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A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in a twill interlacing and supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet.

Fragment (From a Chasuble), 1475/1500

A work made of silk, stripes of warp-float faced satin weave and stripes of two-clor complementary weft plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats; both with supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel (Dress Fabric), 1775/1800

A work.

Fragment, A.D. 700/900

Nasca

A work made of steel, brass, gilding, and textile.

Zischägge (Helmet), 1620-40

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "sehna knots".

Carpet, 1875/1900

A work.

Fragments, A.D. 1000/1476

Chancay

A work made of wool, silk, and linen, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave.

The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso's Island, from The Story of Telemachus, after 1776

Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson

Quilt depicting flags from various countries, each waving right, with the American flag in the center, waving to the left.

Tobacco Premium Quilt, 1913

Theresa Zett Smith

A work made of wool and silk, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Alexander Kneeling before Jaddus at the Gates of Jerusalem [left section], from The Story of Alexander the Great, c. 1600

Nicolaas van Orley

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

Hackney Coach and Cabriolet Fares/ Regulations and Acts of Parliament (Handkerchief), 1832

John Leander Bishop

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

Kids and Kites (Furnishing Fabric), 1964

Eleanor Kluck

A work made of silk, twill weave; screen printed.

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1924

Léon Bakst

A work.

Tapestry Medallion, A.D. 650/700

Nasca

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying some three color complementary self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings.

Panel, c. 1724/27

A work made of wool (camelid), plain weave of discontinuous warps and wefts; embroidered in double running stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches.

Fragment, A.D. 200/900

Nasca

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

Achille reconnu par Ullysse (Achilles Recognized by Ulysses) (Furnishing Fabric), c.1798

Favre-Petitpierre et Cie.

Hanging cloth depicting figure in green cloak under rainbow.

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

Coptic

A work made of wool, warp-float faced twill weave; fulled.

Limousine Cloth (Furnishing Fabric), 1976

Gretchen Bellinger

A work made of silk, cotton, “silver” metal strips wrapped around a silk core, warp-float faced satin weave with “silver” supplementary metal-wrapped silk brocading wefts, supplementary binding wefts, and supplementary warps forming cut and voided velvet.

Cushion Cover, 1575/1625

A work made of cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Ramure (Branches or Antlers), 1950s

Jean (Hans) Arp

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