One of a collection of samples of Paisley shawl patterns, short length of a woven border with long cone or buta shapes at the centre, detailed multi-coloured design predominantly in shades of red, blue and green: probably Scottish, Paisley, mid-19th century

Woollen cloth fragment with a simple check design, from the mouth of a pot containing a hoard of Roman coins, part of a hoard buried c. 230 AD and found on 9 August 1933 in Bell's Meadow, Falkirk, Stirlingshire

Length of fabric, cream wool warp and weft hold together a plain weave in the white organza ribbon and are not visible on the front: Scottish, Galashiels, designed by Bernat Klein, possibly late 1960s

Silk panel woven in gold and coloured threads and showing a design of rocks, waves and four-clawed dragons with Buddhist symbols and phoenixes above: China, 18th century

Textile of double cloth weaving in buff and dark brown wools with a repeating bird pattern and conventionalised motifs: South America, probably Peru, probably late Chimu, c. 14th century

Tapestry woven textile fragment in coloured wools with three stylised faces with diadems and extended tongues: South America, Peru, probably late Nasca period. c. 900 - 1400

Fragment of embroidery mimicking tapestry in broadline style of a red-outlined stylised human figure emanating six serpentine forms, with smaller human and other designs in the interspaces: South America, Peru, Paracas

Brown cotton gauze brocaded in coloured wools with a naturalistic representation of a fish: South America, probably Peru, late Chimu culture of the coast, 10th - 15th century

White cotton gauze brocaded in coloured wools with two conventionalised human figures: South America, probably Peru, Chimu, 10th - 14th century

Fragment of complementary warp-faced textile in coloured camelid fibres with a mostly symmetrical pattern of stylised human and animal figures and scroll devices, including a large male figure and a deer, possibly cut from a belt-bag: South America, Chile, Arica Province, c.1000 - 1470AD, possibly Chuquibamba

Chuquibamba tapestry, a pre-Incan finely woven tapestry with an alternating design of eight-pointed stars with square centres, and stylised fish: South America, Peru, Southern Peru, AD 1000-1475, Chuquibamba

Small textile fragment originally from the centre of a mantle, embroidered with a stylised black condor, containing another upside-down condor inside itself, and a small yellow one by its head: South America, Peru, Paracas Region, early Nasca period, c. 6th century

Resist dyed textile portion of coarse cotton fibre with coloured designs in rectangular panels: South America, probably Peru, Chimu culture, 12th - 13th century

Cotton woven in split tapestry technique, the colours are faded: South America, Peru, Paracas Necropolis style, c. 300 B.C. - 200 A.D.

Fringed fragment of red textile covered in embroidery of interlocking felines and anthropomorphic figures: South America, Peru, Paracas, early Nasca period, 100 - 600

Black, white and brown strip of cotton cloth with fringes at each end: East Central Africa, Tanganyika Territory, Shinyanga District, Wasukama