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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 Depicting Animals. Insects, and Flowers, 17th century

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 appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and printed cotton plain weave fabrics; rayon embroidery threads.

Diner Quilt, 1950s or after

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

Alphabet (Furnishing Fabric), 1960s

Alexander Girard

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

Sampler, 1 CE-200 CE

Nasca

A work made of slit tapestry, simple cloth.

Patch, 1000-1476

Lambayeque

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

Sampler, 1757

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

Palazzo (Furnishing Fabric), 1976

Alexander Girard

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 cotton, plain weave; screen printed.

Green Man (Furnishing Fabric), 1950s

Keith Vaughan

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 linen and cellulose film, plain weave.

Furnishing Fabric, 1927/28

Gunta Stölzl

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 silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet; stamped.

Panel, 15th century

A work made of pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold on silk.

Blue Phoenix, 1921

Ōmura Kōyō

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

Karuselli (Carousel) (Furnishing Fabric), 1973

Katsuji Wakisaka

A work made of linen and cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool yarns in short, long, outline and satin stitches; french knots.

Panel (Needlework or Crewel?), 1675/1725

A work made of silk, satin weave, with needlework.

Man's Boots, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

A work made of wool and silk, weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Long Shawl, 1825/75

A work made of silk, plain, twill, and satin weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps, some with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, some velvet, some with self-patterning; some painted, warp ikat, or engraved roller printed; pieced; appliquéd with cotton and silk, cut solid velvet; stamped; and embroidered with silk in buttonhole, chain, detached chain, cross, double feather, herringbone, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; backed with cotton, plain weave; roller printed.

'Crazy Quilt', 1896/1900

Lana Almedia Marcellus Jeffery

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