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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

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

Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda, About 1792

Katsukawa Shunsho

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 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 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 hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

Beauty Under the Cherry Blossoms, early 1930s

Enomoto Chikatoshi

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 A.D. 1000/1476

Chancay

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

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

Cornelius Tiebout

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), stripes of plain weave and plain weave derivatives with complementary patterning warp; central stripe with extended warp creating a woven looped flap; applied tubular crossed-warp weave edging; wool-wrapped overcast stitch bottom edging and pom-pom tassles; attached strap of cotton and wool (camelid) plain weave with complementary patterning warp.

Coca Bag (Chuspa), 1950/1980

Quechua

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

Ventana I, 1963

Sheila Hicks

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 rayon, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary and brocading weft patterning.

Kente Wrapper, 1901/50

Asante

A work made of wool and cotton, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave; braided fringe.

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a), Probably late 19th/early 20th century

Quechua

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

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), c. 1920

Atelier Martine

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

Le Solitaire au Pont du Torrent (The Hermit at the Bridge over the Torrent) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1822

Hartmann et Fils

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

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