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A work made of wool and linen, plain weave with supplementary broading wefts and supplementary patterning wefts tied by secondary binding warps, knotted warp fringe along edge.

Hanging, after 1904

Maja Sjöström

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 wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings; main warp fringe;woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1848/52

Anthony Berrus

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

Prosperity of the Kingdom

Prosperity of the Kingdom, 1600/1800

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

Les Quatre Parties du Monde (Four Quarters of the Globe) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of cotton, machine-made net; appliquéd with bobbin and machine-made laces.

Pair of Long Mittens, c. 1900

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

Les Altheas, 1914/20

Raoul Dufy

A work made of metal coils ("slinkys"), padded with jute wrapped with cotton and rayon.

Fiber Construction Entitled "Floor Slinky", c. 1971

Claire Zeisler

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

Cyclades (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1960

Donald Hamilton Fraser

A work made of silk, twill weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1973

Antonio Tàpies

Penn's Treaty with the Indians (Furnishing Fabric)

Penn's Treaty with the Indians (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

John Hall

A work made of jute, flanges square knotted and wrapped; cascading ends.

Red Preview, 1969

Claire Zeisler

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave variation with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "sehna knots".

Carpet, 1875/1900

A work made of linen and sisal, discontinuous weft plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary wrapping wefts and some ground wefts forming cut and uncut weft pile; self-patterned by ground weft floats; appliquéd with smaller rectangle of same weave, wrapped cord, yarn bundles forming cut pile and three-dimensional form in a knotting technique known as macramé.

Le Feu et La Cendre (Fire and Cinders), 1973/75

Magdalena Abakanowicz

A work made of silk, twill weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1957

Georges Braque

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 and silk, two-faced, two-color complementary weft, warp-float faced satin weave over satin interlacing and self-patterned by areas of plain weave with complememntary ground weft floats; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1909/1929

Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with patterning and brocading wefts; joined with wool in cretan stitches.

Ayate, 1936

Otomí

A work made of silk, plain weave with three-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet.

Panel, 1401/25

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