Threads of History: Textiles from the Spencer Museum of Art

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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.

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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 (1644–1911)
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)
1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
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 or early 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)
Guangxu 11 (1885)
date unknown
date unknown
date unknown
date unknown
mid 1900s, Showa period (1926–1989)
late 1800s or early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1800s–early 1900s
1800s or early 1900s
1800s–early 1900s
1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)
early 1700s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)
1600s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)
mid 1800s
circa 1875–1899
circa 1870
1850–1900
date unknown
1800s
1800s
1800
1800s
late 1800s
mid 1800s
date unknown
unknown maker
date unknown
1775–1800
late 1700s
1700s
1600s
Elisabeth Pitcher
1720
unrecorded Plains artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) artist
late 1800s–1926
date unknown
1870–1885
late 1800s
circa 1820
Gabriel Miller
after 1806
mid 1800s
Olive Batchelor Wells
circa 1840–1860
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
1928
Emma B. Roessler
circa 1933–1940
Cynthia Schira
1986
1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
unrecorded Cheyenne artist
late 1800s–1915
circa 1800