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Image features a sarong with vertical stripes of white ikat-dyed patterning on an indigo ground. Scroll down to read the blog about this object.
Arrow Heads and Crocodile Teeth
Author: Wendy Weiss In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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3 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 22, 2018
Image features a length of fabric printed with scenes of New York City landmarks, in black on off-white. Scroll down to read the blog about this object.
A Big Apple Souvenir
Author: Leigh Wishner In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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4 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 21, 2018
Image features a square weaving with a grid of stepped motifs in soft shades of browns, tans, pinks, and blues. Scroll down to read the blog about this object.
James Bassler, Thread by Thread
Author: Elena Phipps In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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3 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 20, 2018
Image features a sheer ivory scarf embroidered with a flowering tree in a bowl at each end. Scroll down to read the blog about this object.
From Spiny Leaf to Gossamer Beauty
Author: Mary Lou Murillo In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and...
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4 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 19, 2018
Image features a length of woven fabric with a pale green ground and vertical stripes of silver looped pile. Scroll down to read the blog post about this object.
Shine Bright, Like a Liebes
Author: Erica Warren In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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4 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 18, 2018
The image features a silk ikat hanging with elephants, lions, and architectural elements.
Hol Pidan: An Otherworldly Cambodian Experience
Author: Magali Berthon In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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3 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 17, 2018
Spindle with a slender wooden shaft tapered to ends; both ends broken. Black ceramic disk whorl in center with geometric design incised and painted in red and white. Traces of black, white and red painted rings on center of shaft.
Stick and Stone
Author: Gabe Duggan In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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4 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 16, 2018
Central cartouche with Mount Vesuvius and Pompei surrounded by rural scenes and trophies. This embroidery was from the pattern book of Johann Friedrich Netto, Zeichen-Mahler und Stickerbuch, Zweiter Theil, Leipzig 1798.
Vesuvius in Silk
Author: Lisa VanDenBerghe In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
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3 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 15, 2018
Off-white cotton sheer ground with embroidered design of a stylized floral spray with two large blossoms and numerous small ones curving to the left. The vines are executed in gold foil strips, the small flowers in gilt sequins, and the leaves in beetle elytra.
Nature’s Sequins
Author: Jennifer Angus In celebration of the third annual New York Textile Month, members of the Textile Society of America will author Object of the Day for the month of September. A non-profit professional organization of scholars, educators, and artists in the field of textiles, TSA provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination...
Read Time
4 minutes
Posted By
Susan Brown
Date
September 14, 2018