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Textiles
Collar
French artist, (active )
French artist
France
Primary
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
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Lace
Lace
late 19th century - early 20th century
1867
1932
lace
Textiles
1919.11
item
Memorial Art Gallery
6/5/2001
19.11DI#1
digital image
4/8/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/19.11_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
French artist, (active )
French artist
France
Primary
13 x 13 in. (33 x 33 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
lace
Textiles
1919.14
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
19.14DI#1
digital image
4/2/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/19.14_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
lace
Textiles
1919.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
19.2DI#1
digital image
4/2/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/19.2_A1.jpg
Textiles
Collar
Italian artist
Italian artist
Italy
Primary
2 3/4 x 14 in. (7 x 35.6 cm)
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Lace
Lace
late 19th century - 20th century
1867
1999
lace
Textiles
1919.22
item
Memorial Art Gallery
6/5/2001
19.22DI#1
digital image
4/15/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/19.22_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
British artist
British artist
Great Britain
Primary
14 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
lace
Textiles
1919.25
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
19.25DI1
digital image
2/3/2006
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/19.25_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (30.2 x 30.2 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
lace
Textiles
1919.5
item
Memorial Art Gallery
6/5/2001
19.5DI#1
digital image
4/2/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/19.5_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
French artist, (active )
French artist
France
Primary
12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 31.8 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
1800-1900, 1900-2000, 19th century, 20th century, costume accessories, flowers in art, lace
Textiles
1921.5
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
glossy
8 x 10
00/00/00
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negative
4 x 5
00/00/00
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21.5DI#1
digital image
4/2/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/21.5_A1.jpg
Textiles
Fragment of a Bertha
Irish artist, (active )
Irish artist
Ireland
Primary
23 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (59.1 x 15.9 cm)
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Lace
Lace
19th century - 20th century
1800
1999
19th century, 20th century, costume accessories, lace
Textiles
1945.73
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
45.73DI#1
digital image
4/8/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/45.73_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
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Embroidery
Embroidery
1890-1920
1890
1920
costume, lace
Textiles
corner
1948.45
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
48.45DI#1
digital image
4/2/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/48.45_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
21 x 21 in. (53.3 x 53.3 cm)
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Embroidery
Embroidery
1890-1920
1890
1920
lace
Textiles
1948.46
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
48.46DI#1
digital image
5/8/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/48.46_A1.jpg
Textiles
Border
Italian artist
Italian artist
Italy
Primary
130 x 9 in. (330.2 x 22.9 cm)
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Linen
Linen
late 19th century - early 20th century
1867
1932
Textiles
1967.26.17
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/19/2001
67.26.17DI#1
digital image
4/8/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/67.26.17_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace Edging
French artist, (active )
French artist
France
Primary
59 x 3 in. (149.9 x 7.6 cm)
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Linen
Linen
late 19th-early 20th c.
19
1932
Textiles
1967.26.4
item
Memorial Art Gallery
6/5/2001
67.26.4DI#1
digital image
4/15/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/67.26.4_A1.jpg
Textiles
Chilkat Robe (Naaxéin)
Tlingit artist, (active )
Tlingit artist
United States
Primary
52 3/4 x 62 1/2 in. (134 x 158.8 cm)
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overall
overall
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overall
overall
Wool
Wool
Fringe is entirely reproduction.
Tlingit; made in Alaska
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Native American, Native American art, textiles
Textiles
For years, Indigenous activists have led efforts to reclaim the remains of their ancestors and sacred cultural objects currently housed in museums, universities, and other cultural institutions.
In 1990, U.S. federal law established the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to facilitate this process. In December 2023, NAGPRA ruled that museums must obtain consent from lineal descendants, Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations before allowing any exhibition of, access to, or research on these objects.
MAG has removed works from display that are classified under the statute in compliance and in support of the repatriation of these items to their original caretakers, including this work.
Living along the Chilkat River of Southern Alaska, the Chilkat people are a single kwan, or geographical grouping, of the larger Tlingit culture. Male and female clan leaders honor their ancestors, both human and animal, by wearing Chilkat robes at festivals called potlatches and other important events. The Chilkat robe (or naaxéin) is a woven ceremonial cape traditionally worn and danced by the chief and other important members of Tlingit society. When danced, the motions of the performer include the dramatic manipulation of the long fringe, further enlivening the animal forms on the robe.
