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A work made of silk and gilt-paper strip; twill weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts with couched plied silk; silk cords.

Kesa, Late 19th century, Meiji period (1868–1912)

A work made of silk and gilt-paper strip; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.

Kesa, 18th century, Edo period (1603–1868)

A work made of two panels joined: silk, plain weave; resist dyed.

Wrapping, 1993

Marie-Hélène Guelton

A work made of silk and gilt-paper strip; twill weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts.

Kesa (Buddhist Monk's Robe), Late 19th or early 20th century, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; fulled.

Si Rothko M'etait Conté (If Rothko Himself Had Told Me a Story), 1997

Mariette Rousseau-Vermette

A work made of cellulose acetate, interworked elements; embellished with silk in needleworked spots; stiffened.

Crazy Circulation, 1996

Betty Boulez-Cuykx

A work made of linen and cotton, combined twill weave with discontinuous wefts; open work.

Celtic Fret, c. 1986

Robin A. Pyzik-Shuler

A work made of cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; screen printed.

Panel (Upholstery Fabric), c. 1925

Wiener Werkstätte

A work made of cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave with brocading wefts.

Fragment, 1250-1532

Chimú

A work made of cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with plain weave; painted; embroidered with cotton, polyester, and metallized-polyester-film-wrapped rayon in machine stitches.

Limits of Reality, 1993

B. J. Adams

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

Study Fragment, c. 1910

Josef Hoffmann

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges; corner knotted tassel; two selvages present.

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900 (Transitional Period)

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges and ends.

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Brahman, 1970

Jon Eric Riis

A work made of silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp resist dyed (kasuri) plain weave.

Hitoe, Taishô period (1912–1926)/ Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1925

A work made of silk, warp and weft resist-dyed (oshima kasuri) plain weave.

Hitoe, Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912/16

A work made of silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi-zome, hikizome, bokashizome and suri bokashizome) and painted with india ink, gold and silver (itome with sumi, kin-nori and gin-nori); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and surface satin stitches, laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Furisode, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, broken twill damask weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled (kata yuzen-zome); lined with silk, plain weave.

Kimono, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, warp resist-dyed (kasuri) plain weave; lined with cotton, plain weave and silk, plain weave.

Kimono, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

A work made of silk, weft resist dyed (kasuri) plain weave; stenciled (kata yûzen-zome); partially lined with cotton, plain weave.

Hitoe, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

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