Events

Behind the Scenes: The George & Marie Hecksher Textile Conservation Center. At 1:30 p.m., textile Conservators Sarah Gates and Beth Szuhay of the de Young Museum are offering a specialized tour. This is a rare opportunity for the public to see how professional museum staff care for, store, and prepare the Museum’s textile collection for exhibit. The conservation laboratory consists of a space for examination and stitched treatments, a space for aqueous treatments, and a dye lab.

March Meeting: Jeff Spurr on “Style and Identity, People or Place: The Case for Lakai Suzanis” See meeting details on page 2. In his talk on March 19, Jeff Spurr will discuss a complex group of striking suzanis (dowry embroideries) attributed in recent decades to Shahrisabz.  Jeff has long puzzled over these dramatic textiles, and has concluded that the suzanis in question were urban equivalents of the well-known small, embroidered trappings of the ru- ral Lakai Uzbek, and that both classes were essentially