From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Author: GW Museum

Fragment of Trade Cloth from India

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Post date November 12, 2021

Fragment of sarasa trade cloth (detail), India (Coromandel Coast, possibly Tamil Nadu) for the Japanese market, 1650-1725. Cotton; mordant painted and resist-dyed plain weave; 69 x 34 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2854.

All Islamic World

Velvet Fragment from Türkiye

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Post date November 5, 2021

Velvet textile fragment; Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul; Ottoman period, c. 1550-1600. Silk, metallic-wrapped yarn, cotton; satin weave, supplementary-warp pile, supplementary-weft patterning, twill weave; 77 x 53 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.53. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1951.

All Europe

“Young Pioneers Rally” from the Soviet Union

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Post date October 29, 2021

“Young Pioneers Rally” (detail); First Factory of Printed Cotton; Russia, Moscow; 1928-29. Cotton; plain weave, printed; 18 x 18 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2102.049.

All Southeast Asia

“Hol Pidan” from Cambodia

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Post date October 22, 2021

Textile hanging (hol pidan), Cambodia, 20th century. Silk; twill weave, weft ikat; 84 x 186 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2004.11.1. Gift of Dona Dinsdale.

All Contemporary

Archie Brennan’s “Lady in Kimono”

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Post date October 15, 2021

Archie Brennan (American, 1931-2019), “Lady in Kimono” (detail), United States, 1993. Silk, wool; tapestry weave; 28 x 14 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1060.