Exhibit: Global Textile Trades

Presented by OSU Historic Costume & Textiles Collection

Global Textile Trades is an exhibition that explores the aspects of the meaning of the word 'trade' as it relates to clothing and textile objects. 'Trade' is both a verb, as in "to make an exchange" or "to buy and sell," and a noun indicating a skill or craft, or it can refer to an entire industry such as when the fashion industry is referred to as "the rag trade." From the craft of creating cloth from fibers and yarns to the skill of decorating that cloth through patterns of weaving, dyeing and embroidery techniques, Global Textile Trades features these techniques from cultures around the world. Trade as exchange happens not only in the buying and selling of goods, but also in the exchange of cultural aesthetics and ideas. The international trade in textile products over the past several hundred years is evident in Indian influence in the textiles of Southeast Asia and Europe, and Eurpoean influence in the textiles of Asia and Africa.

January 11, 2012 - February 11, 2012

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