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

Shakespeare's Seven Ages (of Man) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1805

Robert Smirke, the elder

A work made of oil on canvas.

Design for a Carpet or Hanging, 1939

George Lovett Kingsland Morris

A work made of wool, plain weave, glazed (calimanco); quilted with silk thread.

Bedcover, 1778

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 cotton, plain weave; screen printed.

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

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

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 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 cotton, velveteen; hand printed.

Tropic of Capricorn (Furnishing Fabric), 1963

Jack Lenor Larsen Inc.

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

Construction (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of cotton, plain weave; supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; resist-dyed (batik); printed selvedge.

Conquistador (Furnishing Fabric), 1966

Larsen Design Studio

A work made of wool, three-colored complementary weft, weft-float faced 3:1 twill weave; lined with linen, plain weave; two panels pieced.

Peacock and Dragon, Design 1878

William Morris

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 silk, broken warp-chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; over leather; edged with silk, plain weave tape; drawstring of silk, oblique interlacing.

Gaming Bag, 1675/1700

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

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

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

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

Panel, c. 1725

A work made of silk, plain weave; needlework in gilt strip wound around silk core and silk floss in satin, stem, and outline stitches; sleeves: button covered in gold gilt thread.

Jacket, 1920s

Natalia Goncharova

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; five panels joined; finished at both ends with knotted and braided warp fringe.

Panel (Lamba Mpanjaka), 1997

Antoine Rakotoarinala

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

Cities (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950

Angelo Testa

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