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class="navbar_print_only d-none d-print-block"> <div class="navbar-header"> <div class="container"> <div class="region region-nav-branding"> <div id="block-system-branding-block" class="block block-system block-system-branding-block"> <div class="navbar-brand d-flex align-items-center"> <a href="/" title="Home" rel="home" class="site-logo d-block"> <img src="/themes/custom/mfabootstrap5/logo.svg" alt="Home" fetchpriority="high" /> </a> <div> <a href="/" title="Home" rel="home" class="site-title"> Museum of Fine Arts Boston </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </header> <main role="main" class="padding-bottom-lg background-page"> <div class="overflow-hidden"> <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="region-banner"> <div class="region region-banner"> <div class="container"> <div class="order-1 order-lg-2 col-12 col-lg-9"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views 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Textiles, and Jewelry </h1> </div>  <div class="desktop d-none d-lg-block"> <div id="field--name-field-banner-1169638225-desktop" class="field field--name-field-banner field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden carousel slide carousel-fade" data-bs-wrap="true">  <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox"> <div class="carousel-item active"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <div class="row bs-1col media media--type-image media--view-mode-promo-9-column"> <div class="col-sm-12 bs-region bs-region--main"> <div class="field-credit-overlay"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <picture> <source srcset="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_1980_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=eb66wu-e 1x, https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_1980_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=eb66wu-e 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1160" height="870"/> <source srcset="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_780_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=p7EBBNXc 1x, https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_1536_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=_ykpOF89 2x" media="all and (max-width: 767px)" type="image/jpeg" width="780" height="585"/> <source srcset="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=6Nq6V7ev 1x, https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_1152_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=t65kY0OK 2x" media="all and (max-width: 575px)" type="image/jpeg" width="576" height="432"/> <img loading="eager" src="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/migration-slide-image/SC188872_4x3.jpg?itok=6Nq6V7ev" width="576" height="432" alt="Detail of tapestry: Greenery" class="img-fluid" /> </picture> </div> <div class="credit-content"> <button class="credit-content-label">Credit</button> <div class="credit-wrapper"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-credit field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Designed by John Henry Dearle, Tapestry: <em>Greenery</em> (detail), 1892. Wool and mohair; tapestry weave. Charles Potter Kling Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously and from Jody and Tom Gill, Suzanne Dworsky, Heidi Nitze, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Perry, Ann Clarkeson, Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., Lynne Rickabaugh, Penny Vinik, Brigitte Moufflet, Doris May, Mrs. I. W. Colburn, Kathleen Kemper, and Edith I. 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Wool and mohair; tapestry weave. Charles Potter Kling Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously and from Jody and Tom Gill, Suzanne Dworsky, Heidi Nitze, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Perry, Ann Clarkeson, Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., Lynne Rickabaugh, Penny Vinik, Brigitte Moufflet, Doris May, Mrs. I. W. Colburn, Kathleen Kemper, and Edith I. 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Influenced by proponents of design reform such as John Ruskin and William Morris, the MFA’s founders looked to key institutions, such as the Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) in London, where collections that spanned civilizations and cultures became resources for the study of art and design. Textiles, an infinite wellspring of surface design and technical innovation, were central to this movement. Textile study rooms like the MFA’s demonstrated their commitment to encouraging the industrial production of objects that were both useful and beautiful. In 1886, Denman Waldo Ross (1853–1935), MFA trustee, professor of Design at Harvard University, and noted collector of global art, donated 700 textile fragments to the MFA that embodied the principles of design excellence.</p><p>In 1909, when it moved from Copley Square to its present location, the MFA established a dedicated textile study center where art students, embroiderers, weavers, stage designers, historians, collectors, and specialists in architectural preservation visited often for object-based study. Guided by progressive ideals, many believed that education through the study of textiles would increase opportunities for employment and and uplift industry through innovations in design.</p><p>A pivotal moment came in 1930, when the Museum established the first curatorial department in any American museum devoted to textile arts. The acquisition of the Carrie Lehman Collection in 1938 marked the beginning of the department’s efforts to build holdings in costumes and accessories. Between 1943 and 1953 the department acquired the collection of Elizabeth Day McCormick. Comprising nearly 5,000 objects, this monumental collection includes embroideries from all parts of the world, an unparalleled selection of costumes and accessories, and other textiles, books, and prints—arguably the most important single gift ever made to the department.</p><p>Today, the Department of Fashion, Textiles, and Jewelry is global in scope, stewarding more than 30,000 objects that range from ancient Egyptian pleated dresses to contemporary fiber art by well-known American artists such as Ed Rossbach and Sheila Hicks. The collection’s strengths include Peruvian textiles, most notably those from the Paracas culture (700–200 BCE); European embroideries; the most important collection of Japanese Nō theater costumes outside Japan; Indian textiles; New England colonial embroidery; costume accessories from the 16th through 19th centuries; and the largest collection of sablé beadwork in the world. The department continues to collect and is actively building its holdings of 20th- and 21st-century textiles and fashion, Native American textiles, and textiles from sub-Saharan Africa. The department is committed to providing access to its collection for the benefit of artists, curators, scholars, collectors, educators, students, and textile and fashion arts enthusiasts.</p><p>Also based in the Fashion, Textiles, and Jewelry Department is the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. 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loading="lazy"></a><h3 class="h4"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419422">Peruvian Textiles</a></h3></div></div><div class="row space-after"><div class="col-md-6"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419734"><img class="img-fluid img-responsive" src="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/860x645/s3/2020-07/E3795CR-d1_4x3.jpg" alt="tapestry depicting scene in which woman holding knife stands over man sleeping underneath tree" width="860" height="645" loading="lazy"></a><h3 class="h4"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419734">Tapestries</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-6"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419295"><img class="img-fluid img-responsive" src="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/860x645/s3/2020-07/SC244961_4x3.jpg" alt="pink scarf printed with various phrases a husband would nag a wife with" width="860" height="645" loading="lazy"></a><h3 class="h4"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419295">World War II Scarves</a></h3></div></div><div class="row space-after"><div class="col-md-6"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419336"><img class="img-fluid img-responsive" src="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/860x645/s3/2020-07/SC258600_4x3.jpg" alt="detail of tapestry fragment depicting Pan and Dionysos" width="860" height="645" loading="lazy"></a><h3 class="h4"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419336">Late Roman Textiles</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-6"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419288"><img class="img-fluid img-responsive" src="https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/860x645/s3/2020-07/SC162133_4x3.jpg" alt="detail of fabric with triangles of various colors arranged neatly in grid" width="860" height="645" loading="lazy"></a><h3 class="h4"><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/collections/419288">Mid-Century Modern Textiles</a></h3></div></div><div 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