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A work made of two widths joined: silk and silvered-and gilt-metal threads wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth (Kain songket lepus)

A work made of cellulose acetate, interworked elements; embellished with silk in needleworked spots; stiffened.

Crazy Circulation, 1996

Betty Boulez-Cuykx

A work made of limestone with traces of polychromy.

Buddha, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), c. 725/50

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton, silk, rayon and acetate plain, twill and satin weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads.

"Mother-in-Law" Quilt, c. 1930

Lulu Bennett

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in cross, half cross, plaited and tent stitches.

Table Carpet, 1600/10

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, satin, and padded satin stitches; laid work and couching; paillettes.

Chasuble (Front), 1701/25

A work made of silk and wild silk, plain weave; resist-dyed (batik).

Saints of the Christian Church, c. 1979

John W. Mulder

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, weft-faced three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps.

Fragment From the Chasuble of San Valero, 13th century

Islamic

A work made of silk, satin weave with brocading wefts tied in twill weave.

Panel, c. 1775

Philippe de La Salle

A work made of silk, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts; supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tape; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble, Late 13th/14th century

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

Scarf, 1960

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of silk, twill weave; self-fringed; screen printed.

Blues (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

Chang E, The Moon Goddess

Chang E, The Moon Goddess, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, c. 1350/1440

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Textile Fragment with the Nasrid Coat of Arms, Nasrid Dynasty (1232–1492), c. 1400

Islamic

Large tapestry depicts Chinese emperor heading to sea in opulent ceremony.

The Emperor Sailing, from The Story of the Emperor of China, 1716/22

Guy-Louis Vernansal

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

Panel, 15th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in stem, satin, long and short, padded satin and variations on buttonhole stitches; french knots; laid work and couching; glass beads.

Wie das Gras (Like the Grass), 1977

Lissy Funk

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, back, algerian eye, long and short stitches.

Sampler, 1769

A work made of phyllite.

Standing Bodhisattva with Human-Figure Necklace, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamakura no Gongorô, 1736

Furuyama Moromasa

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