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62 projects
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
#iamascientist
Science
Man’s banyan (informal gown).
18th Century Chintz Banyans: Mapping Patterns at the Royal Ontario Museum
Art & Culture
Fellowship
18th- and Early 19th-century Printed Textiles
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Chintz palampore (textile panel). Made on the Coromandel Coast (northern region) of India for the European market. first half of the 18th century. Painted and resist-dyed cotton tabby with gold leaf. 934.4.13 Harry Wearne Collection, Gift of Mrs. Harry Wearne.
A Revolution in the Bedroom: How Indian dyed cottons transformed Europe's interiors in the 17th and 18th centuries
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Queen Alexandra's state dress. Morin-Blossier. France. c. 1903. Silk satin with applied design, inserts of chiffon, sequins, diamanté and beads. 942.12.3.A-B Gift of Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Flanagan.
A Royal Wardrobe Unlocked: Queen Alexandra, 1863 – 1910
Art & Culture
Fellowship
A Survey of Ryukyuan/Okinawa Textiles in North American Collections
Art & Culture
Fellowship
A species of Thorichthys.
Adaptive radiation, convergent evolution and speciation in Neotropical cichlids
Biodiversity
Natural History
Pristimantis inguinalis collected in Guyana.
Amphibians and Reptiles of Guyana
Biodiversity
Natural History
Dr. Mark Engstrom helping to prepare the whale for it's trip back to the Royal Ontario Museum.
Blue Whale
Biodiversity
Natural History
Jean-Bernard Caron standing on a hill with mountains in the background
Burgess Shale Projects
Fossils
Natural History
Petrology sample.
Ceramic Petrology Laboratory
Ancient Culture
Art & Culture
Chemistry in Fashion: The French Textile Printing Industry 1759-1820
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Insignia for the wife of a 3rd rank civil official (peacock). China. Qing Dynasty, 1775 – 1800. Satin embroidered in silk and gold-wrapped threads. 950.100.67. Gift of Mrs. Sigmund Samuel.
Chinese Qing Dynasty Mandarin Squares
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Black and white photo of Dorothy Burnham mounting a costume in the museum.
Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham
Culture
Clothing for the Warrior and the Courtier: Patterns of Sixteenth Century European Court Dress
Art & Culture
Fellowship