Collection Stories

From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Dress from Yemen

Post author By GW Museum
Post date June 14, 2024

Dress, coastal Yemen, 1900-1950. Cotton, copper, mother-of-pearl; plain weave, embroidery; 117 x 146 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2009.3.1. Gift of Sheridan Collins.

All Oceania

Tapa Cloth from Oceania

Post author By GW Museum
Post date May 8, 2024

Tapa cloth fragment, Oceania, 1900-1920. Bark, beaten, 16 x 22 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2922aa.

Africa All

Asafo Flag from Ghana

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 10, 2024

Asafo flag (frankka), Ghana, Fante people, mid-20th century. Cotton; appliqué; 112 x 168 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1999.39.1. Gift of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg and Robert T. Coffland.

All Europe

Sacred Textile Fragment from Germany

Post author By GW Museum
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.

All Indigenous Americas

Mola Blouse from Panama

Post author By GW Museum
Post date January 10, 2024

Colorful textile depicting leaves and a parrot on the right and another bird on the left in a reverse applique technique.

Mola blouse; Panama, San Blas Islands; 20th century. Cotton; plain weave, machine woven, appliqué, reverse appliqué; 60 x 62 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1985.56.28. Donated from the Collection of Jonathan Leonard.