“The Hydraulic Press Room, United States Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. – Printing U.S. Bonds,” published by Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 5, 1869. Wood engraving after a photograph; 36 x 55 cm (framed). Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 91.
Woman’s headdress; Palestine, Ramallah; 19th century. Cotton, coins; plain weave, embroidery; 7 x 20 x 30 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1984.26.3. Gift of Richard H. Jones, in memory of his parents, Willard and Christina Jones.
Poncho, Chile, Mapuche people, 20th century. Warp-face plain weave with warp-resist dyeing (ikat); 157 x 149 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2010.19.3. Gift of the Rivkin family.
Mattress of pillow fragment (detail), Algeria, Algiers, 19th/early 20th century. Linen or cotton, silk; plain weave, embroidery, twill weave; 112 x 47 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1964.9.6. Museum purchase.
Sutra cover (detail), China, 1500-1644. Silk, gold-wrapped yarns, paper; weft-faced plain weave with supplementary weft patterning; 39 x 16 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 51.37. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1932.