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

La Route de Jouy (The Road to Jouy) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1820

Delmès

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

Beauty Under the Cherry Blossoms, early 1930s

Enomoto Chikatoshi

A work made of cotton and wool, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps.

Panel, c. 1886

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo

A work made of pina (pineapple) fiber, plain weave with cotton embroidery.

Blouse, 19th century

A work made of linen, lacis construction.

Black Comet Dream, 1965

Luba Krejci

Very tall sculpture of braided, knotted, and twisted strands of hemp fabric arranged to make a cylindrical shape, with loose ends that pool out at the base.

Private Affair I, 1986

Claire Zeisler

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in chain stitches; backed and lined with silk, plain weave; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; silk tassels.

Bedcover Depicting the Five Senses, 1675/1725

A work made of rayon, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary and brocading weft patterning.

Kente Wrapper, 1901/50

Asante

A work made of cotton; plain weave, block printed, wool trim with tassels.

Strawberry Thief, Design 1883, made 1883–1917

William Morris

A work made of wool, 2:2 twill weave; embroidered with wool in chain and running stitches; couching and french knots.

Chasuble, c. 1750

A work made of contemporary assemblage of materials from a variety of past cultures. cotton and wool, variety of weaves; embroidered with wool in satin and back stitches; cotton wrapped twigs.

Dolls, 1950/84, with textile fragments from CE 1000/1476

Chancay

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

Panel, 1775/1825

Jean Baptiste Pillement

A work made of wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns in algerian eye, back, compound cross, cross, double or smyrna cross, flame, flat, eye, greek cross filling, herringbone, jacquard, rococo, running, satin, and surface satin stitches.

Sampler, 19th century

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

George Washington at the Altar of Liberty (Handkerchief), 1819

Cornelius Tiebout

A work made of strips of linen and cotton, plain weave with exposed warps; applied gesso; painted with gold leaf and pigment; joined by knotted extended ground weft fringe.

Alquimia III (Alchemy III), 1983

Olga de Amaral

A work made of linen plain weave embroidered in silk floss, silk chenille and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; glass beads; applied braid.

Orpheus Charming the Animals, first half 17th century

Beige, square textile with a large circle filling the piece. The circle is bisected laterally, with light-blue vertical striations at top and a beige effect at bottom that includes some darker striations. Short fringe at top and bottom.

Waters Above the Firmament, 1976

Lenore Tawney

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

"The Present Time", After 1879

Thomas Stevens

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

Algiers (Furnishing Fabric), 1952

Angelo Testa

A work made of wool, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with areas of open work and weft wrapping.

Ventana I, 1963

Sheila Hicks

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