Threads of Many Cultures, Embroidering a World

‘Interwoven Globe,’ a 300-Year Survey of Textiles at the Met

‘Interwoven Globe’: Images from the Met’s sweeping new exhibition about the textile trade.

Mind your footwear. Few New York art seasons are fully under way until the Metropolitan Museum of Art rolls out a fall exhibition with enough visual thrills and historical insights to knock your socks off. Yet this year’s offering may be even more outstanding than usual.“Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800,”opening on Monday, is a staggering overview of more than three centuries of art, commerce, craft and cross-cultural fertilization.

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