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
Collection Highlight
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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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Though not all toiles are from Jouy, France (many in our collection are likely English), they are broadly categorized as Toile de Jouy if they feature the signature style of these formative designs. As the founder of the Jouy printing company
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Although many may not recognize the name, most people are familiar with the iconic single-color, intricate, illustrative scenes printed on plain linen or cotton that are characteristic of Toiles de Jouy. They came into fashion in the mid 18th
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When I first saw this hat on the shelf, I remember my reaction being a mixture of amusement and confusion. It was lying flat on its front and looked akin to a horseshoe crab, and I couldn’t quite figure out how a person was supposed to wear it.
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Usually, my main focus when photographing our objects is documentation. But recently, I gave some our hats the glamour treatment. This came about because I needed a subject for my final project for a Studio Photography class I recently completed
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Recently, I’ve worked to bring to light hundreds of trims and ribbons that have been stored away in the collection. As I went through the boxes and boxes of these pieces, the vibrant colors and patterns instantly caught my eye. For this blog
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Before computer-aided design, the work of the textile print designer was all done by hand. Designs intended for repeating patterns were hand-sketched and painted. This age of pre-digital textile design is documented in the Point Papers
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This week, we bring you some stunning examples of a variety of trim samples held in the Textile & Costume Collection. Our graduate student, Rojin Behroozmand, has been working on inventorying these pieces for us, but after I had a sneak peak of
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Tammis Keefe, one of the great names of handkerchief and textile design, was born in 1913 in California. Initially studying higher mathematics at Los Angeles Community College, she decided to change her major to painting at the Chouinard