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A work made of polyester, silk, cotton, rayon, wool, plain weave; screen printed.

Lazy Leaves (Drapery Fabric), c. 1953

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, individual satin, split, and stem stitches; edged with silk, plain weave.

Sampler, 1793

Ann Sellers

A work made of silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps.

Fragment, 13th century

A work made of silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading and self-patterning complementary ground wefts; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven tape.

Cope with Hood and Orphrey Band, 1725/75

A textile featuring two pheasants in the upper portion facing one another, strands of golden beads held between them in their beaks, symmetrical garlands above and below them, a golden structure near the middle, and curled ribbons embroidered near the bottom.

The Pheasants from the "Verdures of the Vatican" Series, c. 1799

Jean-Demosthene Dugourc

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in linen and silk in cross, satin ground running back and feathered hem stitches and simple trellis overcast fillings; three edges finished in feathered hem stitch.

Sampler, 1794

A work made of silk and silver-strip-wrapped silk; double cloth.

Fragment of a Dress Fabric, Probably Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 1601–25

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

Fragment, 13th/14th century

A work made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic and lacquered aluminum with silk upholstery.

Tulip Armchair, 1955/57

Eero Saarinen

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave, stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, katabitta and bokashizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); corner: rayon and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped rayon and cotton; knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40

A work made of silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered with single satin stitches.

Lace Border Fragment, Late 19th century

M. Jesurum & Cie.

A work made of silk; batik dyed; screen printed.

Off to War, 1917

Martha Ryther Kantor

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in bullion, cross, eyelet, stem, and surface satin stitches.

Sampler, 1808

Nancy Laird

A work made of silk, weft-float faced complementary weft twill weave with inner warps.

Fragment, Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE)/Arab period (641–969), 6th/7th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary wefts; pleated.

Isadora (Furnishing Fabric), 1981

Gretchen Bellinger

A work made of silk, satin damask weave; ôbôshi shibori dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Furisode, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

A work made of silk and gilt animal substrate wrapped linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary bingding warps in plain interlacings.

Fragment, 13th century

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk.

Parts of a Waistcoat, 1775/1890

A work made of silk, pieced and appliquéd plain weaves, some with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, supplementary patterning warps, and selft patterning ground wefts; quilted.

Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt, 1855/60

A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-metal strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; glazed.

Ceremonial Skirt (Sarong songket), Late 19th/early 20th century

Minangkabau

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