Textile And Rug Museum

Foroosh was born in persia in the year 1939.

Textile and rug museum.

His father was a reputed master weaver particularly skillful in the profession of restoring antique oriental rugs and in this capacity he was frequently invited to international expositions around the. The george washington university museum and the textile museum the george washington university. The textile museum was established in 1925 by george hewitt myers a rug and textile collector and connoisseur and was formerly housed in the building his family called home. The textile museum collection includes more than 21 000 examples of handmade textile art representing five continents and five millennia.

We have one of the most important research collections of rugs from the islamic world with examples from egypt islamic spain mughal india north africa turkey the caucasus iran central asia and china. Customers should call ahead of time for an appointment to visit the showroom p partial data by infogroup c 2019. You are invited to sumbit related pieces to share during the program. This series is named in honor of late textile museum trustee emeritus harold m.

Foroosh citizen of the united sates of america is offering his over 50 years of practical experience and professional skill in the fields of weaving dyeing technical spot removing and hand washing as well as restoring and appraisal of contemporary and antique persian oriental rugs and other textiles to you. Description p mahbod foroosh originally from persia offers his expertise in weaving hand washing and restoration of antique and semi antique rugs at the textile and rug museum. As a courtesy i want my customers to know that now is the best time to bring in your rugs for repair and restoration. This collection ranges from rugs produced in court and urban workshops to works woven by women in rural villages and nomadic encampments.

For generations his family who lived in the ancient city of kerman greatly contributed to the advancement of the art of persian rug weaving. The cotsen textile traces study collection the cotsen textile traces study collection provides opportunities for researchers to examine nearly 4 000 textile fragments from antiquity to the present day. Visit us at one of our upcoming events. In 2011 we restored our 1850 s barn for use as an exhibition gallery classrooms collections storage and general purpose.

The wisconsin museum of quilts fiber arts is the only museum devoted to the creation education and preservation of time honored fiber arts in wisconsin. About rug and textile appreciation mornings collectors and experts discuss textile topics and display examples from their personal holdings.