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A work made of muslin; embroidered with cotton in tambour stitch and drawn work.

Bedcover, 19th century

A work made of tabby weave wool ground; embroidered in silk twist.

Sampler, 1796

Mary M. Wallace

A work made of muslin, plain weave; embroidered with cotton thread in satin and eyelet stitches.

Skirt of a Dress Pattern, c. 1810

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

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1940s/50s

Angelo Testa

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

Prisma (Furnishing Fabric), 1961 (produced 1961/70)

Sven Markelius

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered.

Edge, 19th century

A work made of wool and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; main warp knotted cut fringe; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Square Shawl, 1840/55

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

Tracery (Curtain Material), 1981

Michael Graves

A work made of brocaded silk.

Fragment, Mid–18th century

A work made of wool, plain weave; double cloth.

Matrix (Furnishing Fabric), 1960/74

Larsen Design Studio

A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered in double faggot, double hem, overcast and padded overcast stitches; needle lace inserts (of buttonhole, darned and overcast bars decorated with buttonhole collar and bullion picots); edged with needle lace points (of six-element plait, buttonhole, double buttonhole, and overcast bars).

Border (From a Cover), 1525/1600 (lower edge: c. 1600)

A work made of gold-gilt-silver strips and gilt-metal and gold-gilt-silver-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace.

Fragment (Braid), 1725/50

A work made of brocaded plain simple cloth, taffeta, silk, and gold wound on yellow silk core.

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 18th century

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing and self-patterned by reversing of faces.

Panel, c. 1707

A work made of wool, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave.

Pasque Flower (Rug?), 1929

Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom

A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "sehna knots"; knotted warp fringe.

Carpet (Art Deco), 1925/30

A work.

Multipurpose Cloth, 1900/50

Maya

A work made of cotton, machine-made twist net; embroidered with cotton and linen in chain stitches (tambour work), darning, overcast, and wave filling stitches.

Cap, 1850/1900

A work made of silk and cotton, plain weave with gilt-metal strip supplementary facing wefts and two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Panel, c. 1880

A work made of silk, plain weave; backed with pink cotton, plain weave, glazed.

Bedcover, 1852

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