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Threads of History: Textiles from the Spencer Museum of Art

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.

Exhibition images

Works of art

theatrical collar — theatrical collar

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

Daoist Immortal: Lu Dongbin textile — Daoist Immortal: Lu Dongbin textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal: Cao Guojiu textile — Daoist Immortal: Cao Guojiu textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal: Zhong Liquan textile — Daoist Immortal: Zhong Liquan textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal: Zhang Guolao textile — Daoist Immortal: Zhang Guolao textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai textile — Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal Shou Lao textile — Daoist Immortal Shou Lao textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal He Xiangu textile — Daoist Immortal He Xiangu textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist Immortal: Han Xiangzi textile — Daoist Immortal: Han Xiangzi textile

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

panel — panel

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

龍袍 longpao (dragon robe) — 龍袍 longpao (dragon robe)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

man's long pao (dragon robe) — man's long pao (dragon robe)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

woman's long pao (dragon robe) — woman's long pao (dragon robe)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Daoist priest's robe (jiangyi) — Daoist priest's robe (jiangyi)

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

woman's vest — woman's vest

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

chao fu (audience robe) — chao fu (audience robe)

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

woman's pleated wedding skirt — woman's pleated wedding skirt

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

woman's pleated skirt — woman's pleated skirt

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

woman's skirt panels — woman's skirt panels

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

woman's vest — woman's vest

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

wedding robe with butterflies — wedding robe with butterflies

late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

woman's robe — woman's robe

late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

money belt — money belt

1900s

pocket with tassels — pocket with tassels

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

gourd shaped pouch — gourd shaped pouch

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

pocket — pocket

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

fan case — fan case

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

folding fan — folding fan

mid 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

tab ornament — tab ornament

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

collar — collar

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

collar (?) — collar (?)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Ruyi-shaped ornament — Ruyi-shaped ornament

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

medallion — medallion

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

pair of sleeve borders — pair of sleeve borders

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

sleeve border — sleeve border

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

sleeve border — sleeve border

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

sleeve border — sleeve border

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Ten Thousand Men’s Canopy — Ten Thousand Men’s Canopy

Guangxu 11 (1885)

tassel and braid with fringe — tassel and braid with fringe

date unknown

tassel and braid with fringe — tassel and braid with fringe

date unknown

Mandarin duck tassel — Mandarin duck tassel

date unknown

Mandarin duck tassel — Mandarin duck tassel

date unknown

tassel (pair to 0000.1191) — tassel (pair to 0000.1191)

date unknown

tassel (pair to 0000.1190) — tassel (pair to 0000.1190)

date unknown

tassels — tassels

date unknown

tassels — tassels

date unknown

wedding obi — wedding obi

mid 1900s, Showa period (1926–1989)

panel — panel

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

Coptic textile fragment — Coptic textile fragment

400s

child's hooded cap — child's hooded cap

1800s–early 1900s

bodice (choli) — bodice (choli)

1800s or early 1900s

woman's tunic (aba) — woman's tunic (aba)

1800s–early 1900s

woman's tunic (aba) — woman's tunic (aba)

1800s–early 1900s

embroidered cloth — embroidered cloth

1800s

woman's headcloth (odhani) — woman's headcloth (odhani)

1800s

textile fragment (right selvage) — textile fragment (right selvage)

late 1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)

textile fragment — textile fragment

early 1700s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)

mat or table cover fragments (2) — mat or table cover fragments (2)

1800s

textile fragment — textile fragment

1600s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)

textile fragment — textile fragment

1800s

textile fragment — textile fragment

1800s

end panel of a sari (fragment) — end panel of a sari (fragment)

1800s

prayer mat or household furnishing — prayer mat or household furnishing

early 1900s

Kashmir shawl — Kashmir shawl

mid 1800s

Kashmir shawl — Kashmir shawl

circa 1875–1899

Kashmir shawl — Kashmir shawl

circa 1870

shawl — shawl

1850–1900

piano shawl — piano shawl

date unknown

shawl — shawl

1800s

shawl — shawl

1800s

shawl — shawl

1800

shawl — shawl

1800s

shawl — shawl

late 1800s

textile fragment — textile fragment

1400s

Christ Carrying the Cross tapestry — Christ Carrying the Cross tapestry

late 1500s

Jacobean crewelwork table cover — Jacobean crewelwork table cover

1600s

garden scene of woman in center surrounded by four female portraits in oval needlework frames — garden scene of woman in center surrounded by four female portraits in oval needlework frames

circa 1660s

book cover — book cover

mid 1800s

valance panel — valance panel

1700s

silk — silk

date unknown

unknown maker, petit point panel — petit point panel

unknown maker

date unknown

silk satin brocade — silk satin brocade

1775–1800

woman's drawstring bag — woman's drawstring bag

date unknown

child's waistcoat — child's waistcoat

late 1700s

textile fragment — textile fragment

1600s

valance with tassels — valance with tassels

late 1700s

coverlet — coverlet

1700s

textile — textile

1600s

brocaded silk taffeta — brocaded silk taffeta

late 1700s

Elisabeth Pitcher, untitled sampler — untitled sampler

Elisabeth Pitcher

1720

unrecorded Plains artist, pair of child's beaded moccasins — pair of child's beaded moccasins

unrecorded Plains artist

late 1800s–early 1900s

unrecorded Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) artist, cornhusk bag — cornhusk bag

unrecorded Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) artist

late 1800s–1926

doll — doll

date unknown

Ann York (born circa 1810), When This You See Remember... sampler — When This You See Remember... sampler

Ann York

1824

woman's coat — woman's coat

1870–1885

Henrietta Moody (1811–?), Why Restless Why Cast Down... sampler — Why Restless Why Cast Down... sampler

Henrietta Moody

1818

Jane Davison (1695–?), Iane Davison 1710, If You Will Not When You... sampler — Iane Davison 1710, If You Will Not When You... sampler

Jane Davison

1710

tablecloth — tablecloth

late 1800s

coverlet — coverlet

circa 1820

Gabriel Miller, coverlet — coverlet

Gabriel Miller

after 1806

overshot coverlet — overshot coverlet

1830s

huipil (blouse) — huipil (blouse)

1916

one of two huipil panels — one of two huipil panels

date unknown

one of two huipil panels — one of two huipil panels

1916

huipil (woman's blouse) — huipil (woman's blouse)

1916

coverlet — coverlet

mid 1800s

Sagebud or Goose Tracks Variation quilt, or North Carolina Lily quilt — Sagebud or Goose Tracks Variation quilt, or North Carolina Lily quilt

circa 1840–1875

Olive Batchelor Wells (1822–1893), Garden of Eden quilt — Garden of Eden quilt

Olive Batchelor Wells

circa 1840–1860

Rose Frances Good Kretsinger (1886–1963), Orchid Wreath quilt — Orchid Wreath quilt

Rose Frances Good Kretsinger

1928

Emma B. Roessler, Autumn Leaf quilt — Autumn Leaf quilt

Emma B. Roessler

circa 1933–1940

Lia Cook (born 1942), Through the Curtain #2 — Through the Curtain #2

Lia Cook

1985

Cynthia Schira (born 1934), Winter Dream — Winter Dream

Cynthia Schira

1986

textile fragment — textile fragment

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

unrecorded Cheyenne artist, pair of beaded moccasins — pair of beaded moccasins

unrecorded Cheyenne artist

late 1800s–1915

coverlet panel — coverlet panel

circa 1800