From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: East Asia

Sample by Junichi Arai

Post author By GW Museum
Post date January 8, 2025

black, grey and white textile with falling drops design

Junichi Arai (Japanese, 1932-2017), sample, 1984. Cotton, double cloth, 62 x 40 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2349.

All East Asia

Fireman’s Hat from Japan

Post author By GW Museum
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.

All 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.

All East Asia

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

All East Asia

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.