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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 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

A work made of cotton, strips of warp-resist dyed striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in open chain stitches; faced with cotton, warp-faced stripe plain weave and plain weave.

Man's Robe, 1875/1920 (before 1920)

Yoruba

A work made of rayon and cotton, satin weave; screen printed.

West Wind, 1931

Duncan Grant

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

Gymnastics (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1930/32

Elizaveta Nikitina

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

A work made of silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings; left selvage present.

Fragment, 14th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; printed.

Russo-Japanese War (Handkerchief), 19th century

A work made of coiled wool yarns wrapped and overworked with cotton yarns in buttonhole stitches; metal discs overworked with cotton yarns in buttonhole stitches; wool yarns irregularly interworked, knotted in half stitches, and terminating in cut fringe.

Hanging, 1950s

Claire Zeisler

A work made of linen, bobbin part lace (worked in large sections with the aid of a hook).

Altar Frontal, 1725/50

A work made of cotton, weft-ribbed complementary warp and weft plain weave.

Wellen (Waves) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1927

Felice Rix-Ueno

A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet.

Fragment, 1450-1500

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

Skyscrapers (Furnishing Fabric), 1942 (produced c. 1947)

Angelo Testa

A work made of wood, metal, paper, and silk warp.

Miniature Loom or Patent Model with Jacquard Attachment, Punched Cards and Tools, 1900/25

A work made of wool and nylon, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Accord (Furnishing Fabric), 1986

Jack Lenor Larsen Inc.

A work made of wool, plain weave; pieced; quilted with cotton; edged with wool, oblique twill interlacing.

Bride's Quilt, 1868

Kate Strother McClanahan

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work with silk floss in two-sided italian cross stitch; embroidered in back stitch.

Border, 17th century

A work made of a and b: human hair, seven elements plaited to form warps and wefts; two layers of alternating weft wrapping, self-patterned c and d: iron with gold.

Belts (sabuk and epek) and Buckles (timang and lerep), Early 20th century

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