Cover of Album of Paintings and Calligraphy by Famous Masters in Fan Form

Cover of Album of Paintings and Calligraphy by Famous Masters in Fan Form, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1882–1890

Pu Hua

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk, twill weaves and plain weave cut solid velvet, some stamped; pieced; embroidered with silk in back, single back, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; backed stitch couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; backed with cotton, satin weave; sewn with cotton thread.

Bedcover Entitled "Genealogy", 1896

Catharine L. Clark

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

Fragment, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and linen.

Sampler, 1651

Mary Bidgood

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Fragment, 1501/50

A work made of bronze.

Suspension Bell (Bo) 东周时期青铜镈, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), first half of 5th century B.C.

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; warp-dyed (ikat).

Wall Hanging Composed of Five Panels, 1850/75

A work made of silk tapestry (kesi).

Wrathful Form of the Goddess Saraswati (Magzor Gyalmo) or Palden Llamo, 20th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; applied feathers; card(?) structure; lining: cotton, knit.

KFB - 105, 1992

Kazimiera Frymark-Blaszczyk

A work made of wool and silk, weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1825/75

A work made of wool, silk, and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2 : 2 plain interlacing of silvered-metal wefts warp: count: 10 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of four z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm weft: count: varies from 19 to 42 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk: silvered-metal strip wrapped in an s-direction on s-ply of two yarns of z-ply of two slightly z-twisted silk elements; pairs of yarns of silvered-metal strip wrapped in an s-direction on s-ply of two yarns of z-ply of two slightly z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm.

September and October [fragment] from The Twelve Months of the Year, After 1675

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

A work made of silk and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "persian" (sehna) knots.

Prayer Carpet, c. 1894

A work made of top: silk and cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 's' twill interlacings; bottom: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 's' twill interlacings; three panels joined; lined with silk and cotton, 7:1 satin damask weave.

Valance, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700

A work made of silk, plain, gauze and satin weaves with brocaded patterns, and damask weave; total of swatches: 680.

Sample Book of Ribbon Swatches, 1850/60

A work made of rayon and silk, two-color complementary weft plain weave self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground wefts floats; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Panel (Depicting Mao Tse Tung), Republic Period (1912–1949)/ People's Republic of China (1949–present), Mid–20th century

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts and bands of warp chevron twill weave; joined with cotton and silk in double running stitches.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

Sampler

Sampler, 1811

Mary Ann Doe

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

Beauty at the Mimeguri Shrine, Edo period, Bunka era c. 1804/18

Utagawa Toyohiro

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and cotton threads in buttonhole stitches; laidwork and couching.

Sample, 1987

Lissy Funk

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk threads, design raised over cords, backstitched and background covered with backstitch filling in manner of quilting.

Woman's Waistcoat, 1701/25