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

Sample Book Containing 125 Swatches, c. 1910

Wiener Werkstätte

A work made of silk, knotted square netting; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in cloth and darning stitches; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave extended ground weft uncut fringe.

Antependium, 19th century

A work made of silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Panel, c. 1870

Owen Carter Jones

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, cross, double running, running, eyelet hole, four-sided, and two-sided italian cross stitches; detached buttonhole stitches on reverse.

Double-Sided Sampler, 1675/1700

A work made of silk, weft-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weaves and silk, satin weaves; embroidered with silk, linen, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, feathers, metal wire and purl in bullion, eyelet, roman, satin, split, stem, and tent stitches; raised work in a variety of buttonhole, raised stem, and trellis stitches with bullion picots; couching and embroidered cut pile; embellished with beads, mica and pearls.

Picture, 1660/65

A work made of linen and silk, tapestry weave.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171)

Islamic

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

Woman's Ceremonial Cloth (Tapis), 19th century

Paminggir

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts, and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with silk, weft-float faced 1:7 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; four panels joined.

Incomplete Carpet, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1730s

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

Guinea (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1928

Julius Zimpel

A work made of linen, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, acetate, polyester, and silk, plain, complementary weft plain, twill, satin and satin damask weaves; printed; machine embroidered with cotton and polyester; edged with cotton, satin weave; printed.

The Woods, 1995/96

Dianne Shullenberger

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

Hanging ("The Sweet Way of Life"), c. 1927

Lorentz Kleiser

A work made of fan; ink and colors on silk, with bamboo-and- ivory handle.

Lin Hejing Feeding a Crane in a Plum Grove 林和靖养鹤图牙柄团扇, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1908

Liu Baojun

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 1703/05

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; stamped.

Fragment, 1450-1500

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running (twill darning) and stem stitches.

Cover, 17th century, Ottoman Dynasty (1299–1923)

A work made of silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core, plain weave with self-patterning wefts; silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core plain weave with metal foil (gold/silver) around a cotton core supplementary brocading wefts; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; pieced; lining: silk, plain weave.

Sari, c. 1940/1960

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

Shawl or Wrap, 1920s

Raymond Duncan

A work made of cotton; plain weave formed by paired warps and wefts; with supplementary brocading wefts in cotton and silk floss.

Blouse (Huipil), 1930/39

Maya

A work made of silk, rayon, wool, cotton, and metallic foil encased in synthetic film, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Sample (Drapery Fabric), 1951

Dorothy Liebes

A work made of silk, cut, and voided velvet against satin weave foundation.

Fragment, 1475-1525

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