Tracing Patterns Foundation

Public Online Seminar - Khmer Studies

Public Online Seminar - Khmer Objects in Motion: Provenance, Dispersal, and Repatriation? - CKS - Center for Khmer Studies Organized by the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) and the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Siem Reap Center, this full-day online seminar brings together

Join us for an exciting two-day textile conference at the Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin.

🗓 September 17–18, 2026
📍 Lecture Hall | MPIWG, Berlin
🎟️ Free admission & open to the public

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Embroidered bridal cushion from Skyros, Sporades, Greece, dated to 17th century. This small but endearing piece features a lively scene with a ship, human figures, fish, birds, and flowers. The helmsman stands at the stern, while the captain is shown in the upper left corner enclosed in a frame, likely to symbolize his longing for home.

The IASSRT 2026 Symposium titled Textiles as Knowledge Systems: Practice, Codification and Transfer, invites scholars, researchers and practitioners to explore textiles not merely as commodities for exchange, but as primary vectors of knowledge shaped through the dynamic processes of making, using, recording and transmission.

Held at the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Berlin on September 17 and 18, 2026, this symposium examines how textile knowledge was enacted, codified, transformed, and transferred across Eurasian networks.

· Keynote speaker: Juliane von Fircks (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
· Speakers: the program features presentations by internationally renowned scholars, including Zhao Feng, Mariachiara Gasparini, Angela Sheng, and Christopher Buckley, along with many other distinguished speakers.

Register here: https://iassrtpublic.eventbrite.com

* Additional activities:
o Sept 19 – Group museum visit (open to the General public)
o Sept 20 – Group museum visit (open to the General public)

*Note: Registration is required for all days (Sept 17, 18, 19).

(IN PERSON ONLY. NO ONLINE STREAMING).

If you encountered problem in registering, please contact Karina at [email protected].

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Happy Kebaya Day! These exquisite kebaya are created in the first half of the 20th century, worn primarily by the Indo-Dutch and Chinese Peranakan community. Later they became known as Kebaya Encim or Kebaya Nyonya. They are made from European fabrics, tailored and embellished in Indonesia using sewing machine to create the embroidery and add the lace borders. These Kebaya will be on display tomorrow, Saturday July 25, at the Asian Art Museum as we celebrate the Kebaya Day with various events organized by the museum and the Indonesian Consulate San Francisco. These include a talk on Kebaya by Sandra Sardjono from Tracing Patterns Foundation, a fashion show by Komunitas Cinta Berkain Kain, and a music performance by Gamelan Pusaka Sunda. Images of the Kebaya: courtesy of Alex Corey.

This is the famous Powhatan's ‘mantle’ at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. It is made of deer hides with embroidered shells forming a central human figure, deer on either side, and scattered circles. This piece stands as crucial evidence of the early encounters between indigenous American Indians in Virginia and the British in the 1600s. It likely was part of the gift exchange between Chief Powhatan and Christopher Newport in the name of King James I. Although called a mantle, it was never worn and probably only meant for display. Interesting fact: Chief Powhatan was the father of Pocahontas. The last image show the map of Virginia dated to 1612. It became part of the Royal colony in 1624.

“Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries” at the Asian Art Museum from April 3 - July 20, 2026.