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A work made of silk; plain weave with additional patterned warps.

Panel, 1750/75

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

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 and silk, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave.

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

Jan Leyniers

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 wool and silk, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave.

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

Geraert Peemans

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 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 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.

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 calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

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

Asante

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 ceramic and pigment.

Beaker with Geometric Textile Pattern, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of textile samples and reprocessed plastic pallets.

Perfect Pattern, 1999

Dan Peterman

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 silk, plain weave; copperplate printed.

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

John Leander Bishop

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