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A work made of steel, brass, wood, and silk textie.

Glaive of the Bodyguard of August I, Elector of Saxony, 1580

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, rococo, roumanian, satin, stem, and tent stitches.

Sampler, 1791

Lucy Potter

A work made of linen, plain weave; ink drawing; embroidered with silk and linen in chain and running stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with linen in buttonhole, overcast, and russian overcast stitches; with needle lace filling stitches.

Insertion from a Table Cloth, 1601/25

A work made of linen, plain weave underlaid with silk, plain weave with insert medallion of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and linen in satin, split and stem stitches; couching and french knots; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with patterning wefts and complementary weft weave tapes; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble with Medallion Depicting John the Baptist, 1575/1625

Andrea del Sarto

A work made of steel, brass, leather, and silk.

Zischägge (Helmet), 1620/30

A work made of four panels joined to form a poncho: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Silk Overshot Wearable Poncho, Shôwa period (1926– 1989), 1984

Keiko Kobayashi

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in linen thread; with pearl buckles and bobbin lace rosettes; ribbons, silk, plain weave; leather.

Pair of Shoes, 1914

Ducerf-Scavini

A work made of watercolor on canvas, five joined panels.

Screen (Trees and Moon), 2019

Silke Otto-Knapp

A work made of silk, cotton, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and cut voided velvet.

Panel, 1575/1625

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

Fragment, Early 17th century

A work made of single six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold on silk.

Fish and Plants, 1908

Ikeda Keisen

A work made of linen and silk, tapestry weave.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171)

Islamic

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

Panel

A work made of silk, slit tapestry weave; painted details; upper sleeves: silk, satin weave self-patterned by areas of twill weave; lower sleeves: silk, twill weave; impressed ribs.

Emperor's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1825/50

Manchu

A work made of wood, steel, staghorn, cord, and silk fiber.

Crossbow, late 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; painted.

Painted Silk, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750–75

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

Border, Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century

Islamic

A work made of silk, plain weave; needlework in gilt strip wound around silk core and silk floss in satin, stem, and outline stitches; sleeves: button covered in gold gilt thread.

Jacket, 1920s

Natalia Goncharova

A work made of chasuble: silk and metal-wrapped thread, brocaded silk velvet with two heights of silk pile, and metal-wrapped threat boucle. orphrey cross: silk and metal-wrapped thread, embroidered in flat and padded couching stitches and split stitches on linen plain weave foundation..

Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross, Chasuble: 15th century; Orphrey Cross: 1401/50

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

Panel, c. 1725

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