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A work made of silk, plain weave; beaded; lined with silk, plain weave; steel frame; carved bone handle.

Parasol, c.1850

A work made of cotton and silk, satin weave self patterned by reversing of faces (satin damask).

Panel, 1925

Henri Stéphany

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; edged with warp-float faced 4:1 and 7:1 satin weaves; waist band.

Woman's Qun (Skirt), 1880/90, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Han-Chinese

A work made of cotton, cotton bouclé, and wild silk, plain weave, double cloth of complementary wefts.

Panel, c. 1897

Arthur Silver

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing; dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen), stenciled with dyes and gold leaf (yûzenzome;suri yûzenzome), painted with india ink (sumi) and dye details; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, couching; patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome and otoshizome) and painted india ink (sumi) and gold; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in straight stitches; laidwork and couching; silk, running "controlling" stitches along edges; corners: silk and cotton, wrapped and knotted re-piled fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83

A work made of linen, plain weave; stenciled and painted; embroidered with cotton in stem stitches.

Partially Worked Panel Intended as a Pillow Cover, 1910/15

Nonoluck Silk Company

A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on silk.

Landscape, 17th-18th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in montenegrin cross stitches.

Valence (For a Bed), 18th century

A work made of silk, damask weave; five panels joined; lined with linen, plain weave (original lining).

Cope (without Orphrey or Hood), 1575/1600

A work made of wool, cotton and silk, felt and plain and twill weaves, some self-patterned, some with supplementary pile wefts forming cut pile, some fulled; one embroidered with rayon; couching of oblique interlacing tape; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weaves, some self-patterned, some fulled, some roller-printed; embroidered with wool in feather stitches; edged with wool, twill weave.

Bedcover Entitled "Wool-Drawings", c. 1900

A work made of silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk; slit and single interlocking tapestry weave (kesi).

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

A work made of silk, broken warp chevron twill weave cut solid velvet; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with same velvet and with silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strip and purl, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laidwork and couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace.

The Stafford Altar Frontal, 1620/40 (appliquéd areas: late 17th century)

A work made of linen, plain weave; applied painted paper, leather, and fur; appliquéd with jute, wool and linen, plain weaves; embroidered with wool, linen, silk, wild silk, cotton, jute, hemp, sisal, and cellulose film, in crossed back, eyelet, herringbone, laced herringbone, laced long-armed cross, long-armed cross, ladder and stem stitches; couching.

Excavations, 1959/60

Mariska Karasz

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

Merkur (Mercury) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1911/13

Dagobert Peche

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave formed by paried warps and wefts; with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Panel for a Blouse (Huipil), 1930/39

Maya

A work made of silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by main warp floats and areas of plain interlacing; extended ground weft cut fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; signature embroidered in couching.

Scarf Commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

A work made of cotton and silk, two-faced, two-color complementary weft, warp-float faced satin weave over satin interlacing and self-patterned by areas of plain weave with complememntary ground weft floats; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1909/1929

Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, bosnian, chained border, double running, hem, satin, and single faggot stitches.

Border, 19th century

A work made of outer boot: silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps; seam trim cord: silk, oblique interlacing; ribbon and top boot edge binding: silk, simple and complex gauze weave; lined with silk, plain weave; lining’s upper edge facing: silk, twill damask weave; sole: silk, plain weave; tying ribbon: twill weave self-patterned by areas of twill weave.

Pair of Woman's Boots with Tying Ribbon, Tang dynasty(618–906)/ Song dynasty(960–1279), 10th/11th century

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

Sampler, 19th century

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