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Furnishing Fragment from Germany

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Post date January 14, 2026
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Close-up image of a beige textile fragments with blue, yellow, and red accents.

Walter Gropius (German, 1883-1969), furnishing fragment, Germany, 1900-1950. Cotton, cut velvet, uncut velvet; supplementary warp pile; 57 x 34 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection NT-1505b.

All South Asia

Sari from India

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Post date December 10, 2025

Sari; India, Coromandel Coast; 19th century. Cotton, silver-wrapped cotton; drawn resist- and mordant-dyed plain weave with supplementary-weft patterning; 907 x 107 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 6.78. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1936.

All South Asia

Throne Cover from Bhutan

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Post date November 11, 2025

Throne cover, Bhutan, 1900-1925. Wool, appliqué, 124 x 123 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1999.9.1. Gift of David W. and Barbara G. Fraser.

All Southeast Asia

Bag from the Philippines

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Post date October 22, 2025

Carrying bag; Philippines, Mindanao; Bagobo culture. Abaca fiber, beads, bells, pompoms, sequins; plain weave, twill weave, beaded, lost-wax process; 46 x 38 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1966.31.1. Gift of Tom Bahti.

All Europe

Archive of the Calico Printers’ Association

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Post date September 17, 2025
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Calico Printers’ Association Records; United Kingdom, Manchester; 1899-1968. Arthur D. Jenkins Library. Gift of Claudia Myers 2023, from the collection of Sam and Myrna Myers.