The Textile Museum Journal: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Asian Textiles in Portuguese Collections
Raquel Santos, Jessica Hallett, Blythe McCarthy, Ana Claro, Maria João Ferreira, and Mary Dusenbury
In this interview, The Textile Museum Journal guest editor Mary Dusenbury and contributing authors Raquel Santos, Jessica Hallett, Blythe McCarthy, Maria João Ferreira and Ana Claro will discuss the issues surrounding textiles made or found in Portugal and dating from the early modern period.
They will focus on their interdisciplinary research on textiles found in Portuguese collections, published in the articles “Chinese Textiles for the Portuguese Market: Rethinking Their History Through Dye Analysis” and “Color Power: Contributions of Science and Technology to the Study of 16th- and 17th-Century “Vine-Scroll” Carpets.”
About The Textile Museum Journal
Our peer-reviewed journal is the leading publication for the exchange of textile scholarship in North America. Published each fall, it features research on the cultural, technical, historical, and aesthetic significance of textiles from all around the world.
Panelists
Raquel Santos, researcher, Center for the Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Jessica Hallett, curator for the Early Modern Middle East at Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.
Blythe McCarthy, Andrew W. Mellon senior scientist, National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C.
Ana Claro, researcher, Center for the Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Maria João Ferreira, curator, Museu de São Roque, Lisbon
How to Participate
After you register, we will email you a link and instructions for joining our program online via Zoom. Simply follow that link at the time the event starts (12 p.m. EST). When you register, you can also request to receive a reminder email one day before the program with the link included.
About the Series
In this four-part series, authors who contributed to volume 47 of The Textile Museum Journal discuss the importance of color studies for understanding the historical and cultural context of textiles. Browse all interviews