past exhibition

Debut

Textile Art Acquisitions

March 17, 2007–November 25, 2007

Debut introduced 21 textile art acquisitions from the past seven years, all on view for the first time. From a rare pre-Columbian weaving made nearly 2,000 years ago to Jane Mathews’s DAM Crazy, a paper quilt created in 2006, these objects illustrated the broad scope of the museum's textile art collection.

Central Asian ikats and a highly unusual Tibetan Buddhist meditation mat expanded our Asian holdings, while two family heirlooms and an Amish doll quilt were welcome gifts to the museum’s extensive quilt collection. Printed kerchiefs and handkerchiefs showed how textiles have been used for everything from souvenirs to religious instruction. Representing the diversity of contemporary works in fiber were a folk-inspired tapestry, provocative miniature crocheted sculptures, and a “cosmic passageway.”