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A work made of handwoven wool, double weave.

Wall Hanging, 20th century

Emily K. Wilson

A work made of brocaded fancy compound satin.

Panel, 17th century

A work made of leather binding; covers of velvet, embroidered with chenille and metal thread.

Notebook, 19th century

A work made of cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of weft-faced warp ribbed plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe.

Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang), 19th century

Minangkabau

A work made of silk, plain weave double cloth; two color double-faced complementary warp plain weave; two color double-faced complementary weft plain weave.

Panel (From a Curtain), 1175–1925

A work made of diaper pattern woven top; long string.

Comb, c. 1900

A work made of wood weaving tool.

Shuttle, 17th/18th century

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave with brocading wefts; joined with cotton in cretan stitches.

Woman's Shawl or Headdress (Tzute), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of carved and painted sticks with gold incrustations; red stone rivet, silver loop.

Fan (Cabriolet Type), 19th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in a weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacing.

Fragment, C. 1740/42

A work made of silk, warp-striped, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground wefts.

Panel, c. 1770

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

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1815

Bannister Hall Print Works

A work made of tortoise shell; scroll ornament.

Comb, 1875/1900

A work made of steel cut beads; silk crochet; steel findings; trimmed with spiraled wire and beads strung and joined in pattern.

Miser Bag, 1801/50

A work made of silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silk, bobbin lace braid and extended weft cut fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Runner, 1860/70

A work made of cotton, bands of plain weave with patterning wefts and warp chevron twill weave.

Panel for a Blouse (Huipil), 1900/50

Maya

A work made of black fiber-tipped and ballpoint pens (recto and verso) on cream wove paper.

Untitled (recto and verso), n.d.

Christina Ramberg

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Border, Empire period, 1804/14

A work made of pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper.

Allegory of Victory with Two Captives, n.d.

Follower of Giorgio Vasari

A work made of wool, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave.

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña), 1850/1900

Aymara

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