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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 silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts tied by secondary binding warps in plain interlacings.

Fragment, Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th/ 15th century

Islamic

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Portion of a Chasuble, 1450/1500

A work made of silk (crepe fiber warp), plain weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1976

Claude Garache

A work made of silk, satin weave with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut velvet.

Panel (Hanging), 2007

Rahul Jain

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

Panel, 1701/25

A work made of leather; shoe stitched with cotton and silk; trimmed with wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; couching; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels.

Pair of Shoes, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in chain, individual back, running, and stem stitches; spangles; edged with silk, warp-faced cut weft fringe; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble, 17th century

A work made of silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces; applied rhinestones.

Diva (Furnishing Fabric), 1985

Gretchen Bellinger

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in twill interlacings and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and ground wefts.

Panel, 1733/35

Style of Jean Revel

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

Two Fragments, 13th/14th century

A work made of book with fifteen woodcuts with letterpress in black on cream laid paper, in eighteenth-century full brown sheepskin, sewn on raised bands, with gold tooled decoration on inner-edges of boards, blind lines and gold titling on the spine, hand-sewn silk headbands, marbled endsheets, and a purple silk page marker.

The Apostles' Creed (Das Symbolum der Heiligen Aposteln), 1548

Lucas Cranach the Elder

A work made of silk, gilt-metal strips, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silk bouclé yarns, plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven tape.

Dalmatic, 1775/1800

A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin lace.

Stomacher, 18th century

A work made of silk, cotton, rayon, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, warp-stripe weft band plain weave self-patterned by areas of paired warp.

Sample (Drapery Fabric), 1950

Dorothy Liebes

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; attached painted ivory faces; edged with silk, oblique interlacing with wrapped, knotted, cut fringe.

Shawl, c. 1890

Bird Searching for the Cliffs

Bird Searching for the Cliffs, 1944

Morris Graves

A work made of silk and silver gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, warp-float faced satin weave, self-patterned by ground weft bound in plain interlacing; watered (moiré).

Panel (Dress Fabric), c. 1930s

Bianchini Férier

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

Shoulder or Skirt Cloth (kain bidak), around 1900

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; waistband: cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave.

Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1870/90

Han-Chinese

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