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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

A work made of silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with plain and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning and brocading wefts (detached on reverse).

Fragment, 13th century

A work made of oil on canvas.

Lemons on a Pewter Plate, 1926

Henri Matisse

A work made of cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Flounce, 1860s

A work made of cotton, plain weaves; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain and satin weaves; embroidered with cotton in back, single back, buttonhole, cross, eyelet, running, satin, single satin and stem stitches; french knots; quilted with cotton thread.

Ships Quilt, c. 1937

Marie Alsop

A work made of decoration in red, white; two greens, tan and gold on dark yellow ground. five clawed dragon hunting jewel amid clouds. lined. selvage on two sides. decoration in red, white, 2 greens, tan and gold on dark yellow ground. 5 clawed dragon hunting jewel amid clouds, 1 in each of 4 corners and 1 in circular panel in center. all over pattern covering rest. geometric line design of interlocking small hexagons and large 6 pointed stars. stars surrounded by tangent circles. conventional forms of juiheaded clouds tie these lines together and form central rosettes in stars. lined. selvage on 2 sides..

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

A work made of linen, needle lace with woven tapes.

Bedcover or Hanging, 1701/25

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

Garrick and Shakespeare with Tragedy and Comedy (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1790

Robert Edge Pine

A work made of cotton, rayon, and polyester, five-color complementary warp and three-color complementary weft plain weave double cloth; self-patterned by areas of warp and weft floats.

Circa 1903 Ave Maria (Furnishing Fabric), 1991

Rob Rose

A work made of wool and silk; slit, single, and double dovetailed tapestry weave warp: count: 6 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm. weft: count: varies from 13 to 28 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.6 mm (some wefts, probably repairs or replacements, are pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-spun elements); silk: s-ply of two z-twisted elements; pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm..

Elias, 1460/70

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

Sunflower (Furnishing Fabric), 1962

Howard Carter

A work made of slit tapestry weave.

Fragment, A.D. 500/1000

Moche

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 wool, slit tapestry weave.

Yoke, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century

Ancient Egyptian

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 cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed.

Coverlet, 1855

William Craig, Jr.

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

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 linen, lacis construction.

Black Comet Dream, 1965

Luba Krejci

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

Blouse, 19th century

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