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2023

Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

Start Date
08 July 2023
End Date
29 October 2023
Venue
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Location
Cambridge, UK
Curator
Rachel Dedman

2015

Ya Hafeth Ya Ameen

Start Date
18 November 2015
End Date
28 February 2017
Venue
Tiraz Centre
Location
Amman, Jordan

Golden Threads of Bethlehem

Start Date
26 January 2015
End Date
28 March 2015
Venue
Tiraz Centre
Location
Amman, Jordan

2017

Woven: the Art of Traditional Weavings in Jordan

Start Date
28 November 2017
End Date
06 April 2018
Venue
Tiraz Centre
Location
Amman, Jordan

2021

Syrian Glory: Costume Exhibition in Honour of a Nation

Start Date
01 January 2021
End Date
31 August 2023
Venue
Tiraz Centre
Location
Amman, Jordan

2022

Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen

Start Date
16 September 2022
End Date
01 January 2023
Venue
Bard Graduate Center Gallery in collaboration with Textilmuseum St. Gallen
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Emma Cormack, Ilona Kos and Michele Majer

2016

What I Like Molly Goddard

Start Date
04 November 2016
End Date
22 February 2017
Venue
NOW Gallery
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Molly Goddard and Jemima Burrill
Designer
Molly Goddard
View of gallery from the street outside. Through the window are a range of pink, organge and yellow tulle dresses hung at different heights. A row of chairs are placed by the window.

1977

Fashions of Embroidery

Start Date
10 December 1977
End Date
30 April 1978
Venue
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location
Philadelphia, U.S.A
Curator
Elsie McGarvey

1998

Ecclesiastical Vestments from the 14th through the 18th Century

Start Date
23 June 1998
End Date
18 April 1999
Venue
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location
Philadelphia, U.S.A
Curator
Dilys Blum

2010

Haute Couture: Voici Paris

Start Date
20 February 2010
End Date
06 June 2010
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
Netherlands
Designer
Maarten Spruyt

2023

The Offbeat Sari

Start Date
19 May 2023
End Date
17 September 2023
Venue
Design Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Priya Khanchandani
Seven saris are displayed on a white tiered plinths in a variety of poses. The sari at the back is made from an elongated piece of yellow fabric which is draped on two drawers above the display.

2019

Weavers of the Clouds: Textile Arts of Peru

Start Date
21 June 2019
End Date
08 September 2019
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Claudia Trosso, supported by Martin Morales
Six Peruvian outfits displayed in pairs on mannequins on white plinths against sheer grey material

2022

150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: Crown to Catwalk

Start Date
01 April 2022
End Date
04 September 2022
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Dennis Nothdruft in collaboration with Dr Susan Kay-Williams

2023

Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain

Start Date
11 February 2023
End Date
11 June 2023
Venue
Compton Verney Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Curator
Simon Costin, Amy de la Haye and Mellany Robinson
Designer
Simon Costin, Museum of British Folklore
A partnership with Museum of British Folklore, the Centre for Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London and Compton Verney.
Made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Mannequins dressed embellished horse collar and hat from the Boy's Ploughing Match and The Festival of the Horse costume from the Orkney Islands

2022

Silhouettes by Yasmina Ajbilou

Start Date
27 August 2022
End Date
27 November 2022
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Curator
Yasmina Ajbilou
Exhibition installation shot of mannequin with colourful crafted cape in multitude of textures. The mannequin is reflected in an adjacent perspex screen

2019

Guldnakke

Start Date
19 February 2019
End Date
28 July 2019
Venue
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Curator
Alexandra Sachs
Exhibition with three images on two walls in a dimly lit room.

