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A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Chôken (Noh Costume), 1901/25, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

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 silk, plain weave; block printed and/or painted; warp fringe.

Shawl, 1920s

Raymond Duncan

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 16th century

A work made of silk, satin weaves; embroidered with silk, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; ties: silk, satin weave; lined with silk, twill damask.

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1825/75

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, weft-faced four color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps and areas of detached plain interlacing of inner warps with complementary ground wefts (blue).

Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valero, 13th century

Islamic

A work made of two panels: linen, cotton, silk, nylon, polyester, leaf fiber (probably abaca), wool, ramie, synthetic foam, and paper; crochet variations, running stitches and knotting; blocked.

Fields, 2004

Michael Olszewski

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

Sutherland, 1870/71

Owen Carter Jones

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-strip-wrapped silk, and metal paillettes in ladder and stem stitches; couching and buttonholed couching; edged with bobbin lace.

Man's Cap, 1575/1600

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

Fragment, 15th century

Islamic

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

Fragment Entitled "Fruits", 1914

François Vernay

A work made of silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered in chain stitches (tambour work); edged with machine-made picots.

Bonnet Veil, c. 1820

Mary N. Keith

Room with yellow wallpaper with graphic images, white dress under spotlight.

Untitled, 1989

Robert Gober

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

Flight of Geese, Late Yuan (1279–1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace.

Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal), c. 1590

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Crossing of the Granicus, from The Story of Alexander the Great, 1619

Karel van Mander, II

A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with a variety of fibers and weaves; embroidered with a variety of fibers in stem stitches; couching; edged with silk, plain weave extended ground weft uncut fringe.

Bedcover, 1701/25

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk or bast fiber, strips of plain weave and stripes of warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat), plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk or bast fiber brocading wefts; main warp fringe.

Patolu, 18th/19th century

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

King Yu Moving a Mountain to Control the Floods, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

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

Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River, Edo period, 1856

Utagawa Hiroshige

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