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A work made of cotton, plain weaves; pieced; appliquéd; some printed; embroidered in buttonhole and herringbone stitches; quilted; backed and overlined with cotton, plain weave.

Bedcover, 1833

Carolyn A. Ford

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

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1924

Léon Bakst

A work made of silk (crepe fiber warp), plain weave; screen printed.

Scarf, 1975

Bram van Velde

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

Harvest Time (Fragment), 1950

Rockwell Kent

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

Handkerchief, c. 1806

Gilbert Stuart

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut solid velvet.

Anatolia (Furnishing Fabric), 1988

Osborne & Little (Firm)

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

Five-Petaled Flower-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "sehna knots".

Carpet, Early 17th century

Islamic

A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on silk.

United by Music 合樂圖, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th/16th century

Zhou Wenju

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

En Losanges (Shawl), 1977 (designed 1920)

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary backing warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile.

Area Rug, 1920/39

Red long sleeve garment embroidered with a large gold tree with white blossoms.

Furisode, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868

A work made of silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined.

Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso), 1925-75

Asante

A work made of cotton, rayon, nylon and cellulose acetate film, diamond twill weave; screen printed.

Fun to Run (Furnishing Fabric), 1947 designed (1948/65 produced)

La Verne Originals

A work made of wool, 2:2 broken twill weave; fulled; embroidered with rayon in chain stitches; two lengths joined.

Man's Wrapper (Akunitan), 20th century

Akan

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced twill weave with weft float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; interlined with cotton, plain weave.

Kosode, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

A work made of wool and cotton, pieced; plain weaves; plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; printed; plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; edged and backed with cotton, satin weave.

"Log Cabin" Quilt, Late 1880s

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

Fragment, 1920s

Atelier Martine

A work made of wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, running, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silvered-metal strips, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; silver hardware; two glass bottles inside.

Cabinet or Writing Box, 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in fishbone, overcast, and running stitches.

Cover (possibly Turban Cover), 18th century

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