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Introduction

Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection

1,000 Years of Textiles
January 16 - March 1, 1987

Selected Objects

Diné (Navajo) Native North American

Man's wearing blanket (Chief blanket, phase III), ca. 1865 - ca. 1880

Indian, India Gujarat Probably

Textile fragment, 1400s

Coptic Egyptian, Egypt

cushion cover, 600s - 700s

Franco-Flemish, Paris Arras

Tapestry fragment, ca.1376-1378

Conceucion LaGuardia, maker

Darning and Decorative Embroidery Sampler, mid 1800s

French, Lyon

Cloth of Gold, ca. 1750-1769

Coptic Egyptian, Egypt

hanging; cover, 300s - 400s

French

textile, 1800

Arabic-Egyptian

textile, 700-899

Persian, Persia

Textile fragment, 1500s
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Persian

textile, 1500s

Italian

Textile fragment, ca. 1600

Persian

Textile, 1800s

Diane Itter

Kente Fan II, 1981

Flemish or French, France

Tapestry, ca. 1500

French

textile, 1825-1850

Cynthia Burr

Sampler, 1786

African Kuba Kingdom

Textile Fragment, 1800s

Arabic-Egyptian

textile fragments; textile fragment, 700-899

French

fragment, 1878

Italian, Probably Venice

dalmatic, early 1700s

Egyptian

Tapestry, 5th century CE

Near Eastern Persian, Persia

textile fragments; textile fragment; burial cloth, 1100s

Persian, Persia

Textile fragment, 1500s

Arabic-Egyptian

textile fragments; textile fragment, 700-899

Egyptian

textile, 8th Century CE-9th Century CE

Near Eastern Turkish, Bursa

Cushion Cover, ca. 1540–1675

More objects +

Exhibition Checklist

Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection : 1,000 Years of Textiles

January 16 - March 1, 1987
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