This detail from a talismanic shirt from Iran dates to the 19th century and was believed to ward off evil as it was inscribed with the words of Allah. It is covered with verses from the Qur’an, magical squares, six-pointed stars, mystical numbers, and letters.

The Textile Museum building, located in Washington’s swanky Kalorama neighborhood, was purchased in 2016 by Jeff Bezos for $23 million for use as a residence, making it the largest house in DC at 27,000 square feet.

We thought the museum had closed but recently discovered it had moved to The George Washington University campus, a mini-city of its own in Foggy Bottom. So we paid it a visit but found it had changed its focus from textiles to other types of art (they said students aren’t so interested in textiles).

As a result, it was something of a disappointment, but I took a few pictures at the very small textile exhibit on display anyway. After this we went to see the heron at Constitution Gardens, which was far more interesting!

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

The model mallard, posted earlier: