Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles

As The Textile Museum marks its centennial, Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles offers a journey through two millennia of textile artistry. On view at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum until June 14, 2025, this exhibition brings together sixty masterworks from the museum’s extensive collection, illuminating the extraordinary craftsmanship, cultural exchange, and enduring legacy of textile traditions worldwide.

Carpet, Türkiye, 17th century. The Textile Museum Collection R.34.34.1. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1927.

Founded in 1925 by George Hewitt Myers, The Textile Museum was built upon an appreciation for textiles as an art form defined by the beauty of design, colour, and technique. Myers assembled a pioneering collection that has since grown to over 25,000 pieces, and this exhibition celebrates his vision...

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All images courtesy of the George Washington Textile Museum Collection

Lead Image: Tunic, Peru, 750-950. The Textile Museum Collection 91.341. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1941.