Buddhist Kesa in Basel
The Museum de Kulturen, Basel is marking the occasion of “150 years of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Switzerland” with an exhibition of kesa, ‘The Buddhist Monk’s Robe’, 22 August – 22 March 2015.
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Fowler at UCLA: Timor Weavings
The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Textiles of Timor, Island in the Woven Sea opens 7 September 2014 until 4 January 2015 is one of three textile exhibitions to mark the occasion.
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Fowler at UCLA: South African Embroidery
The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Witness: Embroidery as History in Post Apartheid South Africa, 7 September – 7 December 2014 is one of three textile exhibitions to mark the occasion.
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Carpet Museum opens in Baku
On August 26 2014 an official opening ceremony was held for the new building to house the Azerbaijan State Museum of Carpets in Baku. The construction at the Seaside National Park has been six years in the making, with the foundation being laid in May 2008. The five storey structure designed by Austrian architect Franz… Read more »
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Oriental Rugs from the Gerard Paquin Collection, MFA, Boston
This small loan exhibition in the rotunda at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston focuses on rugs and bags made in nomadic and village environments from West Anatolia to Persia and Central Asia
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Fowler at UCLA: Ghana Prints
The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Fowler in Focus: Yards of Style, African Print Cloths of Ghana, 24 August 14 December 2014 is one of three textile exhibitions to mark the occasion.
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Archaeology, Textiles and Preservation in Toronto
How have textiles – among the most fragile and vulnerable artefacts – survived over the centuries? This is a question of great significance to the Textile Museum curators, who last year began to research and develop new ways to conserve and store archaeological textiles.
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British Folk Art at Tate Britain
British folk art- an elusive and often overlooked artistic genre is given high art status at Tate Britain.
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The Eye of the Needle
English embroideries from the Feller collection go on public display for the first time from 1 August to 12 October 2014 at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
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Cairo under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles in Toronto
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Cairo under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles, on view until 25 January 2015, features nearly 80 rare fabrics.
