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

Scarf, 1974

Jean-Paul Riopelle

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

Cities (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950

Angelo Testa

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; copperplate printed.

Les Quatre Éléments (The Four Elements) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1780

Louis de Boullongne, the younger

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

Chinoiseries (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1780

Jean Baptiste Pillement

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

Au Loup! (Furnishing Fabric), 1783/89

Jean Baptiste Huet

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

L'Hommage de l'Amérique á la France (America's Tribute to France) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1780

Jean Baptiste Huet

Border Fragments

Border Fragments, 100 BCE–200 CE

Nasca

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

Babies Cap, 1850/1900

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, 1525-1550

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

Children and Pets (Furnishing Fabric), 1800/1820

A work made of wool, tapestry weave; embroidered.

Fragment, Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE) /Arab period (641–969), 6th/8th century

Coptic

A work made of camelid wool, single interlocking tapestry weave and five-color complementary weft weave with center band of complementary weft weave.

Poncho, 1300-1550

Chuquibamba

A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted with pigment and gold leaf; attached linen threads in grid pattern.

The Bride Has Entered, 1982

Lenore Tawney

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk weft-faced plain weave with supplementary brocading and supplementary wrapping wefts; embroidered with cotton, wool and silk in pattern darning and stem stitches; cut tassels; warp fringe with wool wrapping wefts and attached knotted cut fringes.

Woman's Wrapper, Early 20th century

Ida Ou Nadif

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

Wireworks (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of cotton, plain weave; cut work with needle lace inserts; pulled thread work in double hem and overcast stitches.

Insertion, 1900

Aemilia Ars Workshop

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 cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed.

La Caravane du Caire (The Caravan from Cairo) (Furnishing Fabric), 1785/89

Petitpierre et Cie.

Printed fabric featuring a series of stately buildings in repetition, blue mountains in the distance and fall colors creeping into the foliage.

Williamstown (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1952

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

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