Threads of History: Textiles from the Spencer Museum of Art
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Threads of History: Textiles from the Spencer Museum of Art
June 17, 1990–September 2, 1990
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

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Guangxu 11 (1885)

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