From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: East Asia

Buddhist Priest’s Mantle from China

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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.

A European Interpretation of Japanese Katagami Stencils

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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.

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Samurai Banner from Japan

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Post date November 26, 2021

Samurai banner (sashimono) (detail), Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615), 1568-1600. Silk; plain weave with tie-resist-dyed lozenge design; 89 x 40 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2366.

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Buddhist Sutra Cover from China

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Post date September 3, 2021

Sutra cover (detail), China, 1500-1644. Silk, gold-wrapped yarns, paper; weft-faced plain weave with supplementary weft patterning; 39 x 16 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 51.37. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1932.

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Dragon robe from China

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Post date August 13, 2021

Dragon robe (long pao), China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), 1862-1911. Silk, metal-wrapped yarn; plain weave, supplementary-weft patterning; 138 x 216 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1961.15.1. Gift of Ethan W. Judd.