From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

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Textile Fragment from Peru

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Post date May 14, 2025

Textile fragment, Chavín style, Peru, Early Horizon (900-200 BCE). Cotton; painting, plain weave; 38 x 33 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1981.36.11D. Gift of James G. Pepper.

All Southeast Asia

Funerary Garment from Laos or Vietnam

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Post date April 9, 2025

Funerary garment (suea hii) (inside out), northern Laos or northwest Vietnam, Tai culture, 20th century. Cotton, silk; supplementary weft, plain weave; 109 x 124 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2012.22.51. Gift of Ellison Banks Findly.

All Indigenous Americas

Mola Blouse from Panama

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Post date March 12, 2025

Mola blouse; Panama, San Blas Islands; 20th century. Cotton; machine woven, plain weave, appliqué. The Textile Museum Collection 2000.24.85. Ann Parker and Avon Neal Mola Collection, given jointly with the Neals by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr.

All Islamic World

Carpet from the Caucasus

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Post date February 12, 2025

Carpet; Caucasus, Zeichur; late 19th/early 20th century. Wool, knotted pile, 215 x 131 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1981.45.4. Gift of Dr. John M. Hodges.

All East Asia

Fireman’s Hat from Japan

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Post date December 11, 2024

Fireman’s hat, Japan, 19th/20th century. Cotton; plain weave, paste resist dyed, quilted; 63 x 36 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1983.65.4. Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund.