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

Seated Beauty, c. 1730

Rifû

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in surface satin stitches over cardboard disk.

Sample (Ford Foundation Program), 1967

Sheila Hicks

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

Fragment, 13th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches; laid work, couching and padded couching.

Orphrey Band, c. 1390

A work made of triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and light colors on silk.

Fei Jiang-fang with a Crane, Late 17th–early 18th century

Kanô Tsunenobu

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns in back, buttonhole, darning, overcast, padded overcast; roumanian, running, satin, and stem stitches; a variety of laid work and couching.

Sample, 1987

Lissy Funk

A work made of silk, plain weave with 3:1 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; two selvages present.

Panel, c. 1738

Anna Maria Garthwaite

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

Croatien (Croatia) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1910/14

Marie Rosalie (Mitzi) Friedmann-Otten

A work made of silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weave.

Japonisme Waves, 1920/30

A work made of silk, warp printed; plain weave (chiné imprimé); three loom widths pieced horizontally.

Lilium (Furnishing Fabric), 1985

Jack Lenor Larsen Inc.

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; resist dyed; edged with cotton and silk, plain weave.

Sin Mi (Woman's Funerary Skirt), Late 19th century

T'ai Neua People

A work made of silk, twill weave.

Shawl, 1860s

Clabburn, Sons and Crisp

A work made of linen, plain weave; ink drawing; embroidered with silk and linen in chain and running stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with linen in buttonhole, overcast, and russian overcast stitches; with needle lace filling stitches.

Insertion from a Table Cloth, 1601/25

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, hemp, cotton, horsehair, and silver beads in detached buttonhole, detached trammed buttonhole, and bullion knot stitches; a variety of laidwork and couching, buttonhole and overcast bars; coiling in lazy squaw stitch; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered in overcast stitches; beaded.

Sample, 1987

Lissy Funk

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

Courtesan and Cherry Branch, 1786

Toriyama Sekien

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silk in laidwork and couching.

Sample, 1987

Lissy Funk

A work made of hanging scroll mounted on a panel; ink and colors on silk.

The Four Accomplishments: Calligraphy, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 16th/early 17th century

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; mounting: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; outer edge mounting: silk, plain weave; outer wrapper: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 6:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain interlacings; inner wrapper: silk, plain weave; wooden scroll ends.

Hanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1801/50

A work made of linen, plain weave; drawnwork; embroidered with silk floss in cross stitches.

Sampler, 1838

Nancy Vredenburgh

A work made of crochet, fancy and open tricot (silk) stitches with cut steel beads and fittings. trimmed with beads strung and joined in pattern.

Miser purse, c. 1850

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