RE/COLLECTIONS | Piecing Together the Fragments in Byzantine Textiles

September 10, 2019-January 5, 2020, Dumbarton Oaks Museum
When you walk into Ornament: Fragments of #Byzantine Fashion, you encounter a wall of textiles: about 40 stunning woven pieces with bold colors & designs. "Pure visual delight," says cocurator Elizabeth Dospěl Williams. But why are they in fragments? Who cut them up? How can art historians & archaeologists learn from these objects today? Watch to learn more!
Excavations in the 19th century unearthed scores of the ornate dress textiles that wrapped the people of medieval Egypt in their graves. ORNAMENT: FRAGMENTS OF BYZANTINE FASHION brings together complete tunics, parts of garments, and contemporary replicas of ancient dress to evoke the fashions of this lost world.
Discover the exhibition: ow.ly/74Px50vCkrR.