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A work made of wooden box; beaded with silk and glass beads; appliquéd with beaded figures worked over cotton padding and silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin and single satin stitches; couching and seed pearls; metal hinges.

Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 17th century

A work made of silk, tapestry weave.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171), late 11th/early 12th century

A work made of silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details in colors, black, and with gold leaf; outer scroll top: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; scroll wrapper: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with 1:2 's' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; rayon and cotton ties; scroll wrapper lined with silk, warp-float faced 2:1 's' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Thanka (Religious Picture), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1743/44

Manchu

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

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1978 (designed 1924)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary discontinuous facing brocading wefts forming areas of weft loops (known as bouclé) tied by secondary binding warps in weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacing and supplementary pile warps forming cut, pile on pile, voided velvet.

Altar Frontal, 1480-1550

A work made of silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts.

Length of Woven Silk, 1700–1705

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk, gold- and silver-gilt-strips-wound-around-silk-fiber cores, metal purl and linen in bullion, outline and running stitches; couching, roumanian couching and laidwork.

A Day in the LIfe of a French Nobleman, 17th century

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

Watching the Waterfall 高士觀瀑圖, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

Xia Kui

A work made of cotton and paper, interlooping (crochet and crochet variations); embroidered with silk and paper, cotton, mercerized cotton, ramie and nylon in variations on long and short stitches and some knotting; leather and ramie in laid work and couching; metal (aluminum?) wrapped with silk and paper secured to the surface with adhesive; blocked; lined with silk, plain weave.

Evidence, 2008/12

Michael Olszewski

A work made of hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk.

The Salt Maidens, Murasame with Yukihira's Hat, Edo period, c. 1800

Chôbunsai Eishi

A work made of silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts.

Fragment, Mamluk period (1250–1517), late 14th century

A work made of steel, iron, copper, textile, leather, and wood.

Rapier and Scabbard, c. 1630

Antonio Piccinino

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, rayon, silk, wool, and metal-foil-wrapped cotton in padded satin stitches; laid work and couching.

Sankt Valentin (Saint Valentine), 1996

Lissy Funk

A work made of two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton ,gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches; laidwork, couching, and padded couching.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis), 19th century

Abung

A work made of phyllite.

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

A work made of silk, twill weave; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips; lined with silk, plain weave.

Atsuita karaori (Noh Costume), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

A work made of cotton, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk in overcast stitches; embroidered in buttonhole, overcast, satin, stem, and tent stitches.

Sampler, 1857

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

Waldidyll (Forest Idyll) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1910/11

Carl Otto Czeschka

A work made of silk, stripes of warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, warp-float faced 7:1 warp chevron twill weave and plain weave; pieced; stars: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 and 4:1 satin and plain weaves; some self-patterned by complementary ground wefts or by warp and weft floats; some in stripe of both weaves with supplementary patterning warps; some with impressed patterning; some warp ikat dyed; some printed; and silk and cotton, plain weave self-patterned by weft floats; pieced; quilted with silk threads; edged with ribbon of silk, stripes of warp-float facd 4:1 satin weave and plain weave with extended weft loops; backing: cotton, plain weave; glazed; batting: cotton.

"Lone Star" Variation Quilt, c. 1845/50

Ruth Hart

A work made of gold, enamel, antler core, glass, silk, shell, pearl, paper, and wood.

Double-Sided Pendant with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Francis and of Christ, 17th century

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