Uzbek Silks from the Megalli Collection in Houston
‘Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats’, an unmissable loan exhibition of some fifty dazzling silk robes and panels from the collection of the late Murad Megalli, is now open at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas until 4 June 2017.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Young Adult’s Robe, possibly 1870s, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Curated for the MFAH by Art of the Islamic Worlds curator Aimée Froom, ‘Colors of the Oasis’ is organised by the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum in Washington DC. Houston is the third iteration of this acclaimed exhibition of 19th-century Uzbek luxury silk garments from the Emirate of Buhkara and the Khanate of Kokand. It was first seen in 2010 at the Textile Museum, to which Murad Megalli gifted the collection, and later at the Seattle Art Museum in 2012. The Houston presentation includes several textiles not previously shown.
Detail of a woman’s robe (Munisak), Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, 1870–80s. Silk and cotton. The Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C
The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive colour catalogue of the Megalli Collection, Colors of the Oasis, which was produced for the Textile Museum in 2010 by Hali Publications.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, possibly Bukhara, Robe, mid-19th century, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Woman’s Robe (Munisak), second quarter of 19th century, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Fergana Valley, Woman’s Robe (Munisak), 1870–80s, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Woman’s Robe (Munisak), late 19th century, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Woman’s Robe (Munisak), late 19th century, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Robe, late 19th–early 20th century, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Woman’s Robe (Munisak) (detail), second quarter of 19th century, silk and cotton, the Textile Museum, the Megalli Collection, Washington D.C.
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