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Navajo chief’s blanket ends up on Antiques Road Show (2004)

LB — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:52:47 +0000

This is for those who haven’t seen this decade-old segment which for some reason has been making the social media rounds again.

It is so nice to see a truly beautiful textile get this sort of attention (and from men too, which speaking as a textiles person rarely happens in North America, in contrast with other parts of the world).

Arhuaca mochila bags of Colombia

LB — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:32:16 +0000

I first noticed these cylindrical handwoven bags on a couple of delegates at the UN World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia. They looked unusually sturdy, very finely handwoven in wool, and all had unique and beautiful geometric patterns.

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Berber rugs from the Beni Ouarain region

LB — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:44:51 +0000

The impulse in Berber rug-making to both interrupt and also loosely maintain a pattern seems unique in traditional textiles. If not unique, then it’s hard to name a tradition that equals Berber mastery of this particular tension.

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