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A work made of cotton, plain weave; quilted and stitched in trapunto technique.

Bedcover, 1819

Ursula Whittelsey

Long painted scroll, green, brown mountains, wooden house, Amida Buddha on cloud.

Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; cutwork embroidered with linen in needle lace filling stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk and linen in buttonhole, cross, darning and single satin stitches; and embroidered with silk in buttonhole, chain and satin stitches.

Sampler, 1795

A work made of silk, cotton and gilt strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1875/1925

Luigi Bevilacqua

A work made of four-panel screen; aluminum-flake pigment in polyvinyl acetate medium, and yellow alkyd varnish, on paper.

Dragon (Ryû), 1965

Shiryu Morita

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

Handkerchief, c. 1810

A work made of linen, plain oblique interlacing and wrapping.

White Scorpio, 1978

Françoise Grossen

A work made of cotton and linen, plain weaves; pieced; embroidered with cotton and linen in buttonhole, stem, and tied herringbone stitches.

Tablecloth or Bedcover, c. 1800

A work made of cotton, plain weave; hand-drawn wax resist dyed (batik tulis).

Headcloth (Iket Kepala), Late 19th century

A work made of linen and wool, single dovetailed tapestry weave with wrapping outline wefts.

Chelly Canyon, 1974

Alice Kagawa Parrott

A work made of wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool in chain, satin, and stem stitches; edged with linen and wool fringe.

Blanket, c. 1830

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

Husaari (Hussar; Furnishing Fabric), 1967

Maija Isola

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), stripes of plain weave and plain weave derivatives with complementary patterning warp; applied tubular crossed-warp weave edging in complex bird's eye.

Overskirt (Urku), 1950/1980

Quechua

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), stripes of plain weave and plain weave derivatives with complementary patterning warp; central stripe with extended warp creating a woven looped flap; applied tubular crossed-warp weave edging; wool-wrapped overcast stitch bottom edging and pom-pom tassles; attached strap of cotton and wool (camelid) plain weave with complementary patterning warp.

Coca Bag (Chuspa), 1950/1980

Quechua

A work made of silk, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts; supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tape; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble, Late 13th/14th century

A work made of linen, plain weaves; pieced; cut and drawn thread work embroidered with cotton and linen in overcast and darning stitches; pulled thread work with linen in loop stitches; embroidered with cotton in cross and darning stitches; warp fringe; tapes of linen, plain weave.

Towel, 1831

Elizabeth Borgholder

A work made of silk; lampas technique.

Fragment, Ottoman Dynasty (1299–1923), 1575/1600

A work made of wool, 2:2 broken twill weave; fulled; embroidered with rayon in chain stitches; two lengths joined.

Man's Wrapper (Akunitan), 20th century

Akan

A work made of rayon, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary and brocading weft patterning.

Kente Wrapper, 1901/50

Asante

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running (twill darning) and stem stitches.

Cover, 17th century, Ottoman Dynasty (1299–1923)

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