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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, 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 wool, cotton, and silk, twill weaves and plain weave cut solid velvet, some stamped; pieced; embroidered with silk in back, single back, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, feather, double feather, herringbone, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; backed stitch couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; backed with cotton, satin weave; sewn with cotton thread.

Bedcover Entitled "Genealogy", 1896

Catharine L. Clark

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

Sampler, 1651

Mary Bidgood

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

Fragment, 17th century

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

Fragment, 1501/50

A work made of wool and silk, weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1825/75

A work made of silk, plain weave; applied feathers; card(?) structure; lining: cotton, knit.

KFB - 105, 1992

Kazimiera Frymark-Blaszczyk

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave; warp-dyed (ikat).

Wall Hanging Composed of Five Panels, 1850/75

A work made of bronze.

Suspension Bell (Bo) 东周时期青铜镈, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), first half of 5th century B.C.

A work made of silk tapestry (kesi).

Wrathful Form of the Goddess Saraswati (Magzor Gyalmo) or Palden Llamo, 20th century

A work made of wool, silk and silvered-metal-strip wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some 2:2 plain interlacing of gilt-metal wefts.

September and October From The Twelve Months of the Year (Fragment), After 1675

Geraert Peemans

A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors and gold pigment on silk.

Beauty at the Mimeguri Shrine, Edo period, Bunka era c. 1804/18

Utagawa Toyohiro

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk threads, design raised over cords, backstitched and background covered with backstitch filling in manner of quilting.

Woman's Waistcoat, 1701/25

A work made of rayon and silk, two-color complementary weft plain weave self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground wefts floats; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Panel (Depicting Mao Tse Tung), Republic Period (1912–1949)/ People's Republic of China (1949–present), Mid–20th century

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts and bands of warp chevron twill weave; joined with cotton and silk in double running stitches.

Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

Sampler

Sampler, 1811

Mary Ann Doe

A work made of silk and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "persian" (sehna) knots.

Prayer Carpet, c. 1894

A work made of top: silk and cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 's' twill interlacings; bottom: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 's' twill interlacings; three panels joined; lined with silk and cotton, 7:1 satin damask weave.

Valance, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700

A work made of silk, plain, gauze and satin weaves with brocaded patterns, and damask weave; total of swatches: 680.

Sample Book of Ribbon Swatches, 1850/60

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