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Textiles formed the surfaces of Colonial life in the Andes, and especially those associated with ritual and faith relating to the sacred realms of Christian as well as indigenous religious contexts. Carpets—woven of knotted pile or flat-woven tapestry—were not a form used in the region prior to the Spanish arrival but were introduced early in […]

Coffee House Club Throughout history purple has enjoyed significance as an uncommon color associated with the ultimate—in royalty, power, spirituality, sexuality, magic, and decadence. Even though the 1856 creation of mauve, the world’s first synthetic dye, made the spectrum of purples widely available and theoretically blurred purple’s symbolic distinctions, the color has retained its caché

Coffee House Club Lecture / Dinner Jajims, which are warp-faced textiles, have been used extensively by Transcaucasian/Azarbayjani nomads, transhumants, villagers and the urban elite as pack covers, padded seating, covers for stacked up bedding in village houses during the day.  When woven with silk, they are quilt tops and yard goods. I will illustrate my talk using powerpoint,

The Ottoman Turkish Influence on Costume and Textiles in Transylvania Coffee House Club Lecture / Dinner The army of Suleiman the Magnifcent defeated the forces of the greater Kingdom of Hungary in 1526. The area of Turkish occupation also included the region of Transylvania (which today is in Romania) as well as Upper Hungary (today

This exhibition places textiles from Late Antique Egypt in multiple contexts—their original use in the 3rd-7th centuries, their rediscovery in the early 20th century, and their reception in the present day—bringing these colorful remnants of the ancient past to life for today’s audiences. Centering on the recent gift of 85 textile pieces from the Rose

In 1974, Richard Ettinghausen marshaled the then available early literary and visual evidence, especially that to be found in miniature paintings, for the presence of prayer rugs in Muslim societies. In 2003, I published a complementary article in Hali addressing the relation of rugs and textiles to the pragmatics of Muslim prayer. In the light

Through the summer of 2018, The Metropolitan Museum will have the privilege of showing the Wagner Garden Carpet, a 17th-century Persian carpet never before exhibited outside the United Kingdom. While its home institution, the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, undergoes renovation, the carpet will travel to several museums in North America. Composed on the classic plan

The nomadic Anatolian women, descended from Turkmen nomads and their settled kin created colorful, visually stunning kilims that communicate much about the aesthetic choices they made in decorating their tents and surroundings. Color, composition, and size make these textiles captivating to today’s viewers, but Anatolian kilims hold importance far beyond their contemporary visual impact. Most

The picnic will be begin at noon and lunch will be served around 12:30 pm. After lunch there will be a show-n-tell, members are invited to bring a piece or two. The cost will be $50 per person. Because the lunch will be catered the club is asking our members to pay in advance by