Fellow Spiders- I had a quick walk through of the Interwoven Globe exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday on my lunch hour. It is nine rooms and I want to go back and do the full audio tour which I anticipate will take several hours, with the need for refreshments and rest at intervals. There are not very many benches in this exhibit, I might add. But, my initial observation is that it is dazzling and probably the textile exhibit that would justify a trip to New York, so you might want to start making travel plans now. The objects are just beautiful and in excellent condition. I didn't read many of the descriptions since I didn't have much time, so I can't comment on them. But the concept, about the international cross-pollination of textiles in the period 1500-1800 is fascinating. There is really no lace, so don't go for that reason. I bought the catalogue ($65, cloth bound!) and it is very beautiful with color pictures of the objects and also many other objects not in the exhibit which provide context. It is not merely a picture book, as there is a lot of text that I am sure further expands the wall descriptions. I for one, would like Jeri to review the catalogue since it is obviously not a "quick read", and I am not sure when I am going to have time to digest it. Devon
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