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April 4 - September 18, 2008

Selected Images from the Exhibition

 

Hiroyuki Shindo, Shindigo Space 07 (detail), 2006. 'Shindigo shibori'-dyed cotton and hemp and Shindigo balls (polystyrene wrapped with hemp and dip-dyed). Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Joel Chester Fildes.

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Rowland Ricketts, III, Untitled Noren Partition, 2006. Warp: hemp. Weft: hemp. Stenciled paste resist, indigo dyed. Courtesy of the artist.

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Shihoko Fukumoto, Tea Ceremony Room, entitled Morning Mist, 1999. Warp: linen. Weft: linen. Courtesy of the artist.

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Maria Eugenia Davila and Eduardo Portillo, Guardian, 2006. Silk, Moriche palm fibers and wool from the Andean mountains. Dyed with indigo, eucalyptus and cochineal and handwoven in triple weave. Collection of The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK.

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Tunic decoration, Egypt, 5th century. The Textile Museum 71.113. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1947.

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Fragment, India (found at Fustat), 15th century (?). Cotton; stamped and drawn resists, dyed blue. The Textile Museum 6.120.

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Dragon robe, China, Qing dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century. Plain-weave silk with supplementary weft patterning. The Textile Museum 1961.15.1. Gift of Ethan W. Judd.

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Tunic, Peru, Northern Andes, 1470-1532, Chachapoyas people. The Textile Museum 1962.6.1.

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Kimono, Japan, Honshu, Niigata Prefecture, Echigo, first half of the 20th century. Plain weave, weft-resist dyed (weft ikat), Asa (hemp or ramie). The Textile Museum 1963.15.5. Museum purchase.

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Tunic, Peru, Central Coast, Rimac-Lurin Style, 1476-1534. Slit tapestry weave, cotton. The Textile Museum 1966.7.30.

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Navaho Chief's Blanket, Phase 1, ca. 1850. The Textile Museum 1976.30.3.

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  Fireman's coat, Japan, 19th century. The Textile Museum 1983.65.1.

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Kain panjang (long cloth, hip wrapper) detail, Indonesia, Yogyakarta (in the style of Ceribon), Chinese-Indonesian, 20th century. Commercial cotton, resist patterning. The Textile Museum 1998.11.16. Gift of Beverly Deffef Labin Collection.

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  Kain panjang (long cloth, hip wrapper) detail, Indonesia, Yogyakarta (in the style of Ceribon), Chinese-Indonesian, 20th century. Commercial cotton, resist patterning. The Textile Museum 1998.11.16. Gift of Beverly Deffef Labin Collection.

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  Fragment, India (found in Fustat), 17th century (?). Cotton; stamped and drawn resists and painted mordants dyed red, blue, and black. The Textile Museum 6.152.

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Royal tunic, Cameroon, Bamum people, 20th century. Resist patterned and indigo dyed cotton; animal hair.The Textile Museum 2007.30.3.

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