146 results for: Textiles
White purse with needlepoint flower design, ca. 1940s
This purse belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012), educator, community activist, arts patron, and wife of Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church. The purse had originally belonged to her mother Laura Lee Stewart Jones of Cleveland, Ohio. McKinney (née Jones) graduated from Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve) University in 1952 and in 1953 met and married Samuel…
ID Number:2019.105.11
Date:Circa 1940
Chinese takeout-style purse, 1998-2010
This purse belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012), educator, community activist, arts patron, and wife of Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church.
ID Number:2019.105.12
Date:Circa 1998-2010
Small Louis Vuitton bag, used as makeup case, 1990s-2010s
This bag belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012), educator, community activist, arts patron, and wife of Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church. She used it to carry makeup and would transfer it between whichever larger handbag she was using that day.
ID Number:2019.105.13
Date:1990-2010
Mask, "I Can't Breathe," made by Sonia Wooten-Gill, FayWoo's Signature Collection, 2020
Among the local designers and artists who began making face masks in 2020, many Black designers were inspired to infuse powerful messages into their creations. This mask was made by local milliner and clothing designer Sonia Wooten-Gill whose line is called FayeWoo’s Signature Collection. "I Can't Breathe" were the last words of Eric Garner, a Black man who died in…
ID Number:2020.30.1
Date:2020
King County Elections "Vote!" mask, 2020
These masks were issued by King County Elections to staff working at in-person voting sites for the 2020 general election. The design includes the word “Vote!” in the five languages (English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean) that the ballots were available in at the time. This mask was used by a worker at the CenturyLink Field Event Center.
ID Number:2020.49.1
Date:2020
Cotton mask, "It's a Boy!" from Virginia Mason Birth Center, 2020
These masks were distributed to new parents at the Virginia Mason Birth Center in Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ID Number:2021.11.2
Date:2020
Cotton mask, "It's a Girl!" from Virginia Mason Birth Center, 2020
These masks were distributed to new parents at the Virginia Mason Birth Center in Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ID Number:2021.11.3
Date:2020
Felt hat, "Peahen of 45" by milliner Jean Hicks, 2017
Jean Hicks is a Seattle-based milliner, felt-maker and educator. Her hats are functional and often theatrical in style. This 2017 hat is meant to represent the First Lady and is a companion to Hicks’ “Year of the Rooster” hat from the same year. It intentionally combines a mix of disparate textiles, including hand-felted Finn wool ("the worst felt I have…
ID Number:2021.12.2
Date:2017
Fisher's "Big Gun" flour bag, ca. 1948
In 1911, founder O. D. Fisher began milling flour at the Fisher Flouring Mills on Seattle's Harbor Island in Elliott Bay. The grain silo and milling complex was one of the first facilities built on the artificial island after the island's completion in 1909. This “Big Gun” flour was sold in the late 1940s and 1950s.
ID Number:2021.22.1
Date:Circa 1948
Painted mask made by Wolf Delux, aka Malcolm Procter, 2021
Malcolm Procter, who goes by the artist name of Wolf Delux, painted this mask during the COVID-19 pandemic. His distinctive linework style is done with paint or bleach to create the desired effect on each item. Procter is a Black artist and was born and raised in Seattle. His work takes inspiration from many sources, including pop art, video games,…
ID Number:2021.72.2
Date:2021