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WovenWonders:IndianTextilesfromtheParpiaCollection

August10—September4,2023

TheParpiaCollection—oneofthemostimportantprivatecollectionsofIndiantextiles(纺织品)

outsideofIndia—isalsooneofthemostimportantintheUnitedStates.

Withthisexhibition,WovenWonders:IndianTextilesfromtheParpiaCollectionbringsthis

collectiontoHoustonpeopleforthefirsttime.

Theobjectsdatefromthe14thcenturytotheearly20thcentury.Thecollectionshowsthe

outstandingtextileartsproducedinIndiathroughouthistorywithexamplesofhand-paintedand

hand-block-printedcotton,andothertraditionalskills.

TheMuseumhasfocusedonSouthAsianart,especiallyIndiantextiles.NewYork-basedcollectors

BanooandJeevakParpiahavebeeninvolvedwiththeMuseumsince2018,firstasguestspeakerson

India’sglobaltextiletraditions,andthenasexpertstohelpsurveyandreviewselectionsfromthe

Museum’sAnnetteFinniganCollection.

GroupVisits

Visitingwithagroupof10ormore?Forinformation,seethroughGroupVisitsandTours.Group

bookingsnotavailableforopeningandclosingweeks.

ThisexhibitionisorganizedbytheMuseumofFineArts,Houston.

LeadUnderwriters:

TheSushilaandDr.DurgaD.AgrawalFamily

Generoussupportprovidedby:

SeshandPrabhaBala

MiltonD.Rosenau,Jr.andDr.EllenR.Gritz

ChitraKumarandKumarBashyam

PaulandManmeetLikhari

NidhikaandPershantMehta

Drs.KumaraandUshaPeddamatham

SpecialexhibitionprogrammingismadepossiblebyTheMedhaandShashankKarveEndowment

Fund.

1.Whatcanvisitorsenjoyattheexhibition?

AAncientIndianbook-printingskills.BBanoo’swonderfulspeeches.

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C．Indiantraditionalclothart.D．SpecialIndiandresstraditions.

2.Whenshouldvisitorsavoidbookin