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A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work and pulled threadwork; embroidered with linen yarn in buttonhole, hem, interlocking, loop, overcast, and russian overcast stitches, overcasr bars; embroidered with silk floss and cotton floss in crested chain variations, running and satin stitches.

Sampler, 19th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, chenille yarns, and silk, plain weave ribbons; embroidered in chain, individual running, satin, padded satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; french knots, laidwork, couching.

Sampler, 18th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in tent stitches.

Harvesting, 1701/25

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

Fragment, 1325-1375

A work made of sisal, wool, linen, rayon, and synthetic fibers, gilt strip wound around a silk core; crossed warp weave with discontinuous wefts (outer circle); plain weave with discontinuous wefts (inner circle).

Golden Colidia, 1971

Agnieska Ruszczynska-Szafranska

A work made of cotton, nylon, polyester and wild silk, plain weaves, some printed; pieced; edged and backed with cotton, plain weave; cotton quilting knots.

Crib Quilt, c. 1950s

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 hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Woman Fantasizing, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Leng Mei

A work made of silk, satin damask weave.

Panel, 1754

Anna Maria Garthwaite

A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and peacock feathers, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; top facing edged with silk, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave.

Buddhist Monk's Cape (Incomplete), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700

A work made of linen, plain weave; appliquéd with silk, satin weave; painted; embroidered with silk, silk chenille, and wool in cross, overcast, satin, split, stem, and tent stitches.

Sampler, 1820s

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

Border, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in cross stitch.

Sampler, 1793/94

A work made of two panels joined: silk and gold and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; edged along selvages with silk and gold-and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps.

Aristocratic Waist Cloth (saput songket), c. 1925

A work made of linen, plain weave; ink drawing; embroidered with silk and linen in chain and running stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with linen in buttonhole, overcast, and russian overcast stitches; with needle lace filling stitches.

Insertion from a Table Cloth, 1601/25

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; appliquéd with silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, gilt-metal strips and purl in padded satin, satin, and split stitches; couching and padded couching; paillettes; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal strips, bobbin straight lace.

Chasuble, 1700/50

A work made of wool and silk, two-color complementary weft plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats.

Panel (Design 504), 1955

Frank Lloyd Wright

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, 4:1 satin weave self-patterned with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'z' twill interlacings.

Panel, 1460-1470

A work made of cotton, linen, and silk, leavers machine lace, an imitation of a bobbin lace known as "mechlin".

Two Borders, c. 1890s

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in chain stitches; backed and lined with silk, plain weave; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; silk tassels.

Bedcover Depicting the Five Senses, 1675/1725

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