Hindu mythology says that silk purifies our body and soul. Perhaps why silk has been an integral part of our rituals. According to feng shui, silk generates positive energy. Now, silk quilts are quite ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Using an elaborate silk quilt, such ...

6 Bridges Gallery presents “Far and Wide,” ceramic sculpture by Mary Morazzi Henderson, and “Full Circle,” silk quilts by Donna Melanson. These exhibits will be on view until May 8 at 6 Bridges ...

Four Centuries of Quits by Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey (Image courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Yale University Press) Does quilting count as art? In Four ...

Carl Klewicke, “Original Design Quilt” (Corning, New York, 1907), pieced silk, faille, taffeta, and satin, 60 x 72 1/2 inches (American Folk Art Museum purchase, photo by Gavin Ashworth) “When they’re ...

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For 13 years, textile artist Edjohnetta Miller has been weaving her life story in the airy, open rooms of her Plainfield Street home. Climbing the wooden staircase to her third-floor studio, where ...

Calling all travellers on the London train network: Have you seen this quilt? The silk blanket was forgotten in a luggage rack on the way to Victoria Station, and the baby it was made for would like ...