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

Waldidyll (Forest Idyll) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1910/11

Carl Otto Czeschka

A work made of silk, satin, twill, and plain weaves; some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts, some self-patterned by main warps and ground wefts; some embroidered with silk and silk chenille yarns in bullion, satin, split and stem stitches; couching; some warp dyed; silk and silk and cotton, plain and satin weaves with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid and cut voided velvets; and wool, twill weave; embroidered in herringbone, satin and stem stitches; pieced; padded; backed with cotton, plain weave and embroidered with silk in cross, double feather, feather, fly, herringbone, knot, satin and split stitches.

Fragment from Bedcover (Crazy Quilt Block), c. 1884

A work made of cotton, weft-float faced satin weave; screen printed.

Arabian Nights (Furnishing Fabric), 1950

Angelo Testa

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Vessel with Textile Pattern and Spout Modeled as a Head, 1200–1450

Inca

A work made of linen and cotton, weft-float faced twill weave; embroidered with wool yarns in arrowhead, back, buttonhole, herringbone, roumanian, running, satin, sheaf filling, and stem stitches; wool tassels at corners.

Cushion Cover, 1689

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Textile Loaders, Budapest, 1933

Cornel Somogy

A work made of silk, plain weave; block-printed.

"Narcissus" Dress Fabric, 1910/12

Franz von Zülow

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

Marchesa (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1928

Mathilde Flögl

A work made of wool, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave.

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña), 1850/1900

Aymara

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "persian (sehna) knots".

Carpet, Mamluk period (1250–1517), early 16th century

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

Himmeli (Furnishing Fabric), 1957

Maija Isola

A work made of silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips and purl, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching, and french knots; gilt-metal spangles; edged with appliquéd linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; lined with linen, plain weave.

Dalmatic and Humeral Veil, 1675/1725

A work made of 45 leaves with 137 fabric swatches and 26 wallpaper swatches.

Schumacher's Taliesin Line of Decorative Fabrics and Wallpapers Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

Stage of Europe December 1812 (Handkerchief), c. 1813

A work made of silk, plain weave; patterned with resist dyeing, impressed gold leaf, and embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; couching; lined with silk, plain weave; center back panels of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Nuihaku (Noh Costume), Momoyama period (1568–1615), 16th century

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

Kalikka (Furnishing Fabric), 1975

Katsuji Wakisaka

A work made of linen and wool, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave.

Teatr, 1950s

Stefan Galkowski

A work made of cotton; plain weave; with supplementary patterning warps; fringed on one end through extended warp supplementary patterning threads..

Ayate, 1900/40

Otomí

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave; tied and free double cloth ("beiderwand").

Panel in the Style of "Beiderwand", 1875/1925

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

Anakreon (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1937/57 (reproduced 1980s)

Josef Frank

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