Collection Stories

From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Camel Trapping from Turkmenistan

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 13, 2020

Camel trapping (asmalyk), Turkmenistan, Tekke people, 19th century. Wool; knotted pile, asymmetrical knot; 85 x 128 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1980.13.2. Gift of Arthur D. Jenkins.

All South Asia

Sash from India

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 30, 2020

Sash (patka) (detail); India, Kashmir; 1700-1725. Goat hair, double interlocked twill tapestry weave, 224 x 55 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 6.24. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1928.

All East Asia

Korean Wrapping Cloth

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 23, 2020

Square patchwork with pink, green and yellow design — Photo by Bruce M. White Photography.

Wrapping cloth, Korea, early 20th century. Silk, pieced, 57 x 55 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2400.

All Washingtoniana

Souvenir of Mount Vernon

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 16, 2020

“Souvenir of Mount Vernon Including Monticello and Arlington.” Published by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, 1876. Color lithograph; 37 x 42 cm. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 574.

Africa All

Skirt from the Kuba Kingdom

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 9, 2020

Woman’s skirt; Bushong, Kuba Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo; early 20th century. Raffia; balanced plain weave, embroidery, cut pile, stem stitch; 69 x 177 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1983.8.1. Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund.