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List of items

62 projects
Photographer carefully placing collection item for photographing
Collections Digitization
Collections
Museum
Colourful Past: Nålbinding Objects from Late Roman Times in the ROM
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Connections between Fatimid and Andalusi Inscribed Textiles
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Wedding robe (changfu). China. Qing Dynasty, 1895-1900. Silk gauze embroidered in silk, gold and silver wrapped thread. 979.107.1 Gift of Mrs. Willian C. Van Horne.
Daily Wear in Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic Period
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Tunic fragment. Coptic. Egypt. Late Antique - Early Byzantine. 5th-6th century. All-wool weft-faced compound tabby with tapestry inserts. 968.323.1.
Delineation of Coptic Weaving Characteristics
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Man's uncut imperial coat (chao fu). China. Ming Dynasty. early 17th century. Solid ciselé silk velvet embroidered in silk and gold. 956.67.2 Gift of Louise Hawley Stone.
Development of Chinese Velvets: Chinese Velvet Design, Use, and Weave Structure
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Woman's shoe. England. 1725-1750. Brocaded silk. 921.2.29. The Greig Collection of ladies' shoes, Gift of H. and C. Blachford Ltd.
Early Consumption: 18th century British, French and North American Shoes
Art & Culture
Fellowship
European Textile Printing, 1680-1780
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Fashion Victims: London Macaronis and Paris Petits-Maîtres, c. 1760-80
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Cover of Cut My Cote.
Fashioning Things with Burnham (in Time)
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Overdress of a robe en fourreau. Attributed to Marie-Jean "Rose" Bertin (French couturière, 1747-1813). France. 1780's, altered in 1870's. Embroidered satin with ribbon appliqués, sequins, faceted glass stones mounted on silver facings, and silver filé; fitted, boned bodice. 925.18.3.A.
From the Tuileries to Toronto: A Late 18th Century French Court Dress in the Royal Ontario Museum
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Bottom of sock
Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons
Art & Culture
Textiles & Fashion
IARTS Textiles of India Grant
Inspiring Story
In Search of Foreign Embroidery: Men’s 18th c. Embroidered costume
Art & Culture
Fellowship
Textile fragment. Made in Gujarāt, India; used in Egypt. 13th-15th century. Blockprinted cotton tabby. 978.76.97 Abemayor Collection given in memory of Dr. Veronika Gervers, Associate Curator, Textile Department (1968-1979) by Albert and Federico Friedberg. Certified by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
Indian Cotton for Cairo: An Unknown Textile Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and New Insights on the Early Indian Ocean Textile Trade
Art & Culture
Fellowship