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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 silk and cotton, plain weave; block printed.

Santa Sofia, 1910/12

Josef Hoffmann

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.

A work made of steel, iron, brass, wood, and textile.

Poleaxe, 1500/10

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

Large Leaf Verdure with Balustrade, Animals, and Birds

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

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and undyed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads; graphite pencil pattern outlines.

State Birds and Flowers Quilt, c. 1950

Dr. Jeannette Dean Throckmorton

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

Abacus (Furnishing Fabric), 1951

Paul Rand

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 and cotton, weft-float faced twill weave; embroidered with wool yarns in chain, detached chain, satin, single back, and stem stitches; french knots; edged with wool, twill woven tape.

Panel, 1675/1700

A work made of silk and linen, satin weave with brocading wefts; painted.

Panel, c. 1775

Philippe de La Salle

A work made of cotton and polyester, plain weave.

Wintertree (Furnishing Fabric), 1968

Larsen Design Studio

A work made of cotton and wool, double weave; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1833

A work made of brocaded.

Panel, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

A work made of steel, iron, gilding, oak, and silk textile (velvet).

Glaive for the Bodyguard of Emperor Maximilian II, 1564

Jörg Hopfer

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

Fragment, 17th century

A work made of linen, cotton, and rayon, plain weave; double cloth.

Bathmat (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950s

Alvar Aalto

A work made of cotton and rayon, plain weave self patterned by main warps and ground weft floats; roller printed.

Deer Season (Furnishing Fabric), 1950

Rockwell Kent

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