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.

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.
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.
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.
Curtain, Chios, mid- to late 17th century. Silk and metallic-wrapped thread, weft-float weave with 2/1 twill interlacing and continuous supplementary-weft patterning, 271 x 156 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.74. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1952.
Hat, Peru, 7th/9th century. Camelid hair, 15 x 12 x 12 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0047.