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Louise W. Mackie
Louise W. Mackie is the Curator of Textiles and Islamic Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mackie is (past) president of the Textile Society of America. Mackie was formerly a curator in the Textile Department of the Royal Ontario Museum.
  • Louise Mackie was a curator in the Textile Department of the Royal Ontario Museum.
  • Louise W. Mackie has been named the Curator of Textiles and Islamic Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mackie is (past) president of the Textile Society of America. http://www.newartexaminer.org/octnewsbriefs.html
  • "George Hewitt Myers: Carpet Collector and Founder of The Textile Museum". Washington DC: ICOC 1980.
  • Mackie, Louise W. and Dr. Jon Thompson: Turkman Tribal Carpets and Traditions. Washington: The Textile Museum.1980.
  • Mackie, Louise: The Splendor of Turkish Weaving. Washington: The Textile Museum. 1974.
  • Mackie, Louise W. "Toward an Understanding of Mamluk Silks: National and International Considerations" In Muqarnas II: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Oleg Grabar (ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. 1984 Vol. 2. 1984. 127-146.
  • Mackie, Louise W. "Woven Status: Mamluk Silks and Carpets" in The Muslim World. Vol. 73. 1983. 253-261.
  • Louise W. Mackie, "A Piece of the Puzzle", Hali 47 (October 1989), pp.16-23
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  • Mackie, Louise W. "New on Old, Handmade Textiles in Fez," Hali 66 (1992): 88-93.
  • Mackie, Louise W. "Pattern Books for Drawloom Weaving in Fes, Morocco," Bulletin du CIETA 70 (1992): 169-176.
  • Mackie, Louise W. "The Threads of Time in Fez, Morocco," Rotunda, 24:3 (1991): 18-23.
  • Mackie, Louise W., Frieda Sorber, Lotus Stack, and Susan S. Davis. "Textiles in the Everyday Life of Artisans, Merchants, and Consumers of Fez, Morocco," Textiles in Daily Life, Proceedings of the Third Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America (1992): 9-49.
  • Threads of Time: Handmade Textiles for Weddings in Fez, Morocco
  • Mackie, Louise W. 1983 Woven Status: Mamluk Silks and Carpets, The Muslim World, vol. 73, no. 3/4, pp. 253-62.

Louise W. Mackie

Feb 4, sunday, 2:00 pm

Luxurious Silks of the Ottoman Sultans

In this lecture, Louise W. Mackie, Curator of Textiles and Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will discuss how imperial silk kaftans were worn by sultans as symbols of the wealth and power of the Empire. She will also examine how they were designed and manufactured, and how special imported silk was used in these exquisite creations.

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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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