Threads of History: Textiles from the Spencer Museum of Art
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Threads of History: Textiles from the Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
An exhibition of about 150 of the Spencer's spectacular textiles from Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including a brightly embroidered Chinese canopy, a pair of elegant satin party boots made in Chicago more than 100 years ago, a rough Russian saddle blanket, and a mirrored wedding dress from India. Organized by the Spencer Museum.
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Works of art

1800s or 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s or 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

late 1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

circa 1821–1851, Tao Kunag period, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

late 1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1900s

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800–1911, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1900s

1900s

1800s or 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1900s

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

mid 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

early 1900s

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

date unknown

late 1800s–early 1900s

date unknown

1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Guangxu 11 (1885)

date unknown

date unknown

date unknown

date unknown

date unknown

date unknown

1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

date unknown

date unknown

1700?, Edo period (1600–1868)

mid 1900s, Showa period (1926–1989)

mid 1900s, Showa period (1926–1989)

late 1800s or early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

date unknown

date unknown

1800s–early 1900s

1800s or early 1900s

1800s or early 1900s

late 1800s or early 1900s

1800s–early 1900s

1800s–early 1900s

1800s

late 1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)

early 1700s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)

1600s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)

1800s

1800s

1800s or early 1900s

early 1900s

1800s or early 1900s

date unknown

mid 1800s

after 1860

circa 1875–1899

mid 1800s

circa 1870

1800s

circa 1840, Sikh period

1800s

date unknown

date unknown

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1850–1900

date unknown

1800s

1800s

1800

1800s

late 1800s

1600s

1400s

1300s

late 1500s

1850s

mid 1800s

1700s

late 1700s–early 1800s

late 1700s–early 1800s

date unknown

1700s

unknown maker
date unknown

1775–1800

date unknown

late 1700s

1600s

late 1700s

1700s

1600s

1700s

late 1700s

G. J. Lewis & Company
circa 1870

circa 1880–1910

mid-late 1800s

early 1800s

circa 1860

Elisabeth Pitcher
1720

after 1850

1870–1889

late 1860s

1800s

1800s

date unknown

date unknown

mid 1800s

circa 1875

1900s

late 1800s

circa 1840

1800s

circa 1840

circa 1880

unrecorded Plains artist
late 1800s–early 1900s

unrecorded Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) artist
late 1800s–1926

late 1800s

circa 1905

date unknown

after 1841

late 1800s

Ann York (born circa 1810)
1824

1880–1900

circa 1890–1900

circa 1870–1880

1900–1905?

circa 1910–1920

1870–1885

Henrietta Moody (1811–?)
1818

late 1800s

Jane Davison (1695–?)
1710

circa 1850

date unknown

date unknown

Mother of John G. Haskell
1833

date unknown

late 1800s

Ann Christopher-Rothman
date unknown

date unknown

circa 1820

1700s

unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
after 1914

mid 1800s

Gabriel Miller
after 1806

1830s

1916

date unknown

early 1900s

unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
after 1860

mid 1800s

Olive Batchelor Wells (1822–1893)
circa 1840–1860

Emma B. Roessler
circa 1933–1940

1600s

1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

unrecorded Cheyenne artist
late 1800s–1915

circa 1800

circa 1900