Textile piece woven in coloured silks against a satin weave ground with a repeating design of tulips and palmettes: Turkish, 17th century

Length of silk fabric, woven in grey-brown and white with a repeating design of stepped diamond shapes, fabric is reversible, white with brown diamond shapes on one side, brown with white diamond shapes on the other, double cloth and ribbed, one of ten pieces which previously formed the same mantua or dress: possibly English, mid 18th century

Bright blue silk damask sample with satin background, showing a design of exotic flowers and leaves: English or French, c. 1729 - 1732

Tussah silk sample showing a design by William Morris called 'Indian Diaper': English, late 19th century

Printed tussar silk sample with a design by William Morris called 'Iris': English, late 19th century

Printed tussar silk sample with a design by William Morris called 'Larkspur': English, Staffordshire, Leek, by Thomas Wardle & Co., circa 1890

Printed tussar silk sample with a design by William Morris called 'Honeysuckle': English, late 19th century

Cotton velvet sample block printed in permanent dyes and showing a pattern of a round conventional flower with a recurved leafy stalk: English, late 19th century

Cotton sample, designed by William Morris in 1875, printed in dark and light blue with 'tulip' design and the inscription 'MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET' along edge: English, late 19th century

Sample of chintz printed blue and showing a design by William Morris of birds amidst foliage and flowers in reserve: English, late 19th century

Sample of material of warps of nylon velvet ribbon and fine white woollen threads with wefts of coloured mohair threads, designed by the Bernat Klein Ltd, 1965

Sample of red nylon velvet ribbon warps and wefts of red and purple woollen threads showing a check pattern: Scottish, Galashiels, Bernat Klein Ltd, c. 1965

Sample of silk showing a background of brown silk with a shot effect and woven with motifs of a fish, butterfly, a sea creature and foliage in silk and metal threads: possibly Netherlands, c. 1736

White cotton sample printed in yellow with a splash design called Aurinko: Finnish, Helsinki, designed by Vuokko, Studio Nurmesniemi, 1964

Length of fabric, woven in silk and silver with a dense mirror repeat design of leaves, fruit and buds in pale grey, green and silver against a red ground: French, c. 1726 - 1728

Length of silk fabric, woven with a ground pattern of pale grey, white and black which is figured with large floral bands, bouquets and smaller sprigs, and brocaded in blue, orange and pink, and purple with floral heads, one of eleven pieces which previously formed one mantua or dress: French or English, c. 1730 - 1732