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A work made of wool and cotton.

Faja, c. 1960

Sheila Hicks

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in algerian eye, back, buttonhole, open buttonhole filling, chain, double running, overcast, plaited braid, and square open work stitches; laid work, couching and woven wheels; spangles.

Cushion Cover (Made from a Woman's Dress), late 16th century

Private Affair I

Private Affair I, 1986

Claire Zeisler

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

Le Retour de L'Ile d'Elbe (The Return from the Isle of Elba) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1830

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in tent, cross, long and a mixture of stem, whip and couching stitches.

Mourning Sampler, c. 1815

Smith Family

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

Alphabet (Furnishing Fabric), 1960s

Alexander Girard

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

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

John Boydell

A work made of wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; beaded with silk, linen, and glass beads; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid work and couching; silver hardware.

Box (Casket), 17th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave, block printed.

Cray, Design 1884, made 1884–1917

William Morris

A work made of slit tapestry, simple cloth.

Patch, A.D. 1000/1476

Lambayeque

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

Palazzo (Furnishing Fabric), 1976

Alexander Girard

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in silk.

Sampler, 1757

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

Green Man (Furnishing Fabric), 1950s

Keith Vaughan

A work made of linen and cellulose film, plain weave.

Furnishing Fabric, 1927/28

Gunta Stölzl

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) in back, cross, double running, running, satin, and stem stitches.

Sampler, A.D. 1/200

Nasca

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

Diane Chasseresse (Diana the Huntress) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1797

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of silk, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment (From a Noh Costume), 18th century, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912)

A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover (Cherry Wreaths Quilt), c. 1865

Kate D. Reed

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in buttonhole, double running, and satin stitches; edged with silk, bobbin straight lace.

Cover, 1601/75

A work made of silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet; stamped.

Panel, 15th century

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