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A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.

The Triumph of Bacchus, n.d.

Johann Theodor de Bry

A work made of etching on off-white wove paper.

Viba, 1929

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.

Three Bears, plate ten from Four-Legged Animals, 1594

Nicolaes de Bruyn

A work made of silk and cotton; warp-dyed, warp-faced plain weave (ikat).

Wall Hanging, 1801/50

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

Jamaica (Furnishing Fabric), 1950s

Angelo Testa

A work made of silk, rayon, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, twill weave, with patterning wefts bound in twill interlacing; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment.

“Chevaux Marins, Baleines et Coquillages” (Sea horses, Whales and Shellfish), c. 1925

Raoul Dufy

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in satin padded satin, split and stem stitches; french knots, laidwork and couching; beaded with linen threads and glass beads; painted details.

Table Frontal, 17th century

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

Panel, c. 1900

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats.

Panel, c. 1760s

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with creped wefts and supplementary patterning wefts; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment.

Panel, 1920s

A work made of .1: suede; drawing in ink; joined to suede covered stone and wool felt with cotton in needle lace stitches; appliquéd with suede with cotton in buttonhole stitches .2 and .3: cut suede and stone attached and over sewn with cotton in buttonhole simple looping stitches .4: stone; covered with suede and embroidered with cotton in buttonhole and simple looping stitches.

Four Study Samples, 1973/1976

Claire Zeisler

A work made of wooden frame with nails wrapped and crossed with wool and silk; embroidered with wool and silk in back, overcast, single satin, and stem stitches; couching.

Unfinished Hanging, 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered and hemstitched with lace filling stitch; padded satin, slanted, overcast, stem, satin, drawn fillings, cutwork, pulled fillings, buttonhole, straight overcast and feather stitches.

Baby's christening dress, c.1840

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

Algiers (Furnishing Fabric), 1952

Angelo Testa

A work made of .1: cut suede with cotton and glass beads; beaded on bead loom; embroidered in buttonhole stitches .2: not embroidered.

Two Study Samples, 1950/91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of linen, knotted square netting; embroidered in cloth and darning stitches; edged with plain weave.

Panel Depicting Annunciation of Virgin, 1667

Catarina Bremselin

A work made of wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "persian (sehna) knots".

Carpet, Mamluk period (1250–1517), early 16th century

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

Orphrey Band (Depicting the Resurrection), 15th/16th century

A work made of silk, gold gilt strip wound around silk fiber core, integrated compound-weave of warp-float faced satin weave and twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts.

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century

A work made of four panels joined: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in running, back, herringbone, long and short, chain, and filling stitches; interlining: cotton wadding; lining: five panels joined: cotton, plain weave; pieced; applied silk fringe; attached silk tassels at corners.

Bedcover, Late 17th century

Indo-Portuguese

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