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Robe with vertical bands of yellow, blue, and red abstract designs.

Woman's Robe, 1840/60

A work made of leather binding; covers of velvet, embroidered with chenille and metal thread.

Notebook, 19th century

A work made of wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined edges; corner tassels.

Chief Blanket (Third Phase), c. 1860/65

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed.

The Inauguration of The Port of Cherbourg by Louis XVI (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1787

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed; linen fringe.

Birth of Venus (Furnishing Fabric), 1800/05

Charles-Joseph Natoire

A work made of silk, 2:1 twill weave, with complementary weft plain weave double cloth.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 17th century, Safavid Dynasty (1501–1722)

A work made of silk, irregular interlacing plain weave variation; pairs of larger diameter warp inserted between warp groups; screen printed.

Scarf, 1965

Vasily Kandinsky

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

The Feast [central part], from The Story of Artemisia, 1607/30

Antoine Caron

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

Albatrossi (Albatross) (Furnishing Fabric), 1967

Maija Isola

A work made of linen, plain gauze weave; embroidered with silk floss and linen in double running, stem, weaving, and buttonhole stitches; applied silk tassels at each corner.

Sampler, 17th century

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 8 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of four z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm weft: count: varies from 28 to 54 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm.

Caesar's Death Makes Cleopatra Mourn from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

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

The Crossing of the Granicus, from The Story of Alexander the Great, 1619

Karel van Mander, II

Half circle of fabric, embroidered with Virgin Mary, saints, prophets, and plant motif.

Cope, 1490-1525, with later restoration

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

Fragment, 1501-1550

A work made of linen, embroidered.

Cover (Possibly for a Cushion), 19th/20th century

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

Panel (Design 104), 1955

Ling Po

A work made of cotton, plain weave; cutwork embroidered with wool in overcast stitch; embroidered with silk and wool in cross, long-armed cross, outline, satin and stem stitches.

Sampler, 1852

Eliza Ryan

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

Archery from Amusements Champêtres (Country Sports), 1770/90

Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "ghiordes knots" cut pile.

"Swan House" Carpet, Design c. 1883, made 1887

William Morris

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1960s

Georges Seurat

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