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

Marchesa (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1928

Mathilde Flögl

A work made of silk, pieced and appliquéd plain weaves, some with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, supplementary patterning warps, and selft patterning ground wefts; quilted.

Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt, 1855/60

A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-metal strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; glazed.

Ceremonial Skirt (Sarong songket), Late 19th/early 20th century

Minangkabau

A work made of silk and gilt animal substrate wrapped linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary bingding warps in plain interlacings.

Fragment, 13th century

A work made of silk, cotton, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts; cut voided velvet.

Panel, 1601/25

A work made of silk and cotton, pieced plain, twill, satin and satin damask weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts; some self-patterned; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, cut voided velvet, and uncut voided velvet; some painted or warp painted (chiné); some "watered" (moiré); appliquéd with silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with silk and silk chenille yarns in buttonhole, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, stem and straight stitches; edged with silk, 2:1 twill weave; backed by cotton, 2:1 twill weave.

'Crazy Quilt', 1885

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; satin weave foundation with a supplementary twill weave and brocading wefts.

Fragment, first half of the 17th century

A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on silk.

Flowers, Vegetables, and Fruit 花卉蔬果圖, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Xu Chongsi

A work made of hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper.

Dancer with a Maple Branch, About 1780-90

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk creped yarns, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal purl in reverse tent, satin, and tent stitches; couching and french knots.

Book Cover for the Holy Bible, c. 1700

A work made of silk, twill weave.

Shawl, Late 19th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, double running, hem, and running stitches; cut fringe: warp and cut embroidered fringe.

Border, 17th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in algerian eye, buttonhole, cross, rice, rococo, satin, stem and tent stitches.

Sampler (Needlework), 1820

Rebecca Ann Dod

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

Panel (Design 103), 1955

Ling Po

Painted portrait of the upper torso and head of a man with medium skin, a red cloth covering his head and shoulders, an exposed chest, and light facial hair. The background is a neutral tone and the figure takes up only the bottom half of the tall, bordered, rectangular scroll.

Daruma, c. 1550

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Chasuble (Fron only), 15th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk floss in algerian eye, back, buttonhole, coral, cross, detached chain, feather, hem, herringbone, interlocking lace, knotted back, knotted insertion, long-armed cross, overcast, roman, running (pattern darning), russian overcast, satin, square open work, and wave stitches; darned, open buttonholed, overcast, and zig-zag overcast bars; darned and satin squares; darned and woven wheels; french knots; beaded with glass and metal beads; edged with 2/2 silk, twill weave tape.

Sampler, 1825/75

A work made of silk, stencil-printed warp and weft (heiyo kasuri) plain weave; lined with cotton, plain weave.

Kimono, 1920s/30s, Taishô period (1912–1926) /Shôwa period (1926–1989)

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered.

Band, 19th century

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

Flying Buttresses, 1935

Walter Dorwin Teague

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