From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Author: GW Museum

Sash from India

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Post date October 30, 2020

Sash (patka) (detail); India, Kashmir; 1700-1725. Goat hair, double interlocked twill tapestry weave, 224 x 55 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 6.24. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1928.

All East Asia

Korean Wrapping Cloth

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Post date October 23, 2020

Square patchwork with pink, green and yellow design — Photo by Bruce M. White Photography.

Wrapping cloth, Korea, early 20th century. Silk, pieced, 57 x 55 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2400.

All Washingtoniana

Souvenir of Mount Vernon

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Post date October 16, 2020

“Souvenir of Mount Vernon Including Monticello and Arlington.” Published by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, 1876. Color lithograph; 37 x 42 cm. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 574.

Africa All

Skirt from the Kuba Kingdom

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Post date October 9, 2020

Woman’s skirt; Bushong, Kuba Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo; early 20th century. Raffia; balanced plain weave, embroidery, cut pile, stem stitch; 69 x 177 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1983.8.1. Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund.

All Southeast Asia

Scarf from the Philippines

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Post date October 2, 2020

Scarf (pañuelo), Philippines, 19th century. Piña fiber; plain weave, embroidery, drawn thread work; 50 x 119 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1996.18.15. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner White.