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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 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

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

Red Preview, 1969

Claire Zeisler

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, twill weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1973

Antonio Tàpies

A work.

Kesa, Edo period (1615–1898), 1784

A work.

Tunic, A.D. 800/900

Nasca

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

Cyclades (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1960

Donald Hamilton Fraser

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'z' twill interlacings; lined with silk, plain weave, creped wefts, dyed with safflower.

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

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

Scarf, 1957

Georges Braque

Penn's Treaty with the Indians (Furnishing Fabric)

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

John Hall

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

Panel, 1401/25

A work made of cotton, plain weaves; printed; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weave; cotton batting; quilted with cotton thread.

Sunburst Quilt, c. 1820

A work made of cotton, rayon and silver-metal-foil on acetate film strip, plain weave with ground weft floats; screen printed.

Arches in Space (Furnishing Fabric), 1950s

Cohama Upholstery & Drapery Fabrics

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges and ends.

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900

Navajo (Diné)

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

Ayate, 1936

Otomí

Very tall sculpture of braided, knotted, and twisted strands of hemp fabric arranged to make a cylindrical shape, with loose ends that pool out at the base.

Private Affair I, 1986

Claire Zeisler

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