From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: East Asia

Manchu Robe from China

Post author By GW Museum
Post date July 24, 2020

Woman’s robe (changyi), China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Guangxu period (1871-1908). Silk and metal-wrapped yarns; slit tapestry weave; 137 x 122 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2007.13.4. Donated by Elizabeth Ickes.

Shihoko Fukumoto’s “Waterscape VI”

Post author By GW Museum
Post date July 17, 2020

Shihoko Fukomoto (Japanese, b. 1945), “Waterscape VI” (detail), 1995. Indigo dyed, handwoven linen and paper; 75 x 34 cm. Cotsen Textile Collection T-1597.

All East Asia

Qing Dynasty Chair Cover from China

Post author By GW Museum
Post date June 5, 2020

Chair cover (detail), China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Kangxi period (1661-1722). Silk and metal-wrapped yarns; slit tapestry weave (kesi); 163 x 52 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2011.8.1. Collection of Joseph W. Fell.