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A work made of album leaf; ink and colors on silk.

Woman with Female Servant in a Palace Garden, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, late 14th/15th century

A work made of silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and secondary binding warps tying some ground wefts in plain interlacing.

Panel, c. 1736

Style of Jean Revel

White silk kimono with stenciled yellow flowers and turquoise stems.

Summer Kimono (Hitoe), About 1900–1916

A work made of horn, silk, brass, and upholstery.

Steer Horn Armchair, 1870–80

Artist unknown

A work made of silk, bobbin straight lace (made in horizontal strips).

Bonnet Veil, 1850s

A work made of cotton, silk, polyester window covering, upholstery.

I Morosi Alla Finestra, 2002

Gio Ponti

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave double cloth of paired warps and wefts.

Black-White-Red, Designed 1926/27, woven 1965

Anni Albers

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and wool in tent stitches.

Panel (From a Settee), 1745/55

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk.

Sampler, 17th century

A work made of persian silk piece. light silk; small flower spray.

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 18th/19th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; patterned with impressed gold leaf; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower.

Surihaku (Noh Costume), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825

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

Narrow Strip, 15th century

Islamic

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

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1924

Léon Bakst

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitch.

Sampler, 1814

A work made of five panels joined: three panels of stripes of silk and cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave (paired warps), stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and one stripe of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, double running, stem and surface satin stitches and two panels of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, stem and surface satin stitches.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis), 18th century (?)

Paminggir

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

Bill (Ronca), 16th century

Eight ink still life drawings of stacked bookcases.

Chaekgeori, late 19th -early 20th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; bands of cut and drawn thread work in interlocking lace and romanian stitches; bands of linen, needle lace of a type known as "reticello"; and embroidered with silk in algerian eye, hem, montenegrin cross, running, double running, and satin stitches; buttonhole couching.

Sampler, 1676

Katherine Veren

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, open chain, leaf, roman, roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with linen, plain weave tape.

Pillow Sham with Embroidering Yarns, late 17th/early 18th century

Jane Bolas Vaughan

A work made of leather, cut, pricked and slashed; silk satin appliqué; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk couching; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven fringe; balls covered with gilt-metal-wrapped-silk; ribbons of silk, plain weave edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven fringe; lining: silk, plain weave; interlining: linen, plain weave.

Pair of Gloves, 1601/50

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