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A work made of cotton, linen, and silk, leavers machine lace, an imitation of a bobbin lace known as "mechlin".

Two Borders, c. 1890s

A work made of two panels joined: silk and gold and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; edged along selvages with silk and gold-and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps.

Aristocratic Waist Cloth (saput songket), c. 1925

A work made of silk, plain weave, double cloth; lined with silk, weft-band plain weave.

Haori, 1925/50, Shôwa period (1926–1989)

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

Serenity, Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1973

Ayako Murao

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

Sampler, 1775/1825

A work made of silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal strips, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts; two loom widths joined.

Panel, 1725/75

Style of Jean Baptiste Pillement

A work made of center: silk, slit tapestry weave with eccentric and interlaced outlining wefts; painted; border: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, 3:1 twill damask weave.

Panel (Former Fragment of Man's Coat), Qing dynasty(1644–1911), 1700/35

Manchu

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave.

Fragment, c. 1905

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in chain stitches; backed and lined with silk, plain weave; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; silk tassels.

Bedcover Depicting the Five Senses, 1675/1725

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, bands of plain weave; of plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and of two and three color complementary weft weave.

Probably a Fragment from a Garment of Don Felipe, 1275/1300

Islamic

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in surface satin stitches over circular metal plate.

Sample (Ford Foundation Program), 1967

Sheila Hicks

A work made of silk, broken twill weave cut solid velvet; pieced and appliquéd with silk, satin weave and linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip and purl in brick, satin and split stitches; couching and padded couching; painted.

Panel (Made of Reassembled Fragments from Orphrey Bands), 17th century

A work made of linen and silk, warp printed; plain weave.

Bamako (Furnishing Fabric), 1960 (produced 1962/63)

Ed Rossbach

A work made of silk, figured weave; painted.

Valance, 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross and long armed cross stitches; upper border of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn thread work; embroidered with silk in russian overcast stitches; insertion of silk, needle lace.

Pillow Cover (Incomplete), 1601/50

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; screen printed.

Panel from a Lady's Evening Tunic, c. 1920

Maria Monaci Gallenga

A work made of linen, silk, plain weave; embroidered in cross and straight stitches.

Sampler, 18th/19th century

A work made of silk, compound weave; brocaded; gilt galloon; gilt buttons with silk cord loops.

Sarafan (Gala Costume), 18th century

A work made of silk, plain, twill, and satin weaves, some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts, some self-patterned, and some with cut solid velvet; pieced.

Fragment (from a Bedcover), 1875/1900

A work made of book bound with ivory laid papers, silk-lined endpapers, and bound of red leather with gold stamping; the prints have been cut from the text..

Monument du costume physique et moral de la fin du dix-huitième siècle ou tableaux de la vie, 1789

Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger

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