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Headcover from Cambodia

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Post date February 8, 2023

Rectangular textile with a dark border with a central, repeating pattern of diagonal lines and circle motifs

Headcover; Southeast Asia, Cambodia. Silk, bound resist, 127 x 69 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1981.3. Alice Riddle Kindler.

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Flatweave Rug from the Caucasus

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Post date January 25, 2023

Detail of a textile with two sets of geometric, S-shaped motifs facing each other

Flatweave rug, Caucasus, 1875-1925. Wool; plain weave, supplementary-weft wrapping; 255 x 245 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1989.10.92. Bequest of Arthur D. Jenkins.

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Mulyana’s “Mogus 34”

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Post date January 11, 2023

Detail of a crocheted monster head with several yellow eyes and an open mouth with two teeth

Mulyana (Indonesian, b. 1984), “Mogus 34,” 2020. Yarn, polyester; 58 x 17 x 15 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2021.6.2. Collection of John Silvis. © Mulyana.

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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.