Adorning the horse : equestrian textiles for power and prestige : highlights from the Textile Museum Collection with the Brick Freedman Collection / Sumru Belger Krody and Lee Talbot ; with contributions by David W. Anthony, Dorcas R. Brown, Thomas Cole, Mariachiara Gasparini, and Linda Komaroff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.), Author.

Krody, Sumru Belger, author.

Talbot, Lee, author.

Contributor:

Anthony, David W., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)--Catalogs.

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.).

Textile fabrics--Eurasia--Catalogs.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.

Horses--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs.

Horses.

Genre:

catalogs (documents)

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

255 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, [2026]

Summary:

"Across millennia, horses were fundamental in sustaining life on the open steppes of Eurasia. Alongside the rising importance of the horse as a very valuable asset, the need to protect the horse and its rider became paramount in creating many equestrian textiles. These textiles evolved to have decorative, social, and spiritual meanings, and became as elaborate as royal costumes and religious textiles, projecting status and power. Equestrian textiles drawn from the Brick Freedman collection, now part of The Textile Museum Collection, will be the anchor for this publication and the starting point in the exploration of the meaning and materiality of equestrian textiles across time and geography of Asia"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-251) and index.

ISBN:

9780874050455

0874050456

OCLC:

1565161081