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A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "turkish (ghiordes) knots".

Khamseh Carpet, c. 1890

Khamseh

A work made of cotton, linen and rayon; plain weave with paired warps; screenprinted.

Eclat (Furnishing Fabric), 1974 (produced 1976)

Anni Albers

A work made of wood, polychrome ceramic, and wool.

Wooden Spindle with Ceramic Whorls, 1000-1476

A work made of wood, polychrome ceramic, and wool.

Wooden Spindle with Ceramic Whorls, 1000-1476

A work made of wood, polychrome ceramic, and cotton.

Wooden Spindle with Ceramic Whorls, 1000-1476

A work made of bast fiber, two-strand weft-twining; with cornhusk supplementary weft-twining (false-embroidery); drawstring (possibly suede).

ˀımáˀsp̉alx̣ (Flat Storage Bag), c. 1860/80

Nez Perce (Nimíipuu)

A work made of cotton, linen, silk, wild silk, nettle fiber (ramie), rayon, and wool, plain weave and slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.

A Weaving, 2012

James Bassler

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and wool in tent and cross stitch.

Hanging (Depicting the Story of Esther and King Ahasuerus) (Needlework), 1575/1600

A work made of silk, plain weave; stamped with gold and silver leaf over adhesive (inkin); emroidered with silk in satin and couching stitches; lined with silk, plain weave.

Nuihaku (Noh Costume), late 17th/ early 18th century

A work made of bast fiber, 2 strand weft-twining; with wool and cornhusk, supplementary weft-twining (false-embroidery).

ˀımáˀsp̉alx̣ (Flat Storage Bag), c. 1850/70

Nez Perce (Nimíipuu)

A work made of sample book of swatches: cotton, plain weave, block printed.

Sample book of swatches, 19th c.

Unknown

A work made of wool, slit tapestry weave.

Kilim with Six Double-Niches, early 19th century

A work made of bound notebook of technical notes and weave samples: fabrics for clothing and mixed goods, ribbed and twill cottons, and jacquard; 176 pages.

Student Notebook Containing Notes, Diagrams and Swatches, c. 1898–1900

Alfred Fehr

A work made of cotton and silk, warp-faced plain weave, with supplementary brocading wefts, stripes of twill and plain interlacings; embroidered with silk; three loom widths joined.

Kira (Wrapped Woman's Dress) with Geometric Patterning, c. 1900

A work made of wool; pressed and needle punched felt, laser cut; appliquéd with cotton and nylon mono-filament.

Gusanos (Worms), 2013

Francisco Toledo

A work made of felt, suture thread, epoxy resin, pigment, varnish.

Throat, 1995

Joan E. Livingstone

A work made of cotton and rayon, weaving on digital hand loom.

Facing Touch, 2011

Lia Cook

A work made of linen, warp ikat dyed; plain weave.

Black & White II, 1980

Han-Lien Wu

A work made of felt, suture thread, epoxy resin, pigment, varnish.

Spew, 1995

Joan E. Livingstone

A work made of wool (camelid), stripes of warp-faced plain weave and complementary warp patterning; two panels joined in figure eight stitch; applied tubular crossed-warp weave border.

Woman's Shawl, 1950/1997

Aymara

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