25 Questions

These are the 25 questions I came up with while working on part 1 of project 1.

1. Why do certain cultures have certain leanings toward certain aesthetics in their designs?

2. How do textiles evolve over time?

3. Do these textiles have special symbols on them specific to the culture of the time?

4. What type of garment was this textile on?

5. Was the garment a religious garment?

6. Did only certain people wear the garment this textile was used for?

7. What inspired these textile designs?

8. Who designed this textile?

9. What does this textile feel like?

10. What did the whole garment this textile was used for look like?

11. Does the fabric help determine the textile design?

12. How do cultures affect designs?

13. How do designs affect cultures?

14. Are there specific reasons behind the textile colors?

15. Do the colors imply anything?

16. What stories are behind these specific textiles?

17. Was this garment for males or females?

18. How were these textiles discovered or preserved?

19. Does the textile tell a story?

20. Do the people on the garment represent people of the time or a story?

21. Why are there knots on this one?

22. What was rest of the culture like at this time?

23. Who made this textile?

24. What was the whole process of designing and making this textile?

25. What would the people who used this textile think if they now knew this was in a museum and used in classes?

10 Textile Inspirations

1. DP230042

Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valorous
Object Name: Fragment
Date: 13th century
Geography: Spain
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Silk, gilt animal substrate around a silk core; tapestry weave
Dimensions: Textile: H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) Mount: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm) W. 12 in. (30.5 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1946
Accession Number: 46.156.10
2. sf90-5-615a
Fragment
Date: 4th century
Geography: Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Wool, linen; tapestry weave
Dimensions: 8 1/4 in. high 7 5/16 in. wide (21 cm high 18.5 cm wide)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Accession Number: 90.5.615
3. 133183
Textile Fragment
Culture: Swiss
Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number: 09.50.3801
4. DP14194
Textile Sample from Sample Book
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Silk
Dimensions: 6 x 6 in. (15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number: 09.50.3711
5. 1989.376.1ab_F
Evening Ensemble
Design House: Chloé (French, founded 1952)
Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) Textile by Liberty & Co. (British, founded London, 1875)
Date: 1966
Culture: French
Medium: silk, sequins, plastic beads
Dimensions: Length at CB (a): 20 in. (50.8 cm) Length at Side Seam (b): 35 in. (88.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Stella M. Saltonstall, 1989
Accession Number: 1989.376.1a, b
6. DP11157
Textile Piece
Designer: Hector Guimard (French, Lyons 1867–1942 New York)
Date: early 20th Century
Medium: Silk
Dimensions: L. 13, W. 6-1/2 inches (33 x 16.5 cm.)
Classification: Textiles-Trimmings
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Hector Guimard, 1949
Accession Number: 49.85.14
7. Picture 002
Textile
Designer: Textile by Sarah Lipska (Polish, 1882–1973)
Date: 1926–28
Culture: French
Medium: silk, metal, glass
Dimensions: 45 in. (114.3 cm)
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Adelaide Goan, 1955
Accession Number: 2009.300.3551
8. DP272820
Textile with Pattern of Birds and Stars
Object Name: Fragment
Date: 11th–12th century
Geography: Iran
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Silk; samite
Dimensions: Textile: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Mount: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) W. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1946
Accession Number: 46.156.11a
9. Picture 009
Chasuble
Date: late 16th century
Culture: Italian
Medium: Silk, metal, linen
Dimensions: Length at CB: 50 in. (127 cm)
Classifications: Textiles-Embroidered, Textiles-Velvets, Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Rembrandt Club, 1911
Accession Number: 2009.300.2953
10.DP17533
Textile Sample Book
Date: 19th century
Culture: British
Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 11 1/4 x 1/2 in. (30.5 x 28.6 x 1.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Sample Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. F. T. Van Beuren
Accession Number: 156.415 Sa4Q1
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