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A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts tied by secondary binding warps in twill interlacings.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 1450/1500

A work made of silk, satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist.

Panel, 1982

Ethel Stein

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk threads in tent stitch; edging: silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; drawstrings; silk, plaited; tassels: silk and gilt-metal-wrapped silk, plaited; lining: silk, plain weave.

Bag, 17th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and rayon in back and cross stitches; beaded with glass beads.

Sampler, 1841

A work made of silk and paper, crochet and crochet variations; appliquéd with silk, plain weaves, some printed, dyed, hole-punched, and discharge dyed and appliquéd with silk, ribbon; embroidered with silk; metal wire wrapped with silk; blocked.

The Clearing, 2008

Michael Olszewski

A work made of linen, plain weave embroidered in silk floss in chaing, short, long and brick stitches; original silk fringe.

Bedcover, Late 17th century

Indo-Portuguese

Incense Wrapper with Design of Morning Glories

Incense Wrapper with Design of Morning Glories, 18th century

Ogata Korin

A work made of wool, broken twill weave; fulled; embroidered with wool and silk in back, individual back, looped back (cut to form pile), chain, feather, fly, long-armed cross, satin, individual satin, and stem stitches; lined with cotton, plain weave; roller and possibly block printed; glazed.

Bedcover, c. 1849

Rebecca C. Hayward

A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-on-adhesive-on-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave.

Skirt Cloth (kain bidak), Early 20th century

A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.

Zhenwu with the Eight Trigrams, the Northern Dipper, and Talismans, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th or early 18th century

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

Sampler, 1825/75

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, algerian eye or star stitches, detached buttonhole insertions.

Sampler, 1799

Elizabeth Dudley

A work made of silk, plain weave, with supplementary brocading wefts; sequins with center of coiled metal strips; edging of bobbin lace made with metal strips; ribbons of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Apron, 1750/1800

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

Melting the Gold and Predicting the Future, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1901

Yu Guiyan

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel, 1730/33

Style of Jean Revel

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

Storchenschnabel (Stork's or Crane's Bill) (Furnishing or Dress Fabric), 1911/17

Dagobert Peche

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, surface satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching and padded couching; edged with silk, plain weave and wool, warp chevron twill weave tapes.

Orphrey Cross, 1475/1525

A work made of silk, weft-float faced twill weave of three-color complementary weft and inner warps.

Two Border Fragments, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century

Robe with vertical bands of yellow, blue, and red abstract designs.

Woman's Robe, 1840/60

A work made of silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 1325/75

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