Collection Stories

From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Coca Bag from Bolivia

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Post date April 26, 2023

Detail of a woven textile with red, green, lavender and dark brown vertical stripes

Bag; Bolivia, dept. La Paz, prov. Pacajes, Achiri area; 20th century. Wool; warp-faced plain weave and complementary warp weave; 15 x 15 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1985.27.29. Meadowcroft Bolivian Textile Collection.

All Contemporary

Dilyara Kaipova’s “Scream (Red)”

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Post date April 12, 2023

Detail of a textile with an orange background and a row of three ghoulish faces woven into the fabric in black and white

Dilyara Kaipova (Uzbekistan, b. 1967), “Scream (Red),” 2016. Cotton, bound warp resist dye, 132 x 173 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2021.9.1. Gift of Raushan Sapar. © Courtesy of Sapar Contemporary and the artist.

All East Asia

Kimono from Okinawa

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Post date March 22, 2023

Detail of a textile with a dark blue background covered in a floral pattern with orange, red and white flowers

Kimono; Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Shuri; 19th century. Ramie, indigo; plain weave, resist-dyed, stenciled; 135 x 124 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1963.15.7. Museum purchase.

All Southeast Asia

Loincloth from Indonesia

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Post date March 8, 2023

Two strips of cloth, the left one embellished with red, horizontal stripes and the right one woven in a geometric pattern

Loincloth; Indonesia, Island of Borneo, Kalimantan; late 19th century. Cotton; plain weave, supplementary weft, songket, pilih, embroidery, tassel; 325 x 24 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 66.10. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1956.

All Islamic World

Textile Fragment from Iran

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Post date February 22, 2023

Almost square textile fragment with a green background and details of various figures in garden scenes

Textile fragment, Iran, 16th-17th century. Cotton, silk; plain weave, embroidery; 61 x 66 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 3.43. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1931.