2012

Looking Back to the Future: Ralph Rucci Evolved

Start Date
19 May 2012
End Date
16 September 2012
Venue
SCAD Museum of Art
Location
Savannah, Georgia USA

2016

String Theory: Textiles from the Permanent Collection

Start Date
30 April 2016
End Date
16 October 2016
Venue
Springfield Art Museum
Location
Springfield, USA
Curator
Greta Russell and Rachel Johnson

2011

The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessories 1830–1940

Start Date
27 May 2011
End Date
11 December 2011
Venue
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Location
Liverpool, UK
Designer
Val Evans Design
Exhibition display of hats in case

2010

Textile Treasures from 17th to 19th Centuries

Start Date
15 March 2010
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Maidstone Museum
Location
Kent, UK

2011

Support and Seduction: Three Hundred Years of Underwear

Start Date
28 May 2011
End Date
13 May 2012
Venue
Snibston Discovery Park
Location
Leicester, UK

2002

This Work in Hand: Philadelphia Needlework from the 18th Century

Start Date
31 August 2002
End Date
12 January 2002
Venue
Winterthur, Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2022

The Needle’s I: Stitching Identity

Start Date
17 September 2022
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Winterthur, Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2021

People Living in the Mountains

Start Date
30 January 2021
End Date
28 March 2021
Venue
Kobe Fashion Museum
Location
Kobe, Japan
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin

2005

Making Fancy: Materials and Methods in Pennsylvania German Fraktur

Start Date
10 September 2005
End Date
08 January 2006
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2021

Broderie (Embroidery)

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
19 December 2021
Venue
Musée de la Mode
Location
Albi, Tarn, Occitanie, France

2018

Embroidery: The Thread of History

Start Date
05 October 2018
End Date
05 January 2019
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2014

En Tous Points Parfaits (In Every Way Perfect)

Start Date
05 May 2014
End Date
24 December 2014
Venue
Musée de la Visitation
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Gérard Picaud and Jean Foisselon

2011

De L’ombre À La Lumière (From The Shadow To The Light)

Start Date
07 May 2011
End Date
24 December 2011
Venue
Musee de la Visitation
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Gérard Picaud and Jean Foisselon
Exhibition display of perspex and red cases containing objects

The Plimoth Jacket: A Paradise in Silk and Gold

Start Date
03 September 2011
End Date
08 January 2012
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA
Trio of images of Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2015

Whitework Embroideries

Start Date
01 May 2015
End Date
01 December 2015
Venue
Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace
Location
Molesey, UK

2011

Costume Drama: Fashion From 1780–1850

Start Date
08 July 2011
End Date
07 May 2012
Venue
Sudley House
Location
Liverpool, UK

2019

The Georgian Edit: Cutting-Edge Fashion of the Eighteenth Century

Start Date
23 August 2019
End Date
31 December 2019
Venue
Fairfax House
Location
York, UK

2016

Stitch Stitch Stitch

Start Date
10 September 2016
End Date
29 January 2017
Venue
Discovery Museum
Location
Newcastle, UK

2018

Miao Costumes in Guizhou

Start Date
01 March 2018
End Date
01 May 2018
Venue
China National Silk Museum
Location
Hangzhou, China

2007

Colour and Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan

Start Date
01 January 2007
End Date
08 July 2007
Venue
Textile Museum of Canada
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curator
Dale Gluckman
Exhibition display of dress hung in front of textile panel against blue wall

2013

Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare

Start Date
26 January 2013
End Date
06 May 2013
Venue
Holburne Museum
Location
Bath, UK

2010

Sunday’s Child: Heirlooms from the Embroiderers Guild

Start Date
29 May 2010
End Date
18 July 2010
Venue
Bendigo Art Gallery
Location
Bendigo, Australia

2015

Elaborate Embroidery: Fabrics for Menswear before 1815

Start Date
02 February 2015
End Date
19 July 2015
Venue
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Exhibition display of cabinet containing fabric samples

2014

Exquisite Threads:
English Embroidery 1600s-1900s

Start Date
02 April 2014
End Date
12 July 2015
Venue
National Gallery of Victoria
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Curator
Roger Leong

2013

A Century of Cotton: Selections from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection, 1800–1900

Start Date
12 February 2013
End Date
13 July 2013
Venue
Museum at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Curator
Kevin Jones and Christina Johnson

2015

Fleurs: Botanicals in Dress from the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection

Start Date
21 July 2015
End Date
19 December 2015
Venue
FIDM
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Curator
Kevin Jones

2008

The Art of the Embroiderer

Start Date
25 September 2008
End Date
31 December 2009
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Curator
Anne Bissonnette

2016

Embroidery on Knits

Start Date
24 September 2016
End Date
15 January 2017
Venue
Textil Museet
Location
Boras, Sweden