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A work made of silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces; embroidered with silk floss, gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores, in cross, running, satin, padded satin and split stitches; french knots; couching and laidwork.

Panel (Showing Symbols of the Four Seasons), 17th century

A work made of silk, weft-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weaves and silk, satin weaves; embroidered with silk, linen, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, feathers, metal wire and purl in bullion, eyelet, roman, satin, split, stem, and tent stitches; raised work in a variety of buttonhole, raised stem, and trellis stitches with bullion picots; couching and embroidered cut pile; embellished with beads, mica and pearls.

Picture, 1660/65

A work made of linen and silk, tapestry weave.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171)

Islamic

A work made of silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Panel, c. 1870

Owen Carter Jones

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound on reverse face by secondary binding warps in plain interlacing; lined in red silk crepe (chirimen), plain weave; padded in silk, non-woven; dyed with safflower (beni).

Furisode, 18th century, late Edo period (1789–1868)

A work made of five panels joined: three panels of stripes of cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and stripes of cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave with paired warps: and two panels of stripes of cotton plain weave; embroidered with silk and cotton in back, chain, running, split, stem and surface satin stitches and stripes of cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Woman's Ceremonial Cloth (Tapis), 19th century

Paminggir

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts, and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with silk, weft-float faced 1:7 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; four panels joined.

Incomplete Carpet, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1730s

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced twill weave with weft float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; interlined with cotton, plain weave.

Kosode, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

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

Guinea (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1928

Julius Zimpel

A work made of linen, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, acetate, polyester, and silk, plain, complementary weft plain, twill, satin and satin damask weaves; printed; machine embroidered with cotton and polyester; edged with cotton, satin weave; printed.

The Woods, 1995/96

Dianne Shullenberger

A work made of cotton; plain weave formed by paired warps and wefts; with supplementary brocading wefts in cotton and silk floss.

Blouse (Huipil), 1930/39

Maya

A work made of silk, rayon, wool, cotton, and metallic foil encased in synthetic film, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Sample (Drapery Fabric), 1951

Dorothy Liebes

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running (twill darning) and stem stitches.

Cover, 17th century, Ottoman Dynasty (1299–1923)

A work made of silk, plain weave; printed and painted.

Shawl or Wrap, 1920s

Raymond Duncan

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

Fragment, 1450/1500

A work made of silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core, plain weave with self-patterning wefts; silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core plain weave with metal foil (gold/silver) around a cotton core supplementary brocading wefts; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; pieced; lining: silk, plain weave.

Sari, c. 1940/1960

A work made of cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Hanging ("The Sweet Way of Life"), c. 1927

Lorentz Kleiser

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 1703/05

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced 's' 3:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in twill interlacings.

Fragment, 1350/1400

A work made of silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and some self-patterning ground wefts.

Panel, c. 1732

Imitator of Jacques Courtois

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