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Sankt Valentin (Saint Valentine)
Lissy Funk
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, rayon, silk, wool, and metal-foil-wrapped cotton in padded satin stitches; laid work and couching · 1996
Art Institute of Chicago

Spring
Mariska Karasz
Silk, plain weave; appliquéd in silk, cotton, wool, linen, and synthetics, plain, twill and satin weaves; embroidered with silk, wool, and bast fibers in buttonhole, chain, long-armed cross, Spanish knotted feather, and Van dyke stitches; couching · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago

Cactus
Mariska Karasz
Silk, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, rayon, silk, wool, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; cotton, rayon and silk, twill and plain weaves; embroidered with silk, linen, wool, cotton, jute, rayon and cellulose acetate in buttonhole, coral, zig-zag coral, feather, long-armed cross, open chain and stem stitches; laid work and couching · 1958
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample
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
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample
Mary Evans Landis
Silk, wool, acrylic, wild silk, and probably polyethylene film, point twill weave; warp fringe · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample
Mary Evans Landis
Silk, wool, cotton, wild silk, and rayon, stripes of weft chevron twill weave and of plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; openwork; warp fringe · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, silk, wool, and rayon, plain weave · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, metal foil laminated in cellulose film, cellulose film with golden metallic coating, silk, wool, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, combined twill weaves · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Mona (Copper)
Knoll International, Inc.
Silk, wool, and perlon · 1940
Art Institute of Chicago

Mona (Oyster)
Knoll International, Inc.
Silk, wool, and perlon · 1940
Art Institute of Chicago

Mona (Champagne)
Knoll International, Inc.
Silk, wool, and perlon · 1940
Art Institute of Chicago

Campanile (Furnishing Fabric)
Edward Wormley
Silk, wool, and cotton, plain weave · 1925
Art Institute of Chicago

Reversible Coat Material
Gunta Stölzl
Silk, wool, and cotton · 1923
Museum of Modern Art

Coat
Paul Poiret
silk, wool, fur, leather · 1919
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manufacturer's sample book
Herman A. Elsberg, American
sample books, manufacturer's sample book — medium: paper, silk, wool · 1912
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Rose and Lily
John Henry Dearle
Jacquard woven tissue silk, wool · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Helena
John Henry Dearle
Jacquard woven silk, wool; double cloth · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

Persian Brocatel
John Henry Dearle
Jacquard woven tissue silk, wool · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

Helena
John Henry Dearle
Jacquard woven silk, wool; double cloth · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

Log Cabin
Salinda Keeney Treadwell, American
embroidery & stitching, patchwork quilt top fragment — medium: silk, wool, cotton technique: pieced and sewn patchwork · 1880
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dove and Rose
William Morris
Woven silk, wool; double cloth · 1879
Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment
Christopher Dresser
woven textiles, fragment — medium: silk, wool technique: jacquard woven label: jacquard woven silk and wool · 1873
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Pair of chair backs
Maurice Jacques
Silk, wool (24-26 warps per inch, 9-11 per cm.) · 1760
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of chair backs
Maurice Jacques
Silk, wool (24-26 warps per inch, 9-11 per cm.) · 1760
The Metropolitan Museum of Art