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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

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

Kalikka (Furnishing Fabric), 1975

Katsuji Wakisaka

A work made of layered felt (cotton) over steel, cotton stitching.

Felt Stool, 2000

Hella Jongerius

A work made of wool (camelid), tubular three- and five-color complementary warp and three-color complementary weft plain weave, double cloth; braided warp cut fringe.

Band, 800-900

Nasca

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

Border, Early 17th century

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

Fish and Plants, 1908

Ikeda Keisen

A work made of linen and wool, tapestry weave.

Yoke (Tunic), Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE), 1st/5th century

Ancient Egyptian

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.

Square from a 'Crazy Quilt', c. 1884

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

Losanges (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

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

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

Henry Moore

A work made of cotton, plain weave; roller and engraved roller printed.

Handkerchief, c. 1876

A. & C. Cramer

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

April (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1960

Alexander Girard

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 linen and silk, tapestry weave.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171)

Islamic

A work made of cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton and silk, plain weaves; some padded; embroidered with silk in chain and satin stitches; quilted with cotton thread through cotton batting and cotton, plain weave backing; edged with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover, 1825/75

A work made of silk, bands of satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and voided velvet.

Panel

A work made of cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted.

"Cockscomb, Rose Tree, and Pineapple" Quilt, c. 1840

A work made of cotton and rayon, float weave; photomechanically-etched roller printed.

Deer Season (Fragment), 1950

Rockwell Kent

A work made of cotton, pieced plain and satin weaves, some printed in a variety of techniques and some glazed; appliquéd with plain, twill and satin weaves, some printed in a variety of techniques and some glazed; quilted.

"Toby Lil" Quilt, 1951

Bertha Stenge

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