From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: East Asia

Ceremonial Textile Fragment from Tibet

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 13, 2023

Detail from a textile flag or banner spelling out a Tibetan mantra. The piece has a dark blue silk sateen ground with gilted leather script appliquéd with metallic thread.

Ceremonial textile fragment, Tibet, 17th-19th century. Gold leaf, leather, metallic thread, sateen, silk; embroidery, appliqué; 25 x 41 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1086.

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Dong Shoes from China

Post author By GW Museum
Post date May 10, 2023

Side view of a pointed, flat shoe with bright embroidery covering the top, front portion of the shoe

Shoes; China, Guizhou Province, Qiandongnan Region; Dong people; 20th century. Cotton, silk; embroidered, assembled; 8 x 26 x 7 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2015.8.230a-b. The Bea Roberts Collection of Chinese Minority Textiles

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Kimono from Okinawa

Post author By GW Museum
Post date March 22, 2023

Detail of a textile with a dark blue background covered in a floral pattern with orange, red and white flowers

Kimono; Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Shuri; 19th century. Ramie, indigo; plain weave, resist-dyed, stenciled; 135 x 124 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1963.15.7. Museum purchase.

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Buddhist Priest’s Mantle from China

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 23, 2022

Rectangular blue robe with look of patchwork and design of dragons, bats, canopy and peonies

Buddhist priest’s mantle (jiasha), China, mid-18th century. Silk, gold-wrapped yarns, paint; slit tapestry weave; 120 x 303 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 51.66. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1949.

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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.