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

Alexander Encounters Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons, from The Story of Alexander the Great, c. 1600

A work made of wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 9 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of three z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm weft: count: varies from 32 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.9 mm; silk: pairs of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.2–0.6 mm.

The Offering of the Boar's Head from The Story of Meleager and Atalanta, 1673/86

Workshop of Jan II Leyniers

A work made of silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Textile Fragment with the Nasrid Coat of Arms, Nasrid Dynasty (1232–1492), c. 1400

Islamic

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"Ram's Horns" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

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

Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [left fragment], from The Story of Psyche, 1756/63

François Boucher

A work made of cotton, plain weave; printed.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1924

A work made of cotton, plain weave; block printed and copperplate printed; total of swatches: 1650 swatches.

Copy of the Goods of Montpellier, 1809

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 ceramic and pigment.

Beaker with Geometric Textile Pattern, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave warp: count: 9 warps per cm; wool: s-ply of four z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm weft: count: varies from 20 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: s-ply of two z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of s-ply of two z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of s-ply of two z-spun wool elements and s-ply of two z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm.

The Massacre at Jerusalem from The Story of Titus and Vespasian, 1650/75

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

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, and textile.

Cuff of a Gauntlet, c. 1550/60

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Miniature Jar with Textile Pattern or Abstract Fish Motifs, 1450–1532

Inca

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 textile samples and reprocessed plastic pallets.

Perfect Pattern, 1999

Dan Peterman

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 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

Quilted cloth with an appliqued rose motif and leaf rosettes arranged in straight lines, with a border of appliqued festoons.

Roses Quilt, c. 1830/35

Letticia Keziah Vernon

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