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A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined.

Coverlet, 1827

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk.

Suzani (large embroidered hanging or cover), mid–19th century

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

Handkerchief, c. 1806

Gilbert Stuart

A work made of over-twist cotton, gauze weave; embroidered with cotton in simple looping stitch.

Headcloth Fragment, 11th-15th century

Chancay

A work made of silk, cotton, metal-wrapped silk threads, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary binding wefts, and supplementary warps forming voided and cut velvet.

Panel, 1550/1600

A work made of silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and cotton, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and two-color cut voided velvet.

Cushion Cover, 1601/25

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut and voided velvet.

Panel, c. 1950

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

Panel, 1950

A work made of opaque watercolor over black crayon, with charcoal, brush and black ink, and touches of translucent watercolor on tan board.

Portrait of the Sculptor Auguste Rodin in his Studio, c. 1889

Jean-François Rafaëlli

A work made of aquatint, with etching, in black on white wove paper.

Twilight with Haystacks, 1879

Camille Pissarro

A work made of wool (camelid), tubular cross-knit looping.

Border Fragment, 100 BCE-200 CE

Nasca

A work made of cotton, slit tapestry weave with eccentric outlining wefts and extended warp fringe; embroidered in cotton in single interlacing running stitch.

Band, 1000-1476

Rimac

A work made of cotton, plain weave; stenciled and painted.

Bedcover, c. 1830

A work made of cotton, plain weave band; embroidered with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitch; edged with cross-knit looping tabs.

Border Fragment, 100 BCE-200 CE

Nasca

A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted.

Panel, 1000-1476

Chancay

A work made of wool (camelid), tubular cross-knit looping; finished with cross-knit loop stitch embroidery.

Border Fragment, 100 BCE-200 CE

Nasca

A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted.

Panel, 1000-1476

Chancay

A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist dyed; edged with cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with couched supplementary weft loop pile; appliquéd with cotton, slit tapestry weave with extended weft cut fringe; embroidered with cotton in interlaced running stitches.

Fragment, 1000-1476

Lambayeque

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with single warp wrapping, outlining and eccentric wefts, and uncut weft loop pile.

Panel, 1000-1476

Lambayeque

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts, uncut weft loop pile, extended uncut looped and plied weft fringes; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) with laid-in couching; and selvage weft loop fringe; three segments joined by overcast couching stitch.

Band Fragments, 1000-1476

Lambayeque

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