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A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.

Fragment from the Topacu Waistband of a Tunic (Uncu), 1550-1625

Inca

A seated golden figure in a pointed headdress on a platform flanked by two small elephants.

Crowned and Bejewelled Buddha Seated on an Elephant Throne, Late 19th century

Detailed, drawing-like woodblock print of a seated gray-haired Asian man in a casual robe peering closely at an artwork on paper he holds in his hands at eye level.

Onchi Kōshirō, 1952

Sekino Jun’ichirō

A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595

Basawan

Large painting of ancient arch ruins, statues, humans are small in comparison.

The Fountains, 1787/88

Hubert Robert

A work made of oil on panel.

The Shadow of Death, 1873-74

William Holman Hunt

A work made of color etching, aquatint and screenprint on four sheets of off-white wove paper, and color screenprint on metal foil on polyester, joined.

3 Ladies, 1970

Emma Amos

A work made of gold.

Nehebkau Amulet, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30 (664–332 BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of hand-colored engraving on paper.

The Prodigal Son with Harlots, n.d.

Amos Doolittle

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon, Mid–19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

The Small Crucifixion ("The Pommel of Emperor Maximilian"), 1519

Albrecht Dürer

A work made of jacquard woven wool.

Millefleurs, Design 1912–14

John Henry Dearle

A work made of wool, mohair.

Violet and Columbine, Design 1883

William Morris

A work made of wool, cotton, silk and wild silk, plain, twill, float and plain weave derived float weaves; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut velvet, some with supplementary patterning warps; and some self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; some fulled; some embroidered with silk in satin stitches; pieced; back with cotton, plain weave; roller printed; quilting knots.

Bedcover, 1880s

A work made of silk, plain weave; appliquéd with silk plain weaves and silk and cotton, plain weaves cut solid velvet; sewn with silk and cotton, and embroidered with silk in chain, herringbone, satin, single back and stem stitches; french knots and couching; edged with silk, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; glazed.

Bedcover (Basket of Flowers Quilt), c. 1860

A work made of cotton; plain weave, block printed, wool trim with tassels.

Strawberry Thief, Design 1883, made 1883–1917

William Morris

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave double cloth of paired warps and wefts.

Black-White-Red, Designed 1926/27, woven 1965

Anni Albers

A work made of jacquard woven silk, wool; double cloth.

Helena, Design c. 1890

John Henry Dearle

A work made of madder vat dyed and block printed cotton.

Brer Rabbit (or Brother Rabbit), Design before 1881, made 1917–40

William Morris

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

Snakeshead, Design 1876, made 1925–40

William Morris

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