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A work made of cotton plain weave, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weaves; embroidered with cotton and wool wrapped cotton cords of oblique interlacing in running stitches; laid work and couching; edged with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover, 1877/78

Mrs. M. E. Mohortor

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1960s

Georges Seurat

A work made of steel, brass, silver-gilt bradding, silk textile, and leather.

Cuirass, 1700/50

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1750/1800

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

Calder #1 (Furnishing Fabric), 1949/50

Alexander Calder

A work made of pieced and embroidered quilt; dyed and undyed cotton satin and plain weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads.

Quilt, c. 1930

Belle Wright

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

Woodland with a Pond, 1660/70

A work made of ivory guards and sticks, etched and carved; metal and mother-of-pearl insets; paper mount painted; gold leaf; metal pin with imitation gemstones.

Fan, 18th century

A work made of appliquéd quilt; dyed and printed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton thread and metallic braid embroidery; ink signatures.

"The Circuit Rider's Quilt", About 1868

A work made of cotton, plain weave; engraved roller and block printed.

Mouchoirs D'Instruction Militarie No. 1 (Handkerchief), 1850/1900

Alexander Buquet

A work made of a: cotton and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), bands of plain weave; knotted main warp fringe b: cotton, bast fiber (probably ramie), and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie) bands of plain weave, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) plain weave and weft-faced plain weave; knotted main warp fringe c: cotton, silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), bands of plain weave, main warp fringe.

Ceremonial Textiles, 19th century

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

Space Walk (Furnishing Fabric), 1969

Sue Thatcher Palmer

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

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1815

Bannister Hall Print Works

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 9 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm weft: count: varies from 24 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm.

The Triumph of Caesar from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

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

Carpet, 1875–1900

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

Psyche et L'Armour (The Story of Cupid and Psyche) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1790

Gorgerat Frères et Cie.

Large Leaf Verdure with Balustrade, Animals, and Birds

Large Leaf Verdure with Balustrade, Animals, and Birds, 1550/75

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

Table Carpet with Garlands of Flowers and Rinceaux, 1650/75

Manufacture de Aubusson

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

Abacus (Furnishing Fabric), 1951

Paul Rand

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

Santa Sofia, 1910/12

Josef Hoffmann

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