Name/Title
WordrobeEntry/Object ID
pa.GT503.W67Description
Wordrobe is a reconciliation of textile and text. Textile and text are intrinsically and semantically related; both words derive from texere and text. Even today we use the locution weaving or spinning a tale to describe a powerful narrative. Apparel has always been connected with and been an incorporating principle for language, constituting a knowledge of and inscription on the body. Like any visual art, fashion is literate and intelligent, capable of conveying letters and linguistic form. Catalog issued in conjunction with exhibition of the same name, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Sept. 9 to Nov. 23, 1997.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
carol westfall collection, costume design, costume--exhibitions, exhibition catalogs, fashion design, textile design, words in artLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Richard Martin, Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublisher
Metropolitan Museum of ArtDate Published
1997Call No.
pa.GT503.W67ISBN
870998307, 9780300203295Notes
Length: 24Location
Shelf
Pamphlet CollectionRoom
Library, Studio