From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Europe

Carpet from Spain

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 9, 2024

Carpet; Spain, Alcaraz; 1550-1590. Wool, goat hair; knotted pile, single warp knot; 417 x 226 cm. The Textile Museum Collection R44.00.3. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers 1942.

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Sacred Textile Fragment from Germany

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Post date February 14, 2024

A fragment of woven silk and metallic-wrapped yarn with embroidery depicting Saint Andrew the Apostle wearing a green robe surrounded by red and silver vines and foliage.

Sacred textile fragment; Germany, Cologne; c. 1450. Linen, metallic-wrapped yarn, silk; compound weave, embroidery; 31 x 15 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0735.

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William Morris Curtain

Post author By GW Museum
Post date August 9, 2023

Detail of a textile with a repeating floral pattern in blue, green and yellow

William Morris (British, 1834-1896), curtain, c. 1883. Plain weave, block printed; 113 x 89 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1991.8.1. Gift of Nora Stone Smith.

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Tapestry Fragment from Belgium

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Post date June 14, 2023

Detail of a tapestry featuring a boy holding an instrument to his mouth surrounded by foliage

Textile fragment, Belgium, 17th century. Wool, linen; tapestry weave; 30 x 38 cm. The Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0442b.

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Curtain from Chios

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Post date November 9, 2022

Detail of textile with deep red ground and design of arches

Curtain, Chios, mid- to late 17th century. Silk and metallic-wrapped thread, weft-float weave with 2/1 twill interlacing and continuous supplementary-weft patterning, 271 x 156 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.74. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1952.