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A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk.

Parts of a Waistcoat, 1775/1890

A work made of hard-paste porcelain and enamel decoration.

Ice Cream Cooler, 1804

Vienna State Porcelain Manufactory

Still life painting of strawberries, nuts, lemon, and porcelain vessels.

Still Life—Strawberries, Nuts, &c., 1822

Raphaelle Peale

A work made of appliquéd, pieced and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, linen and rayon plain, twill, satin and patterned weave fabrics; cotton, silk and rayon embroidery fabrics; plastic liberty bell charm.

Sunday School Picnic Quilt, 1932

Jennie C. Trein

Shiny silver pitcher with pond design featuring reeds, dragonfly

Pitcher, 1878

Edward C. Moore

Interior with beige walls and an exposed wood-beam ceiling. Glass doors at back right let in light, and a framed doorway at center reveals a hint of a staircase. Upholstered wooden furniture and decorative elements have been placed throughout, and a chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

A35: California Living Room, c. 1935-1940, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of one gelatin silver print and two chromogenic prints.

Symptom, 1973

Koji Enokura

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed.

Le Tombeau de Voltaire (Voltaire's Tomb) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Pierre Dubern et Cie.

A work made of silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; watered (moiré); underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips, spangles, pieces, and wire, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (file and frisé), in laid work, couching, padded couching, and french knots; edged with gilt-metal-strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tapes.

Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple, Late 17th/early 18th century

A work made of silk, cotton and gold leaf over lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 5:1 'z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'z' twill interlacings of supplementary patterning wefts and secondary binding warps; b: lined with silk, warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave; c: lined with silk and cotton, plain weave.

Kamishimo (Kyôgen Costume), 1901/50, Shôwa period (1926–1989)

A work made of gelatin silver prints (triptych).

Untitled, 1989

Tom Cinoman

A work made of velvet: silk, plain weave variation with silk supplementary facing wefts, weft-float faced 1:2 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, supplementary facing wefts forming weft loops, and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut, pile-on-pile, voided velvet; cuffs and apparels: silk, warp-float faced 3:1 broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in couching and padded couching; edge trim: 1) silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal -strip-wrapped silk in couching, and 2) silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave (with multiple wefts) with supplementary patterning wefts and extended ground weft cut and uncut fringe.

Two Dalmatics, Late 15th/early 16th century (cuffs and apparels: late 15th century

A work made of cotton and rayon, weft-float faced satin weave; hand block printed (repeat print).

Flora (Furnishing Fabric), 1946

Eleanor Kluck

Miniature upper-class room with white wood-paneled walls, chandelier, wooden furniture, and canopied bed and curtains draped with matching printed fabrics.

A8: Massachusetts Bedroom, c. 1801, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of engraving on ivory wove paper.

The Courtship of Washington, 1860

John C. McRae

A work made of cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Three Borders, 1875/1900

A work made of gelatin silver print, from loose-leaf album of aerial photographs from the photographic section, air service, american expeditionary forces, world war i.

Progressive destruction by artillery fire of a farm occupied and fortified by the enemy, 1918/19

Edward Steichen

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A26: Virginia Dining Room, c. 1800, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of silver.

Hot Water Kettle with Stand and Burner, c. 1900

Gorham Manufacturing Company

A work made of silk, warp-float faced, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut and voided velvet.

Three Borders, c. 1780

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