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

Gletscherblume (Glacier Flower)(Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1911/13

Dagobert Peche

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1600/50

A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, rayon, silk, wool, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; cotton, rayon and silk, twill and plain weaves; embroidered with silk, linen, wool, cotton, jute, rayon and cellulose acetate in buttonhole, coral, zig-zag coral, feather, long-armed cross, open chain and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Cactus, 1958

Mariska Karasz

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

Panath (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1929

Maria Likarz-Strauss

A Standing Beauty

A Standing Beauty, 1780/90

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of silk, plain weave with patterning wefts and painted pile warp uncut solid velvet (chiné); pile warp fringe.

Border, 19th century

A work made of silk, warp chevron twill weave; cut warp fringe; applied gold leaf.

Kyoto Rooftop: Nishijin VII, 1985

Glen Kaufman

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

Commemorative Ribbon "Glory to God in the Highest", 19th century

Thomas Stevens

A work made of silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces.

Fragment, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, padded satin, and split stitches; couching.

Fragment from an Orphrey Band Showing St. Barbara and St. James, 1350-1400

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weaves, some roller printed; pieced; appliquéd with cotton and wool, plain weave wrapped cardboard; edged and backed with cotton, plain weave; roller printed; quilted with cotton thread.

"Honeycomb Centre" Quilt, 1877

A work made of silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered in stem filling stitches; sleeves: silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave (figured); edging and closures: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts; neck trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; sleeves and cuffs lined with silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave.

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1780s-1790s

Manchu

A work made of silk, plain weave (weft-faced), appliquéd and embroidered in multicolored silk and tarnished silver metal thread in an all-over large-scale stylized design; bound with metallic gold braid on four sides; backed with white cotton, twill weave.

Altar Frontal, 18th century

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary binding warps in plain and twill interlacings.

Fragment, 1350–1400

A work made of linen and silk, knit in shell knitting, ladder, fancy crossed throw, and knit into stitch below stitches.

Shells, 1967

Mary Walker Phillips

A work made of ink and light color on silk.

Landscape with Figures, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1883

Ren Yi

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chinese knot, eyelet, feather, satin, single satin, split and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; underlined with linen, plain weave; lined with cotton plain weave; edged with silk plain weave paired warp.

Coverlet, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/ Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Mid–17th century

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

Chair Seat, 17th century

A work made of cotton, plain and twill slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts; silk tassels with metal wire wrapped cotton loops.

Headband (Cinta), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of probably linen, plain weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave over bast fiber padding; embroidered with silk, silk-wrapped-metal-wire coils, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and feathers in bullion, buttonhole, detached twisted trammed buttonhole, encroaching gobelin, individual back, raised stem and tent stitches; laid work and couching; embellished with mica.

Embroidered Picture Depicting an Allegory of Music, 17th century, c. 1640

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