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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 wool, plain weave, glazed (calimanco); quilted with silk thread.

Bedcover, 1778

A work made of cotton and linen, weft-float faced twill weave; embroidered with wool in back, buttonhole, coral, romanian, satin and stem stitches; french knots and couching; binding: wool, plain weave.

Panel, 1675/1700

A work made of silk and wool, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment.

Shawl, c. 1855/62

Anthony Berrus

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings.

Panel, c. 1735

Style of Jean Revel

A work made of silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Sutherland, 1870/71

Owen Carter Jones

A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist dyed.

Fireman's Coat, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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; block printed resist and mordant dyed.

Sacred Heirloom Textile (mawa or ma'a), 14th/15th century

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

Heart-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

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

Cities (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950

Angelo Testa

A work made of oil on canvas.

Design for a Carpet or Hanging, 1939

George Lovett Kingsland Morris

A work made of cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "duchesse de bruges".

Babies Cap, 1850/1900

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts.

Panel, c. 1725

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in double running stitch.

Border, Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century

Islamic

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 4 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm weft: count: varies from 9 to 21 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–2.0 mm; silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 1.0–2.0 mm.

Large Leaf Verdure with Proscenium, Animals, and Birds, 1525/50

A work made of wool and cotton, warp-faced plain weave embroidered with cross stitches; attached crochet edging and borders terminating in knotted cut fringe.

Ceremonial Scarf (bufando or ufanta), 1850/1900

Aymara

A work made of cotton, plain weave; engraved-roller printed; fulled; pieced with cotton, machine stitching; embroidered with cotton in long-armed cross stitches.

Quilt Top, 1900/20

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

Scarf, 1974

Jean-Paul Riopelle

A work made of color lithograph on ivory wove paper.

Textile Market, Cracow, from Au Pied du Sinaï, 1897, published 1898

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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