Member Program: Golden Threads: Muga Silk in North India
Friday, August 23, 2024, 1 p.m. EDT
Wrapped garment with Muga embroidery (detail), possibly 1850. Jim and Connie Henderson Collection. Photo by Cara Taylor/the George Washington University.
Museum members are invited to join Karthika Audinet online for an exploration of Muga silk, a rare type from North India that is prized for its lustrous golden color. Audinet will share her field research and offer a behind-the-scenes look at the production and use of this unique fiber.
About Karthika Audinet
Karthika Audinet is academic coordinator for the museum’s Costen Textiles Traces Center Study Center. She is a textile professor, designer and researcher with more than 25 years of international experience. Audinet holds two master’s degrees in textile design from the National Institute of Design in India and the l'École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle in France, and has published papers in academic journals including Textiles Asia and The Textile Museum Journal.
How to Participate
This program will take place on Zoom. To participate, please register online, and we will email you a link and instructions for joining. Simply follow that link at the time the program starts (1 p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT). When you register, you can also request to receive a reminder email one day before the program with the link included.
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