Don’t miss the current exhibition at the Textile Museum.

In 1925, George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum with his global collection of carpets and textiles prized for their “intrinsic beauty of design, color and technique.” This exhibition brings together iconic masterworks from The Textile Museum Collection. As the museum launches its centennial year, Intrinsic Beauty celebrates textile making as one of the world’s oldest and most sophisticated art forms.

Textile artists have long admired The Textile Museum Collection and find inspiration from great designers of the past and the long heritage of their practice. A skilled weaver, dyer, or embroiderer, for example, can easily spot the hand of a master. For this pathway, we invited living artists to share their perspectives on the quality and craftsmanship they see revealed in these works. Find their commentary in a label beside each artwork and practice seeing like an artist.

I had the pleasure to contribute my thoughts on the Royal robe, Ryukyu Kingdom, 19th century, 1963.15.8.