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A work made of linen, plain weave; screen or block printed.

Study Fragment, c. 1910

Josef Hoffmann

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges; corner knotted tassel; two selvages present.

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900 (Transitional Period)

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges and ends.

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Brahman, 1970

Jon Eric Riis

A work made of silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp resist dyed (kasuri) plain weave.

Hitoe, Taishô period (1912–1926)/ Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1925

A work made of silk, warp and weft resist-dyed (oshima kasuri) plain weave.

Hitoe, Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912/16

A work made of silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi-zome, hikizome, bokashizome and suri bokashizome) and painted with india ink, gold and silver (itome with sumi, kin-nori and gin-nori); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and surface satin stitches, laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Furisode, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, broken twill damask weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled (kata yuzen-zome); lined with silk, plain weave.

Kimono, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, warp resist-dyed (kasuri) plain weave; lined with cotton, plain weave and silk, plain weave.

Kimono, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, weft resist dyed (kasuri) plain weave; stenciled (kata yûzen-zome); partially lined with cotton, plain weave.

Hitoe, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, warp-resist dyed (kasuri) plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (kata yûzen-zome); cords of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, tubular oblique interlacings with supplementary wrapping patterning elements.

Haori, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930/35

A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave with “kabe-ito” wefts; dye extracted through use of a chemical dye stripper, bassen applied in a tie-dye resist method (as used for te-kumo shibori); lined with silk, weft resist-dyed (kasuri), plain weave; stenciled and painted (kata yûzen-zome) and wool, plain weave; stenciled (kata yûzen-zome).

Haori, Meiji (1868–1912)/ Taisho (1912–1926), c. 1916

A work made of rayon, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed.

Hitotsumi (Boy's kimono), Taishô period (1912–1926)/ Shôwa period (1926–1989), c.1920/40

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut voided velvet.

Sample (Upholstery Fabric), 1948

Dorothy Liebes

A work made of polyester and cotton, satin, twill, and plain weaves self-patterned by complementary wefts in satin, twill and plain interlacings; woven with cad/cam system connected to loom with jacquard attachment.

Sea Saw, 1991 (produced 1992/93)

Sheila O'Hara

A work made of cotton and wool dovetailed tapestry weave.

"Germantown Eye-Dazzler" Rug, c. 1800/90

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave with brocading wefts.

Fragment, 1250-1470

Chimú

A work made of linen and wool, dovetailed tapestry weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Circle in Yellow, 1994

Margaret Handwerker

A work made of wool; single interlocking tapestry weave; twined edges.

Wearing Blanket (Phase II), 1850-65

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen hitokoshi); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzen-zome); gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin, single satin and stem stitches; couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Kurisode, Shôwa period (1926–1989), early 1930s

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