Description: COLLECTION OF HISTORIC TEXTILES
Verious regions of origin and time periods. Thirty-five (35) samples of textile including:
Samoa Tapa cloth, primivitve Congo weave, Phillipino silk weave, Kincob silk and metal weave, Indian emroidery, dyed work, Sumatra weave, Java batik, Chinese silk damask, and embroidery, 18th century Japanese silk and paper weave, Darai shot silk bokhara, Morooccan embroidery, cotton weave, Spanish Cuenca cotton weave, Meditteranean silk gauze, Turkoman wool weave, Russian block printed cotton, 17th century Persian velvet weave, silk and metal weave, 18th century Persian Shawl embroidery and Kalakmar cloth, French brochee technique silk weave, Toile de Jouy, Bolivian wool weave, Italian brocatelle silk and linen, 17th century hand painted Dutch Taffetta and more.
Provenance: MacMurray College, Carnegie Collection