Textile And Rug Museum

We have one of the most important research collections of rugs from the islamic world with examples from egypt islamic spain mughal india north africa turkey the caucasus iran central asia and china.

Textile and rug museum.

About rug and textile appreciation mornings collectors and experts discuss textile topics and display examples from their personal holdings. The wisconsin museum of quilts fiber arts is the only museum devoted to the creation education and preservation of time honored fiber arts in wisconsin. The george washington university museum and the textile museum the george washington university. This series is named in honor of late textile museum trustee emeritus harold m.

This collection ranges from rugs produced in court and urban workshops to works woven by women in rural villages and nomadic encampments. As a courtesy i want my customers to know that now is the best time to bring in your rugs for repair and restoration. His father was a reputed master weaver particularly skillful in the profession of restoring antique oriental rugs and in this capacity he was frequently invited to international expositions around the. The textile museum was established in 1925 by george hewitt myers a rug and textile collector and connoisseur and was formerly housed in the building his family called home.

Foroosh was born in persia in the year 1939. Located in the heart of washington d c the george washington university museum and the textile museum celebrates the creative achievements of local and global cultures from antiquity through today. The cotsen textile traces study collection the cotsen textile traces study collection provides opportunities for researchers to examine nearly 4 000 textile fragments from antiquity to the present day. You are invited to sumbit related pieces to share during the program.

For generations his family who lived in the ancient city of kerman greatly contributed to the advancement of the art of persian rug weaving. In 2011 we restored our 1850 s barn for use as an exhibition gallery classrooms collections storage and general purpose. Description p mahbod foroosh originally from persia offers his expertise in weaving hand washing and restoration of antique and semi antique rugs at the textile and rug museum. The textile museum collection includes more than 21 000 examples of handmade textile art representing five continents and five millennia.

At the time of its founding the museum s collection included 275 rugs and sixty related textiles a collection myers had built since the 1890s. After sixty years of working as a master weaver museum quality restorer and appraiser of fine persian and oriental rugs and textiles i am announcing my retirement.