Print of the Proposed Site for the 1892 World’s Fair

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Post date December 28, 2022

Print of a version of Washington, D.C. viewing the Washington Monument and the National Mall with added lakes and plots of land marked by red crosses

A. Hoen & Co. (Baltimore), “Birdseye View of the National Capital Including the Site of the Proposed World’s Exposition of 1892 and Permanent Exposition of the Three Americas,” published by E. Kurtz Johnson, 1888. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 286.

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Textile Fragment from Egypt

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Post date December 14, 2022

Textile fragment showing a procession with two men on the left and four women on the right

Textile fragment; Egypt, Thebes; c.1200 BCE. Linen, paint; plain weave, painting; 34 x 55 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 7.3. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1948.

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Buddhist Priest’s Mantle from China

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Post date November 23, 2022

Rectangular blue robe with look of patchwork and design of dragons, bats, canopy and peonies

Buddhist priest’s mantle (jiasha), China, mid-18th century. Silk, gold-wrapped yarns, paint; slit tapestry weave; 120 x 303 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 51.66. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1949.

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How Pattern Connects us to the Past

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Post date November 16, 2022

Bold red, blue, and white geometric pattern with floral motifs on batik fragment.

Garment fragment; Indonesia, Java, North coast; c. 1920. Cotton batik, 15.5 in x 13 in. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection, T-1223. Bruce M. White Photography.

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Communicating Kingship and Devotion Across Cultures

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Post date November 12, 2022

White textile fragment with red, gold, and green floral motifs and wide-stanced repeated figures.

Detail of phaa nung skirt, ceremonial; India, Coromandel Coast; c. late 18th century., Coromandel Coast, India, Late 18th century, Cotton, resist-dyed; 42 x 25 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0669. Bruce M. White Photography.