TFA.Textile and Fashion Arts Collection The MFA has been collecting textiles since it opened in the 1870s, and in 1930 a separate Textile Department with dedicated curatorial staff was formed. Today, the Textile and Fashion Arts collection includes magnificent examples from ancient times through the present day, from cultures throughout the world. Mind-bogglingly complex ancient Peruvian weavings, the finest Persian carpets, luxurious Italian Renaissance velvets, dramatic Japanese Noh play costumes, and twentieth-century couture by designers like Geoffrey Beene are just a few of the treasures that can be found here. /internal/media/dispatcher/973457/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Ceremonial hanging (palepai) mid-19th century 1980.172 125669 /internal/media/dispatcher/905608/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Découpé folding fan About 1590–1600 1976.182 124510 /internal/media/dispatcher/961830/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Dress and petticoat (Robe Volante) about 1730 43.664a-b 488666 /internal/media/dispatcher/1203817/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Embroidered overmantel with original frame 1745–50 Eunice Bourne 21.2233 67723 /internal/media/dispatcher/786640/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Fragment with wrestling lions and harpies Early 12th century 33.371 66254 /internal/media/dispatcher/1822364/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Hunting carpet about 1530 Aqa Mirak and Sultan Muhammad 66.293 49170 /internal/media/dispatcher/896559/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 John Travolta 1978 Ed Rossbach 2004.428 336515 /internal/media/dispatcher/962052/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Man's mantle and two border fragments A.D. 50–100 16.34a-c 456932 /internal/media/dispatcher/939620/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Man's robe restyled as a Tibetan chuba 17th century 2001.145 315329 /internal/media/dispatcher/735296/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Man's wrapper about 1900 2000.575 272774 /internal/media/dispatcher/961840/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Neck ornament 3rd-4th century A.D.(?) 46.401 48771 /internal/media/dispatcher/973453/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Noh costume (atsuita) late 17th to early 18th century 15.1155 28297 /internal/media/dispatcher/1624155/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Panel from bedcover 1925–28 Marguerite Zorach 1992.352 128180 /internal/media/dispatcher/1624163/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Pictorial quilt 1895–98 Harriet Powers 64.619 116166 /internal/media/dispatcher/1822362/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Portière made from Morris & Co. Oak damask (one of four) 1892–93 May Morris 1983.160d 156016 /internal/media/dispatcher/1012719/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Shawl mid-17th century 45.540 48429 /internal/media/dispatcher/965106/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Tapestry: Wild Men and Moors about 1440 54.1431 106003 /internal/media/dispatcher/898014/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Woman's bra and necklace about 1975 Elsa Peretti 2004.497.1-2 450149 /internal/media/dispatcher/961864/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Woman's evening dress Spring 2001 Geoffrey Beene 2004.694 448384 /internal/media/dispatcher/1381030/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Woman's evening dress about 1868, restored about 1962 Mme. Roger 46.207a-b 488662 /internal/media/dispatcher/1036475/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Woman's evening dress: Katisha-San Spring-Summer 2007 John Galliano 2007.828 505972 /internal/media/dispatcher/794152/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=D1D27338F7C8EDF18F0BC5BAC6E58D27 Woman's jacket about 1610–15, with later alterations 43.243 116779