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A work made of cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain and twill weaves; pieced; backed with cotton and polyester, plain weave; quilted with cotton thread.

Hired Hand Quilt with Tumbling Block Pattern, 1950/2000

Amish

A work made of wool, rayon, and acetate, plain and twill weaves; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weave; nylon and acrylic knit batting; quilted with cotton thread.

Amish "Bar Pattern" Crib Quilt, 1950/2000

Amish

A work made of cotton and polyester, plain weaves; pieced; backed; quilted with cotton thread.

Amish Nine Patch Block-Pieced Crib Quilt, Mid–20th century

Amish

A work made of wool, cotton, and silk; plain, twill, and satin weaves; some self-patterned, some with supplementary patterning wefts; some printed; pieced; embroidered with silk feather stitches; edged with twill weaves; backed with cotton, plain weave; printed; quilted with cotton.

Mennonite 'Crazy Quilt', about 1890-1900

A work made of hand-painted paper.

Wallpaper Panel with Birds and Flowering Trees, Late 18th/early 19th century

A work made of block-printed, color on paper.

Panel, Late 18th/early 19th century

A work made of linen and wool, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with supplementary brocading wefts.

1909 Plan of Chicago, 1986

Helena Hernmarck

Wallpaper panel depicting a colorful scene of a fashionably dressed woman with two men and a child, walking along embankment with a cityscape at the background.

Wallpaper Panel, Early 19th century

A work made of porcelain painted with underglaze blue.

Moon Flask, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle Period (1403-1424)

Three joint wallpaper panels with a colorful figurative scene depicting a breast feeding lady on a donkey feeding a foal in the center and a walking man on the left. The background is an elaborated cityscape with river and boats.

Three Joined Panels: The Views of Lyon, First edition, 1821

Lintel Carved with Square Panels Containing Abstract Animals, Humans, and Supernatural Beings

Lintel Carved with Square Panels Containing Abstract Animals, Humans, and Supernatural Beings, 1300–1500

Chimú

Wallpaper panel depicting a colorful scene of two fashionably dressed men with paddles on the embankment with a cityscape at the back.

Two Joined Panels: The Views of Lyon, First edition, 1821

A work made of stipple engraving on cream wove paper.

Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor, October 1, 1793

Francesco Bartolozzi

A work made of plant fibers with dye.

Shallow Basketry Bowl with Four Ladder-like Designs Radiating from Center, Late 19th–early 20th century

Papago

A work made of hand-painted paper.

Wall Panel: Birds and Flowers, 1800/25

A work made of hand-painted paper.

Wall Panel: Birds and Flowers, 1800/25

A work made of plant fibers; woodpecker, mallard duck, and goldfinch feathers; and abalone shell.

Feathered Gift Basket, 1915–20

Pomo

A work made of plant fibers, red woodpecker and quail feathers, and abalone-shell and clamshell beads.

Feathered Gift Basket, 1880–90

Pomo

A work made of vegetable fibers, glass and clamshell beads, and quail feathers.

Figured Gift Basket, c. 1890

Pomo

A work made of wood, pigment, and plant fibers [yuca whips modern replacements].

Owa-nganroro (Mad Stone Eater Kachina), c. 1900

Hopi Tribe

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