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A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in buttonhole, double running, running (pattern darning), satin, or stem stitches; joined by silk, needle-made inserts of oblique interlacing; four loom widths joined.

Bed Curtain, 1700/1900

A work made of cotton, plain weave; machine embroidered with rayon and cotton in laid work and couching.

Panel, 1920s/30s

Paul Rodier

A work made of cotton and silk, plain weave formed by paried warps and wefts; with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Panel for a Blouse (Huipil), 1930/39

Maya

A work made of tooled leather.

Bag, 16th century

A work.

Fragment, A.D. 500/1000

Moche

A work made of linen, plain weave; edged with cotton, needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Handkerchief, 1875/1900

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

Triva Stank (Furnishing Fabric), Late 1940s/early 1950s

Astrid Sampe

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 paper.

Waistcoat Design, 1830s/40s

A work made of linen, cotton, and acetate, weft-face of warp-float satin weave; screen printed.

Panels (From a Curtain), c. 1952

Eva Lisa Saarien Swanson, (Pipsan)

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

Prayer Carpet, 1875/1900

A work made of silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave of two-color complementary ground wefts with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing, supplemenatry binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacing, and self patterned by areas of twill interlacing.

Panel (Dress Fabric), c. 1726/28

A work made of rayon, cotton, and mohair, twill weave; printed.

Campo Lindo (Furnishing Fabric), 1956

Larsen Design Studio

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave, tied and free double cloth.

Panel Showing Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem, 17th century

A work made of silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacing.

Panel (Showing "Lace" Design), c. 1726

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and linen in back, buttonhole, chain and wave filling stitches.

Apron, c. 1935

A work made of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings and plain interlacings.

View through a Window from a Table with Fruit and Wine, c. 1925

Alberto Fabio Lorenzi

A work made of leather and wood tunnel stitched.

Woman's Shoes, 1775/1801

A work made of silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary binding wefts and self-patterning ground wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in plain interlacing.

Panel, c. 1730

A work made of interlocking twill weave.

Shawl, 1860s/70s

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