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Member Program: "Intrinsic Beauty" Focus Tour: East Asian Textiles
In Person, Friday, March 28, 2025, 1-2 p.m. EST
Chair cover (detail), China, 18th century. The Textile Museum Collection 51.85. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1956.
Museum members are invited to join curator Lee Talbot for an in-depth tour of the remarkable East Asian textiles on view in Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles.
This program is part of The Textile Museum’s centennial celebrations in 2025.
About the Exhibition
In 1925, George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum with his global collection of carpets and textiles prized for their “intrinsic beauty of design, color and technique.” Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles brings together iconic masterworks from The Textile Museum Collection. As the museum launches its centennial year, this exhibition celebrates textile making as one of the world’s oldest and most sophisticated art forms. Learn more about the exhibition.
About Lee Talbot
Lee Talbot joined The Textile Museum as a curator in 2007, specializing in East Asian textiles. He has curated numerous exhibitions and published catalogs, articles and textbook chapters. Talbot was previously curator at the Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum in Seoul, Korea. He has a bachelor’s from Rhodes College, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a master’s from Bard Graduate Center.
How to Participate
This program will take place in person at the museum. Space is limited, so please register online to reserve your spot. If you are not currently a member, you can join or renew online.
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