EditorialIslamic, Egyptian, Fragment of Tiraz Textile, 12th Century, Balanced plain weave (tabby); weft faced plain weave with eccentric and discontinuous wefts (tapestry); two strand weft twining, 15 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.
EditorialApron. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 98.6 x 87.7 cm (38 3/4 x 34 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; pulled thread work with silk floss in two-sided Italian cross stitch; inside waistband gathered by feather, running, and back filling stitches; edged i...
EditorialApron. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 98.6 x 87.7 cm (38 3/4 x 34 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; pulled thread work with silk floss in two-sided Italian cross stitch; inside waistband gathered by feather, running, and back filling stitches; edged i...
EditorialChief Blanket (Third Phase), c. 1880, Navajo (Din?), Northern New Mexico or Arizona, United States, New Mexico, Wool, plain weave with "lazy lines" and dovetail tapestry weave, warp and weft twining, corner tassles, 153.7 x 206.4 cm (60 1/2 x 81 1/4 in.).
EditorialCover, 17th century, Italy, Linen, plain weave, edged with linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk floss in antique hem, back and double running stitches, edged with silk, countered weft twining with extended ground weft cut fringe, 150 x 96.6 cm (59...
EditorialStorage bag, c. 1860/80, United States, Pacific Northwest region, United States, Bast fiber, two-strand weft-twining, with cornhusk supplementary weft-twining (false-embroidery);, 42.5 x 32.8 cm (16 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.).
EditorialCeremonial Cloth (Pua sungkit), 19th century, Iban, Indonesia, Borneo, Sarawak, Indonesia, Three panels joined: Side panels: cotton, stripes of plain weave and of warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave, Center panel: cotton, plain weave with suppleme...
EditorialValance (For a Bed), 18th century, Greece, Cyprus, Cyprus, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk in cross and long-armed-cross stitches, needlemade edging of Antwerp edge stitches and countered two-strand warp twining with extended warp fringe, 220...
EditorialShoulder Cloth (?), End of the 19th century, Komering (?), Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area, Indonesia, Cotton, bands of plain weave, of plain weave embroidered with cotton in chain, double running, eyelet hole and satin stitches, of plain weave ...
EditorialStorage bag, c. 1850/70, United States, Pacific Northwest region, United States, Bast fiber, 2 strand weft-twining, with wool and cornhusk, supplementary weft-twining (false-embroidery), 57.8 x 40.3 cm (22 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.).
EditorialLidded Bowl, c 1900. Northwest Coast, Makah, late 19th century. Cedar bark, deer grass; wrapped twining; overall: 5.8 x 9 cm (2 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.).
EditorialDance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs. Chilkat Tlingit; Southeastern Alaska, United States. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 176.1 x 138.5 cm (69 1/4 x 54 1/2 in.). Wool and bark, dovetail and single interlocking, discontinuous weft, alternate p...
EditorialApron. Italy. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 98.6 x 87.7 cm (38 3/4 x 34 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; pulled thread work with silk floss in two-sided Italian cross stitch; inside waistband gathered by feather, running, and back filling stitches; edged i...
EditorialBeautiful young women sitting by a river twining wreaths of flowers from The Three Golden Apples. Hawthorne's Wonder Book...Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London : Hodder & Stoughton, [1922]. 'Some beautiful young women sat twining wreaths of flowers.'...
EditorialTwining red-cloak or purple bell vine, Lophospermum atrosanguineum (Rhodochiton volubile). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1835. Sarah ...