From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Author: GW Museum

Put a Bird on It

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 27, 2022

Detail of white quilt square with red and green bird motif.

Quilt square, United States, c. 1840. Cotton, applique, padding. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1455. Bruce M. White photography.

Genesis in a Late Antique Egyptian Textile

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

Detail of a textile fragment depicting a figure holding a miniature tree.

Detail of tunic fragment, Egypt, Akhmim, 7th– 9th century. Wool, linen, tapestry weave; 43 x 9 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0304. Bruce M. White Photography.

All Student Research

Caught Between Russian Constructivism and Thematic Propaganda

Post author By GW Museum
Post date March 27, 2022

White textile fragment with blue, orange, and black industrial motifs.

Darya Nikolajewna Preobrazhenskaya (1908-1972); ‘Symbols of Industry’; Russia, Ivanovo, Ivanovo-Voznesensk Textile Mill; 1930. Cotton, plain weave/probably screen printed, 18.26 x 10.64 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Collection T-2102.017. Bruce M. White Photography.

All Oceania Student Research

Natural Wonder, Beaten Artistry: Tapa Cloths produced in Hawai’i

Post author By GW Museum
Post date March 19, 2022

Detail of off-white fibers of a tapa fragment.

Tapa fragment; United States, Hawaii; c. 18th century. Tapa cloth fragment, tapa; 12.40 x 7.6 cm, Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-3167. Bruce M. White Photography.

Africa All Student Research

Shifting Vision and Illuminating Media

Post author By GW Museum
Post date February 8, 2022

Linen tunic fragment decorated with red fruit, flowers, and birds in arches.

Tunic fragment, Egypt, c. 2nd–5th century CE. Linen, wool, tapestry weave; 39 x 27 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1110. Bruce M. White Photography.