You may already be familiar with the Textiles and Costumes site of the Henry Art Gallery. If not, be prepared. The first time I clicked over there, I screamed a little with delight. Here’s how the site describes its mission:
The Henry Art Gallery’s Costume and Textile Collection provides a resource for studying the construction and design of fiber-based objects, their relationship to other art forms, and their historical and cultural role in the societies that produced them. The collection illustrates the wide range of aesthetic and technical skills employed over several millennia by often anonymous master artisans, and it documents how technology and mechanization have influenced one of humankind’s most basic activities. This electronic gallery guide provides concepts for understanding costume and textiles and serves as a point of entry to explore this remarkable collection.
Go check out the gallery. And many, many thanks to Deepa of This and That… blog for pointing out this outstanding resource.
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