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Red silk with plant inspired design in green, white, and yellow.

Fragment, Nasrid dynasty (1230–1492), late 15th century

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Ancestor Portrait of a Woman, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

A work made of cotton and wool; thirteen strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining and eccentric wefts; main warp fringe.

Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo), Early/mid–20th century

Fulani

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming solid cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots"; attached wool, knotted fringe.

Le Jardin (The Garden), 1925/26

Jean Lurçat

A work made of cotton, plain weave, printed: total of swatches: volume i: 238; volume ii: 57 (also 15 border designs on paper: see 1959.883c-q).

Bordures, 19th century

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

La Liberté Americaine (American Liberty) (Furnishing Fabric), 1783/89

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of paint and graphite, on paper.

Needlework Design, c. 1915

k. und k. Kunststickereischule

A work made of cotton, linen, silk, wild silk, nettle fiber (ramie), rayon, and wool, plain weave and slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.

A Weaving, 2012

James Bassler

A work made of cotton, plain weave; pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed; quilted, pattern outlined in pencil; backed with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover (Feather-Edged Star Quilt), 1845

Annie Maria Miller

A work made of cotton and polyester, twill weave; screen printed.

Lace 'n Lillies (Furnishing Fabric), 1979

Carol Gresko-Lyons

A work made of wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; corners edged with weft-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe and embroidered in cross-knit loop stitches.

Mantle, 100 B.C./A.D. 200

Paracas

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

Computer Colonne, 1975 (reproduced 1985)

Astrid Sampe

A work made of cotton, plain weave; with supplementary patterning warps; fringed through extended warp thread.

Ayate, 1900/40

Otomí

A work made of linen, plain weave; double cloth.

Panel (Intended as a Bathmat) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950s

Alvar Aalto

A work made of wool, twill weave.

Sample (Dress Fabric), 1964

Dorothy Liebes

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed.

Kyoto (Furnishing Fabric), 1965

Hans Krondahl

A work made of cotton, plain weave; wool latch-hooked pile; braided and wrapped in wool.

Rug, c. 1965

Sheila Hicks

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra, c. 1680

Guilliam van Leefdael

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work with silk floss in two-sided italian cross stitch; inside waistband gathered by feather, running, and back filling stitches; edged in silk, warp twining with ground weft fringe, attached by buttonhole and detached buttonhole stitches.

Apron, 17th century

A work made of wool warp and pile, symmetrical knots.

Carpet, 1601/25

Islamic

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