The patterns on Chilkat robes represent animals important to Tlingit clans. These designs manipulate and rearrange specific animal forms, often adding additional faces and multiple eyes. This Chilkat robe features a diving humpback whale in the center panel. The whale is pictured both from above and in profile. Seated ravens shown in profile fill the two side panels of the robe. The arrangement of the overall design takes into account the position of these individual components when the robe is worn.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1968.35
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
glossy
full
8 x 10
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negative
full
4 x 5
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68.35SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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68.35DI#1
digital image
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
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69.35DI#2
digital image
Front
1/13/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/68.35_A2.jpg
69.35DI#3
digital image
Detail
1/13/2009
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69.35DI#4
digital image
Detail
1/13/2009
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69.35DI#5
digital image
Detail
1/13/2009
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69.35DI#6
digital image
Detail
1/13/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/68.35_A6.jpg
69.35DI#7
digital image
Detail
1/13/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/68.35_A7.jpg
69.35DI#8
condition
digital image
Verso
1/9/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Conservation photos/68.35/68.35_C1.JPG
68.35DI#9
cond
digital image
Verso
1/9/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Conservation photos/68.35/68.35_C2.JPG
68.35TR1
transparency
Front
4 x 5
00/00/00
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68.35DI#10
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/68.35_A8.jpg
Textiles
Benjamin Franklin
Rose A. Bender
Bender, Rose A.
United States
Female
30 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (78.1 x 60.3 cm)
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Needlepoint
Needlepoint
late 19th century - early 20th century
1867
1932
embroidery
Textiles
1985.8
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
glossy
8x10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
85.8DI#1
digital image
6/6/2007
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I1.jpg
85.8DI#2
digital image
4/22/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/85.8_A1.jpg
85.8DI#3
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I10.jpg
85.8DI#4
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I2.jpg
85.8DI#5
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I3.jpg
85.8DI#6
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I4.jpg
85.8DI#7
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I5.jpg
85.8DI#8
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I6.jpg
85.8DI#9
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I7.jpg
85.8DI#10
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I8.jpg
85.8DI#11
digital image
Detail
8/20/2018
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/85.8_I9.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
Danish artist, (active )
Danish artist
Denmark
9 x 9 in. (22.9 x 22.9 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
Textiles
1991.103.12
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/20/2001
91.103.12DI1
digital image
2/3/2006
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.12_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (26.6 x 26.6 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
Textiles
1991.103.33
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
91.103.33DI#1
digital image
3/27/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.33_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
Spanish artist, (active )
Spanish artist
Spain
Primary
10 x 10 1/4 in. (25.4 x 26 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
Textiles
What are called “the needle arts,” in particular embroidery and lace-making, were the domain of women throughout centuries of European and American history. As early as the 1500s, a young girl was trained in these arts by nuns, tutors, and her female relatives; her prowess was often a measure of both her breeding and suitability for marriage.
The making of lace, which developed from the art of embroidery, was intimately tied to fashion and social status. The addition of lace to collars, handkerchiefs, and other costumes established the wearer as a person of wealth. The industrial revolution transformed the lace-making industry; although elaborate handmade lace was still a mark of status, mass production also made it available to those of lesser means.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1991.103.4
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/20/2001
91.103.4DI#1
digital image
5/8/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.4_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (37.5 x 37.5 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
Textiles
1991.103.44
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
91.103.44SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
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glossy
8 x 10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
91.103.44DI1
digital image
2/3/2006
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.44_A1.jpg
Textiles
Handkerchief Border
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (24.1 x 24.1 cm)
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Lace
Lace
1850-1940
1850
1940
Textiles
1991.103.45
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/12/2001
91.103.45DI#1
digital image
3/27/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.45_A1.jpg
Textiles
One of a Pair of Cuffs
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
3 15/16 x 10 1/8 in. (10 x 25.7 cm)
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Lace
Lace
19th century - 20th century
1800
1999
Textiles
1991.103.51.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
8/2/2001
91.103.51.1DI1
digital image
2/3/2006
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.51.1_A1.jpg
Textiles
One of a Pair of Cuffs
Belgian artist, (active )
Belgian artist
Belgium
Primary
4 1/2 x 10 in. (11.4 x 25.4 cm)
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Lace
Lace
19th century - 20th century
1800
1999
Textiles
1991.103.51.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
8/2/2001
91.103.51.2DI#1
digital image
3/27/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.51.2_A1.jpg
Textiles
Lace-Trimmed Handkerchief
South American artist, (active )
South American artist
9 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (23.4 x 24.4 cm)
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Linen
Linen
1890-1920
1890
1920
Latin-American art
Textiles
1991.103.8
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/20/2001
91.103.8DI#1
digital image
3/27/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/91.103.8_A1.jpg