Here at the Design Center, we are incredibly fortunate to house 44 unique katagami stencils. Donated by Jack and Helen Bershad in the 1980s, it was noted that these stencils likely date to the Meiji Era in Japan which would place them between
Emily Radomski
Collection Intern, Textile & Costume Collection, The Design Center, Thomas Jefferson University
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Textile printing is a practice that has long been performed by many cultures over many centuries. Some of the earliest known printing methods date back to 2500BC. No matter how many advancement stages printing techniques go through, the main
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Uncovering mysteries and making connections are two of the many exciting occurrences I encounter every day that I work at The Design Center! My job here is to catalogue the large Textile Tools collection — assigning accession numbers to objects
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This is my first semester working as a Collection Intern at the Design Center, and I could not be more excited about the tasks I’m working on! I will be tackling the cataloging and documentation of textile tools that were donated to the Design
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Maggie Kuhn, the owner of the estate from which the 1910-1930s woolen swimsuit was donated, was a sprightly old woman who dedicated her elderly years to fighting against age discrimination
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On the left: the original swim tank from the Textile & Costume Collection T&CC 1996.124.8b. On the right: a modern take designed and knitted by Emily Radomski. As a follow-up to last week’s post, textile design student Emily
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The swimwear ensemble in question is comprised of two separate pieces. The first piece is a tank for the upper body of the wearer, and the second piece is trunks for the lower half of the body. These garments adhere to a simplistic two-color
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