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Designer Anna Maria Garthwaite

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Anna Maria Garthwaite (1688-1763) was an English textile designer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Maria_Garthwaite

Image from https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/2020/9/23/anna-maria-garthwaite

In general, there is often scant surviving evidence for most textile artisans of the eighteenth century. One important exception, however, is Anna Maria Garthwaite, a designer who was based in London’s fashionable weaving district, Spitalfields. Unlike many women artists of the eighteenth century, Garthwaite was both highly regarded in her lifetime and remains well known today by modern historians who study historic dress and textiles.

Quote from The Minneapolis Institute of Art
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/143568/textile-anna-maria-garthwaite

Design for a woven silk, 1747 / Watercolor on paper / Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
↓ A waistcoat woven from this design is in the Costume Institute of The Met ↓

Waistcoat, 1747 / Silk, wool, metallic / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Silk damask dress, c.1775 / Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

Design for a woven silk, 1748-1749 / Watercolor on paper / Victoria & Albert Museum, UK

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Further reading:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/anna-maria-garthwaite/
https://womeninspire.co.uk/blog/anna-maria-garthwaite-a-pioneer-in-british-design
https://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2010/05/intrepid-ladies-anna-maria-garthwaite.html

Autoportrait Day 364~ Carrie Mae Weems

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Contemporary American artist Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953)

1. First Self Portrait, 1975 / Image from Jack Shainman Gallery

2. Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary, 1988 /Image from Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

3. Untitled (Woman Playing Solitaire) / Image from Kitchen Table Series

4. In the Mountains of Santiago de Cuba (from Dreaming in Cuba), 2002 / Image from Guggenheim Museum, NYC

5. I Looked and Looked and Failed to See What so Terrified You, 2003 / Image from the Louisiana Project series

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How Carrie Mae Weems sees herself~
https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/epvbq7/how-carrie-mae-weems-sees-herself

Autoportrait Day 322~ Anya Paintsil

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Welsh Ghanaian artist Anya Paintsil (born 1993)

1. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, 2023 / Acrylic, alpaca, mohair, wool, synthetic hair, human hair, plastic comb on hessian fabric / Vortic Curated digital platform

2. I Am the Predator, Not the Prey I, 2020 / Acrylic, wool, synthetic hair, human hair on hessian fabric / Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, England

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