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Qanat (tent hanging),
India, Golconda
Early 18th century
The Textile Museum 6.129
Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1947 |
The Art of Living:
Textile Furnishings from the Permanent Collection
February 12, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Homes and furnishings shape the human experience of everyday life. Each culture designs domestic environments that reflect its own social traditions, aesthetic preferences, political and economic circumstances, and local climate.
The Art of Living highlights the historical and cultural breadth of The Textile Museum's collection through the display of textile furnishings, including hangings, rugs, chair covers, cushions and other materials made in societies ranging from the late Roman Empire and colonial Peru to Edo-period Japan and Victorian Britain. The varied furnishing textiles in the exhibition, made to provide protection, comfort, color and pattern in homes from the ancient Mediterranean world to 20th-century America, document the lifestyles enjoyed by their original owners as well as the technical and artistic accomplishments of their creators. This exhibition will provide a historical context for The Textile Museum's second spring 2010 exhibition, Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain, opening May 15, 2010.
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