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A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with weft-float faced 1:2 "z" twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary warps forming cut voided velvet.

Fragment, 13th/14th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped fiber, and linen in chain and seed stitches.

Coif, 16th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome, otoshizome and shigokizome).

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth), early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/35

Dômoto Inshô

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, hem, satin, and split stitches; edged with silk floss in buttonhole and detached buttonhole stitches.

Border, 17th century

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

Les Altheas, 1914/20

Raoul Dufy

A work made of handscroll; ink and light color on silk.

One Hundred Cranes 百鶴圖, Qing dynasty (1644–1912) 清朝

Shen Quan

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; embroidered.

Almanac, 1774

A work made of cotton and silk floss; plain weave; with supplementary brocading and patterning wefts; three panels joined.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, eyelet hole, satin and stem stitches.

Sampler, 1811

Ann S. Sweitzers

A work made of embroidered covers in green silk with gold and silver threads and red and gold sequins; mirror inside front cover.

Almanac, 1813

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, fishbone, and overcast stitches.

Sash, 19th century

A work made of ink and colors on silk.

The Four Accomplishments, c. 1700

Kanô Tsunenobu

A work made of pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt top; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic, plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, metallic and cotton embroidery threads.

John L. Sullivan Quilt, c. 1890

A work made of phyllite.

Standing Bodhisattva with Human-Figure Necklace, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

A work made of silk, satin weave over linen, plain weave; lined with silk in plain weave; moiré; braid in gilt over silk and yellow silk (gold fringe - twisted threads, gilt over core); embroidered in silk floss, silver and gilt over silk core with satin, (flat), long and short, stem (outline) stitches; couching and some underside couching.

Altar Frontal, 19th century

A work made of silk, mohair, acetate, linen, polyester, plain weave with supplementary binding warps tying supplementary patterning and brocading wefts in plain interlacing.

Moon Rise, 1979

Jana Vander Lee

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, cross and long-armed cross stitches.

Fragment (From a Border), 1575/1625

A work made of bast fiber (ramie), 82 rectangles of plain weave; pieced with silk thread machine stitching.

Modern Interpretation of Traditional Pojagi (Wrapping Cloth), 1999/2000

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with linen, silk, and cotton in padded satin, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

La Matinata (Morning Song), 1975

Lissy Funk

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weaves self-patterned by areas of plain weave; pieced; medallions with under drawing in black pigment and trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; neck facing: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; trimmed with braid of silk, 2:2 oblique interlacing and with ribbon of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by main warp floats; ties: silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave.

Boy's Baijia Pao ("One Hundred Household" Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900

Han-Chinese

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