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A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in darning and double running stitches; edged with silk, plain weave.

Insertion (From a Cover), 1575/1625

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weve; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Fragment, 1830/50

Gertrude Rapp

A work made of dress: silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk floss in cross stitch; sleeves: plain weave with paired wefts, with supplementary patterning warps forming cut pile (velvet); dress trimed with sleeve fabric.

Tea Gown, 1920s

Jessie Franklin Turner

A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of interlocking tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork and paper padded couching; embellished with gold-colored-metal spangles; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe.

Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang), 19th century

Minangkabau

A work made of silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet.

Panel (from a Dress), 1875/1925

Charles Frederick Worth

A work made of triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and light colors on silk.

Snowy Landscape, Late 17th–early 18th century

Kanô Tsunenobu

A work made of silk, satin weave with supplementary warps binding self-patterning wefts and supplementary patterning wefts in twill and plain interlacings.

Drapery Panel, 1935

Jean Beaumont

A work made of pigment on silk.

Painted Banner (Thangka) with Guru Dragpur, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava, 18th/19th century

A work made of silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; watered (moiré); underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips, spangles, pieces, and wire, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (file and frisé), in laid work, couching, padded couching, and french knots; edged with gilt-metal-strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tapes.

Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple, Late 17th/early 18th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; covered with paper; embroidered with silk, cotton and wild silk, in bullion, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; chinese knot, laid work and couching; edged with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Hanging, late Edo period (1789–1868)/Meiji period (1868–1912), 1825/1900

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; apparels: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; painted; embroidered and appliquéd with silk in laid work and couching; fringe: silk, warp faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; lining: cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; underlining: hemp.

Dalmatic, Late 15th century; Apparels later due to satin binding

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings.

Buzi (Court Rank Badge), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800

Manchu

A work made of cotton, silk and gilt or silvered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with back, surface satin, stem and trammed loop stitches; mica and mirrors.

Tapis (Ceremonial or Wedding Skirt), 19th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by complementary ground weft floats.

Panel (From a Dress), c. 1748/49

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; printed.

Panel, 1906/49 (based on 15th–century Venetian design)

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-paper strips, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; stiffening: reeds covered with paper, plain weave; lining: silk, plain weave; ties: silk over cotton, plain weave over plain weave; edges: couched with silk.

Hangiri (Noh Costume), Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Fragment from a Chasuble, 1550/75

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in chain, closed herringbone, cretan, open chain, overcast back, satin, single back, and stem stitches; french knots; six panels joined.

Border (For a Skirt), 18th century

A work made of center of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 's' twill weave; patterned areas of cotton, weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; attached side borders of cotton and wool, weft-float faced 2:2 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; added fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1815/20

A work made of linen, plain weave; cutwork; embroidered with silk floss in double running and wrapping stitches; linen picot loops.

Panel (Probably used as a Pillow Cover), c. 1600

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