From Rugs to Riches: Treasured Textiles

from the Permanent Collection

Oct. 29, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012
Daywood Gallery

From Rugs to Riches: Treasured Textiles from the Permanent Collection goes on view at the Huntington Museum on Art on October 29, 2011, and runs through Feb. 19, 2012, then returns March 3, 2012, through April 1, 2012.

An opening reception for this exhibit coincides with Holiday Open House at HMA from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2011. There will be demonstrations of spinning, weaving, knitting, and quilt piecing, in addition to music and dance performances, a visit from Santa Claus, children’s art activities, refreshments, and a visit from artist Lenny Lyons Bruno.

Since HMA opened its doors in November 1952, a wide range of beautiful textiles have been given to the Museum by generous donors forming a substantial “collection within a collection.”

From Rugs to Riches: Treasured Textiles from the Permanent Collection will display a wide variety of textiles from all over the world including French tapestries; Near Eastern Prayer Rugs; American quilts, coverlets and hooked rugs; Chinese robes; a Japanese kimono; Native American beaded items; Pre-Columbian Peruvian weavings and bags; paisley shawls and tie-dyed fabric from India and the Near East; and French and American beaded bags from the 1920s.

This exhibit is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, West Virginia Division of Culture and History; the West Virginia Commission on the Arts; and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment.

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