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Cotsen Collections donated to George Washington University and The Textile Museum
The Washington Textile Museum, now part of the US capital’s George Washington University, has received a $18.4 million gift of more than 4,000 textiles, together with purpose-built cabinetry and an endowment, from the 1985 Trust set up by Lloyd Cotsen, former CEO of Neutrogena.
Anatomy of an Object: Opus Anglicanum Panels
Clare Browne tells the story of a set of 14th-century needlework panels with scenes from the Life of the Virgin.
David Young · 3 min
Threads of Devotion at Nara National Museum
A special exhibition commemorating the completion of conservation work ‘Threads of Devotion, National Treasure: The Taima Mandala Tapestry and Embroidered Buddhist Imagery’ opened at the Nara National Museum on 14 July and will be on show until 26 August 2018.
David Young · 1 min
Yellow shades from HALI 194
The regular HALI magazine feature Thread of Time takes an abstract look at the links between two intriguing textiles from different places and cultures that deserve to be in the limelight. The following is extracted from HALI 194.
Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 25 November 2017
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