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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 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

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

A work made of silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and secondary binding warps tying some ground wefts in plain interlacing.

Panel, c. 1736

Style of Jean Revel

A work made of silk and cotton, plain, twill, and satin weaves; some resist dyed or printed (chiné), some self-patterned, some printed, some "watered" (moiré); pieced; backed with silk, plain weave; printed; edged with silk, satin weave.

Bedcover, c. 1880

Mary Elizabeth (Motter) Tansill

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

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

Chancay

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

L'Amour et Psyche (Cupid and Psyche) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1810

Jean Baptiste Huet

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

Spefaglar (Bird) (Furnishing Fabric), 1959 (reproduced 1985)

Hans Krondahl

A work made of cotton, linen, rayon, metallized polyester film, and cellulose film, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning of secondary binding warp floats.

Sketch, c. 1960

Trude Guermonprez

Black-and-white photograph of a fan made of finely carved pieces, featuring nude figures and cherubs among foliage.

Fan, 1775/1800

Benjamin West

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; full loom width; seamless.

Coverlet, 1851

James McDougal Hart

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in needleweaving; edged with cotton, crochet stitches and knotting covering frame.

Interior Brambles, 1983

Renie Breskin Adams

A work.

Kesa, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century

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

Country Fair (Drapery Fabric), c. 1951

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool in long-armed cross stitches.

Altar Carpet, 17th century

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

Cables (Furnishing Fabrics), 1958

Ruth Adler Schnee

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), bands of two-, three-, and four-color complementary weft weaves.

Sampler, 1000-1476

Chancay

A work made of silk, weft-ikat dyed, weft-float faced twill weave.

Ceremonial Skirt (Sampot Hol), 1900/25

Khmer

A work.

"Cherry Basket" Quilt, About 1860

A work.

Ayate, 1900/40

Otomí

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