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A work made of silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts bound by main warps in twill interlacings.

La Cour de Chine, c. 1918/24

Raoul Dufy

A work made of wool, plain weave; tied and free double cloth.

Landis II (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1970

Richard Landis

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in closed herringbone, satin, stem, and twined double running stitches.

Cushion Cover, 18th century

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

Handkerchief, c. 1876

John Trumbull

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment, 1425-1475

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

Handkerchief, 1860/1900

Celestin Nanteuil

A work made of raffia fiber.

Boy's Cap, 19th–early 20th century

Kongo

A work made of cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Dress Flounce, 1860s (probably 1862 or 1867)

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

La Marchande d'Amour (The Merchant of Love) (Furnishing Fabric), 1815/17

Louis Hippolyte LaBas

A brightly colored printed fabric shows the repeating image of a barn and white house surrounded by trees and foliage in shades of green, yellow, brown, and purple. Farm animals, including cows and horses, are seen throughout, as are numerous human figures.

Childhood Home (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1952

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, gilt metal purl and cardboard in brick, overcast, running, satin, and split stitches; couching, padded couching and laid work; french knots, braided pom pons and seed pearls; in tortoise-shell frame.

Mirror Showing King Charles II, Queen Catherine of Braganza, and Scenes from the Old Testament, c. 1665

A work made of silk, cotton, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1885/90

Alexander Morton & Co.

A work made of wool, dovetail and single interlocking tapestry weave; edges finished with three strand weft twining with four knotted corner tassels.

Rainbow People Have Arrived (Nááts’íílid Bee Yikáh), About 1925

Hastiin Tła

A work made of pineapple fiber, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered with cotton in cross, hem, overcast, satin, and twined double running stitches; bead insertion, interlocking lace, and wave filling stitches; laid work and darned wheels.

Two Panels from a Skirt, c. 1830

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

Amenophis (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1913

Roger Eliot Fry

A work made of silk; printed.

Cover (Furnishing Fabric), 19th century

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

Skyline (Furnishing Fabric), 1958

Eleanor Kluck

A work made of wool and linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk, cotton and linen in chequered chain, double running, herringbone, threaded herringbone, pattern darning, satin and stem stitches; silk, cotton and linen wrapped cut tassels; top edge: linen and wool, weft twining; warp fringe wrapped with wool and embroidered with silk in compound cross stitches: lower edge: silk, centered weft twining; edged with cotton wrapped cord; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels.

Headscarf, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

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: 0.8–1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 18 to 32 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: 0.4–1.1 mm.

Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in pulled thread work in chained border, overcast, and two-sided italian cross stitches; embroidered in satin, single satin, stem, and stem filling stitches; couching; edged with silk, plain weave tape.

Part of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper), 1300-1310

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