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

Au Loup! (Furnishing Fabric), 1783/89

Jean Baptiste Huet

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 wool, tapestry weave; embroidered.

Fragment, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.)/Arab period (641–969), 6th/8th century

Coptic

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

Children and Pets (Furnishing Fabric), 1800/1820

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

Wireworks (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1950

Ruth Adler Schnee

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

Les Monuments d'Egypte (The Monuments of Egypt) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1800

Jean Baptiste Huet

A work made of mahogany, laminated mahogany, and upholstery.

Sofa, 1849–54

Baudouine, Charles A.

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

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; cut work with needle lace inserts; pulled thread work in double hem and overcast stitches.

Insertion, 1900

Aemilia Ars Workshop

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes (turkish) knots".

Carpet (Ushak double-ended prayer rug), 17th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; openwork; resist dyed.

Ceremonial Textile (mbesa tali tau batu or pewo), 18th/19th century

Rongkong

A work made of appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads; ink drawing and inscriptions.

Map Quilt, c. 1920

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

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

Petitpierre et Cie.

A work made of polyester and cotton, plain weave, double cloth.

Condor (Furnishing Fabric), 1991

Arlette Ballinari

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in stem stitches.

Border Fragments, 100 B.C./A.D. 200

Nasca

A work made of linen and wool, tapestry weave.

Fragment (from a Tunic), Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.)/Arab period (641–969), 6th/7th century

Coptic

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

Spefanglar (Bird) (Furnishing Fabric), 1959 (reproduced 1985)

Hans Krondahl

A work made of wool, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave.

Pasque Flower (Rug?), 1929

Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom

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

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