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Gallery Talk: Woven for the World: Picturing Kashmiri Textiles across Cultures

Portrait of a young woman wearing a black dress, pearl jewelry, and a white shawl and gloves.
Théodore Chassériau, French, Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Necklaces, 1841. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.218.

Gallery Talk

In-Person
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

This event does not require registration; see further details below.

Intricately woven, fine wool cloth from the Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent—known as cashmere or pashmina—has been admired across cultures for centuries. Join curatorial fellow Marina Kliger to learn how these luxurious textiles were worn, depicted, imitated, and reused in Europe and the Middle East at the height of their popularity during the 18th and 19th centuries. This talk focuses on the installation Woven for the World: Picturing Kashmiri Textiles across Cultures, in gallery 2200.

This gallery talk is part of our New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites.

Led by:
Marina Kliger, Rousseau Curatorial Fellow in European Art, Division of European and American Art

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

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