Flat Textiles
Jamdani Stole
India, 19th c., Victoria and Albert Museum
Shamma
Ethiopia, 1860s, Victoria and Albert Museum
Samite Fragments
China, 618-907 (Tang Dynasty), Abegg-Stiftung
Textile with Figures
Peru, 13-15th c. (Chimú/Inca), Abegg-Stiftung
Tapestry Fragments
Peru, 11-15th c. (Chimú), Abegg-Stiftung
Damask Napkin
Spain/Netherlands, 1570, Abegg-Stiftung
Natchez Silkwork
“EJ,” America, 1811, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Plate-printed Textile
English, 1810-1815, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Pair of Uncut Handkerchiefs
Scotland, 1800, Historical Society of Haddonfield
Archaeological Fragments
Peru, date unknown, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Pieced Quilt
Margaret Gurley Hines, America, 1880-1910, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Textile Document
France, 18th c., Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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