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Black ink drawing on beige background showing a scene with stylized plants, animals, and a small building.
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Popular Culture of Rural China: Twentieth-Century Blue and White Folk Embroideries of Yunnan and Sichuan

Arabic script in black ink on a tan, textured surface, possibly parchment or fabric.
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Institutional, Social and Economical Aspects of the Production of Tiraz Textiles in the Mediterranean from Early Islamic Times up to the Crusades

Silk Chinese robe with embroidered floral and bird motifs on a pink background.
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A Survey of Ryukyuan/Okinawa Textiles in North American Collections

Colorful textile with intricate patterns depicting human figures, elephants, and floral motifs on a reddish-brown background.
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The Cultural Assumptions and Ideological Implications that Guided the Uses of Colour and Colour Theory in the mid-19th Century

Tunic fragment. Coptic. Egypt. Late Antique - Early Byzantine. 5th-6th century. All-wool weft-faced compound tabby with tapestry inserts. 968.323.1.
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Delineation of Coptic Weaving Characteristics

Close-up of beige fabric embroidered with pink and green floral patterns and decorated with beaded trims.
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In Search of Foreign Embroidery: Men’s 18th c. Embroidered costume

Woven textile with dark blue background and geometric patterns in red, yellow, white, and blue with fringed edges.
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The Weaving of History Among the Akwete Igbo of Nigeria

Red 18th-century coat with white lace cuffs and a patterned waistcoat underneath.
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Fashion Victims: London Macaronis and Paris Petits-Maîtres, c. 1760-80

Man's uncut imperial coat (chao fu). China. Ming Dynasty. early 17th century. Solid ciselé silk velvet embroidered in silk and gold. 956.67.2 Gift of Louise Hawley Stone.
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Development of Chinese Velvets: Chinese Velvet Design, Use, and Weave Structure

Red toile fabric pattern showing pastoral scenes with people riding horses, trees, and classical urns.
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18th- and Early 19th-century Printed Textiles

Portrait of Queen Victoria. Embroidered by Agnes Pringle Wallace, based on a painting by Mary Ann 'Mclean' Pringle. St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. 1841. Satin embroidered in silk and wool. 963.14.2.A. Gift of Mr. Andrew H. Wallace.
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The Public and the Private Face of Fashionable Domestic Embroidery in 19th Century Canada

Le Jardinier furnishing textile. Philippe de Lasalle (French textile designer, manufacturer, 1723 - 1805). Lyon, France. early 1770s. Silk lampas with separately-woven brocaded satin insert. 959.7.1.
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Paris Fashions, Made in Lyons: Designers’ Role in the 18th Century French Silk Industry

Woman's shoe. England. 1725-1750. Brocaded silk. 921.2.29. The Greig Collection of ladies' shoes, Gift of H. and C. Blachford Ltd.
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Early Consumption: 18th century British, French and North American Shoes

Overdress of a robe en fourreau. Attributed to Marie-Jean "Rose" Bertin (French couturière, 1747-1813). France. 1780's, altered in 1870's. Embroidered satin with ribbon appliqués, sequins, faceted glass stones mounted on silver facings, and silver filé; fitted, boned bodice. 925.18.3.A.
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From the Tuileries to Toronto: A Late 18th Century French Court Dress in the Royal Ontario Museum

Floral fabric pattern with brown branches and leaves, and pink flower clusters on a beige background.
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Chemistry in Fashion: The French Textile Printing Industry 1759-1820