Textile And Rug Museum

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.

Textile and rug museum. 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. Located in the heart of washington d c the george washington university museum and the textile museum celebrates the creative achievements of local and global cultures from antiquity through today. Foroosh was born in persia in the year 1939. The george washington university museum and the textile museum the george washington university.

For generations his family who lived in the ancient city of kerman greatly contributed to the advancement of the art of persian rug weaving. After sixty years of working as a master weaver museum quality restorer and appraiser of fine persian and oriental rugs and textiles i am announcing my retirement. 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. 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.

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. Visit us at one of our upcoming events. This series is named in honor of late textile museum trustee emeritus harold m.

In 2011 we restored our 1850 s barn for use as an exhibition gallery classrooms collections storage and general purpose. 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. Customers should call ahead of time for an appointment to visit the showroom p partial data by infogroup c 2019. 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.

You are invited to sumbit related pieces to share during the program. At the time of its founding the museum s collection included 275 rugs and sixty related textiles a collection myers had built since the 1890s.