvas; petit-point; beaded fringe; metal handle and chain · 1901

Amazigh

Wool, plain weave with cotton supplementary pattern weft, with indigo resist dyed threads (likely wool) and white supplementary pattern weft (likely cotton); embroidered with silk or cotton; with extended tied warp fringe · 1900

Kuba

Raffia, plain weave; pieced; appliquéd with plain weave in pearl stitches; edged with cut fringe · 1900

Ewe

Cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe · 1900

Ngoombe

Six strips joined: raffia, plain weaves; pieced; appliquéd with raffia, plain weaves; applied, knotted raffia fringe · 1900

Dida

Raffia; tubular-woven interlacing with braided fringe, tie dyed · 1900

Dida

Raffia; tubular-woven interlacing with twisted fringe, tie dyed · 1900

Ida Ou Nadif

Wool, cotton, and silk weft-faced plain weave with supplementary brocading and supplementary wrapping wefts; embroidered with cotton, wool and silk in pattern darning and stem stitches; cut tassels; warp fringe with wool wrapping wefts and attached knotted cut fringes · 1900

Asante

Rayon and cotton, twenty-three narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; and weft-faced plain weave; joined; main warp fringe · 1900