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A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary wool yarns forming hooked cut and uncut pile; attached wool tassels embellished with plain oblique interlacing, knotting, plaiting, and wrapped with wool, hemp, silk and linen yarns.

Whiskered Rug, 1970s

Angelo Testa

A work made of cellulose acetate, interworked elements; embellished with silk in needleworked spots; stiffened.

Crazy Circulation, 1996

Betty Boulez-Cuykx

A work made of two widths joined: silk and silvered-and gilt-metal threads wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth (Kain songket lepus)

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, satin, and padded satin stitches; laid work and couching; paillettes.

Chasuble (Front), 1701/25

A work made of silk and wild silk, plain weave; resist-dyed (batik).

Saints of the Christian Church, c. 1979

John W. Mulder

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in cross, half cross, plaited and tent stitches.

Table Carpet, 1600/10

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, weft-faced three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps.

Fragment From the Chasuble of San Valero, 13th century

Islamic

A work made of silk, satin weave with brocading wefts tied in twill weave.

Panel, c. 1775

Philippe de La Salle

A work made of silk, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts; supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tape; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble, Late 13th/14th century

A work made of album leaf (fan); ink and colors on silk.

Chang E, The Moon Goddess, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, c. 1350/1440

Large tapestry depicts Chinese emperor heading to sea in opulent ceremony.

The Emperor Sailing, from The Story of the Emperor of China, 1716/22

Guy-Louis Vernansal

A work made of silk, plain weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1960

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Textile Fragment with the Nasrid Coat of Arms, Nasrid Dynasty (1232–1492), c. 1400

Islamic

A work made of silk, twill weave; self-fringed; screen printed.

Blues (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of glazed fritware tiles cut and reassembled as a mosaic.

Twelve-Point Star Tile, Timurid dynasty (1370-1507), Late 15th century

Islamic

A work made of silk, velvet, plain twill, damask, also warp-faced plain weave; patterns in warp dyeing, printing, brocading, and extra pattern wefts; wadding and printed warp-faced tabby weave silk lining.

Bedcover, c 1900/10

A work made of silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet; stamped.

Panel, 15th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in stem, satin, long and short, padded satin and variations on buttonhole stitches; french knots; laid work and couching; glass beads.

Wie das Gras (Like the Grass), 1977

Lissy Funk

A work made of silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave; pieced; embroidered in silk threads in a variety of stitches; backed with cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, satin weave.

Fragment from Bedcover (Crazy Quilt Block), c. 1884

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamakura no Gongorô, 1736

Furuyama Moromasa

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