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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 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 leather.

Shoe, 1553/58

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

Carpet, 1601/25

Islamic

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; embroidered in satin and stem stitches; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave extended weft uncut fringe.

Chasuble, 1775/1825

A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps.

Panel, c. 1886

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo

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

Le Tombeau de Jean Jacques Rousseau (The Tomb of Jean Jacques Rousseau) (Furnishing Fabric), after 1778

Jean Baptiste Huet

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

Seedy Weeds (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1953

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of silk and gilt-paper strip; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; silk cords.

Kesa, Early 19th century, Late Edo period (1789–1868)

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

Hanging ("The Sweet Way of Life"), c. 1927

Lorentz Kleiser

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

Océanie - La Mer (Oceania - The Sea), 1948

Henri Matisse

A work made of cellophane, float weave.

Sample of Furnishing Fabric, 1927/33

Otti Berger

A work made of steel, iron, wood, silk velvet textile, wood fiber, and leather.

Two-Handed Sword with Scabbard, 1580-1600

A work made of contemporary assemblage of materials from a variety of past cultures. cotton and wool, variety of weaves; embroided with cotton and wool in running and satin stitches; cotton wrapped twigs.

Dolls, 1950/84, with textile fragments from CE 1000/1476

Chancay

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

America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of Her Illustrious Sons (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785

Pierre Eugene du Simitiere

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary wool yarns pushed through ground weave to form cut solid pile (gun tufted).

Carpet or Hanging, 1945

George Lovett Kingsland Morris

A work made of wool and silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 18 to 29 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.3 mm; silk: z-ply of two s-twisted elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm.

Moses, 1460-1470

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

Piano (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1943 (produced 1944/48)

Henry Moore

Textile in muted brown tones with dark mauve splotches, featuring a geometric pattern overlayed in thin black lines.

White, 1913

Vanessa Bell

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