Collection Stories

From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Yao Hat from Thailand

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Post date February 5, 2021

Hat, Thailand, Yao people, 20th century. Cotton, aluminum discs; cross-stitch embroidery; 14 x 22 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2017.3.1. Gift of Gretchen Primack.

All Indigenous Americas

Tunic from the Wari Empire

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Post date January 29, 2021

Textile with colorful geometric designs on orange

Tunic (detail); Peru, found on the south coast, Monte Grande; Huari style; c. 850-950. Camelid hair; interlocked tapestry weave; 102 x 108 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1962.28.1. Museum purchase.

All Washingtoniana

Engraving of Lincoln’s Inauguration

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Post date January 22, 2021

Engraving depicting portico of U.S. Capitol

“View of the Capitol, Showing the Present State of the Dome, Taken During the Inauguration of Lincoln, Monday, March 4, 1861” (detail). Published by Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 16, 1861. Wood engraving after a photo by George Stacy, 55 x 41 cm (framed). Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 216.

All Europe

Bible from England

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Post date January 15, 2021

A woven book cover with two figures and a snake on a tree — Photos by Bruce M. White Photography.

Caygill family Bible, imprinted by Robert Barker, England, 1617. Bound paper with silk tapestry-weave cover, 18 x 12 x 5 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-3086.

All Islamic World

Robe from Uzbekistan

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Post date January 8, 2021

Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Fergana Valley, c. 1850-1900. Silk, cotton; warp-faced plain weave, warp ikat; 136 x 152 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2010.24.1. Megalli Collection.