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All Europe

Sacred Textile Fragment from Germany

Sacred textile fragment; Germany, Cologne; c. 1450. Linen, metallic-wrapped yarn, silk; compound weave, embroidery; 31 x 15 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0735.

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All Indigenous Americas

Mola Blouse from Panama

Mola blouse; Panama, San Blas Islands; 20th century. Cotton; plain weave, machine woven, appliqué, reverse appliqué; 60 x 62 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1985.56.28. Donated from the Collection of Jonathan Leonard.

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All East Asia

Ceremonial Textile Fragment from Tibet

Ceremonial textile fragment, Tibet, 17th-19th century. Gold leaf, leather, metallic thread, sateen, silk; embroidery, appliqué; 25 x 41 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1086.

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Africa All

Chief’s Cape from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cape (kinzembe or zamba kya mfumu), Kongo-related peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, possibly 19th century. Raffia palm fiber, looped, 64 x 165 x 90 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1962.1.14. Museum purchase.

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All Contemporary

Virginia Lee Demetrios’ “Finnish Hop”

Virginia Lee Demetrios (American, 1909-1968) for F. Schumacher & Co., “Finnish Hop,” 1943 (designed). Cotton; printed, twill weave; 32 x 94 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2137.