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A work made of cotton, pieced plain weaves; some printed; some glazed; backed with paper.

Unfinished Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt Top, c. 1840

A work made of cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "valenciennes" with a square valenciennes mesh ground.

Seven Borders, 1850/75

A work made of antler, bone, leather, iron, textile, and gold thread.

Powder Flask, Mid-17th century or 19th century in the 17th century style

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

Le Meunier, Son Fils, et l'Ane (The Miller, His Son, and the Ass) (Furnishing Fabric), 1806

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of wool, warp chevron twill weave; screen printed.

Bouquet Garni (Furnishing or Drapery Fabric), 1976

Don Wight

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

Le Char de l'Aurore (The Chariot of Dawn) (Furnishing Fabric), 1785/89

Guido Reni

Rectangular, mostly brown textile made up of many small fabric squares of the same pattern, featuring flora and fauna in green, blue, and cream.

Kesa, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century

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

Lunar Rocket (Furnishing Fabric), 1969

Eddie Squires

A work.

Curtain, Queen Anne period, 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

"The Good Old Days" (Royal Mail Coach)", After 1879

Thomas Stevens

A work made of cotton, rayon, wool, nylon, and silk; wool, rayon, cotton, and acetate bouclé; and rayon and cotton chenille; plain weave open work.

Hanging (Prototype), 1974/75

Robert D. Sailors

A work made of steel, iron, copper, textile, leather, and wood.

Rapier and Scabbard, c. 1630

Antonio Piccinino

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

Arundel (Furnishing Fabric), 1960

John Piper

A work made of wool (camelid), plain weave self-patterned by main warp floats; joined in double running stitches; edged with plain weave with plied warp fringe.

Bag, 1476-1532

Inca

A work made of raffia fiber.

Prestige Cap (Mpu), 19th–early 20th century

Kongo

A work made of colored silk.

Sampler, 1812

A work made of chasuble: silk, plain weave with silk facing wefts and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk facing wefts forming weft loops on cut and uncut, pile-on-pile voided velvet; orphrey band: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in fishbone, herringbone, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with woven fringe.

Chasuble with Orphrey Band, Chasuble: Late 15th century; Orphrey Band: Late 15th/early 16th century

An ink and color handscroll of a landscape scene, mountains in the background, a river in the foreground and trees throughout the midground

The Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源圖, Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing (1644–1912) dynasty 明朝

Qiu Ying

A work made of cotton, indigo dyed; sixteen strips of plain weave, joined by hand stitching; embroidered with wool in chain stitches; edged with cotton, buttonhole stitched uncut fringe.

Ogboni Chief's Wrapper, 1900/50

Yoruba

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

Les Monuments de Paris (The Monuments of Paris) (Furnishing Fabric), 1816/18

Hippolyte Lebas

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