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A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with silk plain weaves and silk and cotton, plain weaves cut solid velvet; sewn with silk and cotton, and embroidered with silk in chain, herringbone, satin, single back and stem stitches; french knots and couching; edged with silk, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; glazed.

"Basket of Flowers" Quilt, c. 1860

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

La Foire du Caire (The Cairo Fair) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1800

Boudry

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 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 silk, plain weave; screen printed.

Marchesa (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1928

Mathilde Flögl

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

Arabian Nights (Furnishing Fabric), 1950

Angelo Testa

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.

Needlework Panel Depicting a Cavalier, 1689

A group of black children stand closely together, gazing out at the viewer. They wear brightly colored and patterened clothing made of African fabrics; one child stands in front of the others with his arms outstretched in a protective gesture, wearing a belt and sash that identify him as part of a school safety patrol.

The Safety Patrol, 2018

Bisa Butler

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

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

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in linen thread; with pearl buckles and bobbin lace rosettes; ribbons, silk, plain weave; leather.

Pair of Shoes, 1914

Ducerf-Scavini

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

Himmeli (Furnishing Fabric), 1957

Maija Isola

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 silk, cotton, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and cut voided velvet.

Panel, 1575/1625

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

Teatr, 1950s

Stefan Galkowski

A work made of wool, plain weave, with couched braid.

Pair of Leggings, 19th century

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

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; copperplate printed.

Louis XVI Restaurateur de la Liberté (Louis XVI Restorer of Liberty) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1789/ 91

Jean Baptiste Huet

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

Flying Buttresses, 1935

Walter Dorwin Teague

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