From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Author: GW Museum

A European Interpretation of Japanese Katagami Stencils

Post author By GW Museum
Post date January 22, 2022

White textile fragment with print of overlapping black bamboo leaves.

Textile fragment, Austria, c. early 20th century. Silk; satin weave, printed; 17.50 x 15.20 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0193.270. Bruce M. White Photography.

All Washingtoniana

Letter from George Washington

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 17, 2021

Letter from George Washington to James Keith, President of the Potomac Company (detail), December 8, 1799. 23 x 19 cm. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 935.

Africa All Islamic World

Carpet Fragment from Egypt

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 3, 2021

Carpet fragment with central lobed octagonal medallion on a red ground

Carpet fragment, Egypt, Cairo, late 15th/early 16th century. Wool, goat hair?; knotted pile; 240 x 210 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1965.49.1. Museum purchase.

All East Asia

Samurai Banner from Japan

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 26, 2021

Samurai banner (sashimono) (detail), Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615), 1568-1600. Silk; plain weave with tie-resist-dyed lozenge design; 89 x 40 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2366.

All Indigenous Americas

Loincloth Panel from Peru

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 19, 2021

Fringed textile with design of small birds

Loincloth panel, Peru, central coast, Chancay style, c. 1200-1400. Cotton, alpaca; slit tapestry weave; 91 x 75 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 91.6. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1928.