Stories in Cloth: The Threads of Daily Life
May 21 – July 31, 2011
Textiles decorate and signify, disguise and protect, depict stories and enrich ceremonies. Dr. May Weber examines how textiles have been essential to the rituals and traditions of everyday life through objects in her own collection.
Image: Child's Cradle (detail), Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), Collection of Dr. May Weber
May 21 – July 31, 2011
Textiles decorate and signify, disguise and protect, depict stories and enrich ceremonies. Dr. May Weber examines how textiles have been essential to the rituals and traditions of everyday life through objects in her own collection.
Image: Child's Cradle (detail), Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), Collection of Dr. May Weber