<img width="640" height="400" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler-700x438.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Textile with step motif in reds, oranges, and natural colors shown next to an ancient clay pot depicted wearing a tunic with the same motif." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler-700x438.jpg 700w, https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler-300x188.jpg 300w, https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler-170x106.jpg 170w, https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="36716" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/11/25/multiband-imaging-of-cochineal-dyed-textiles/2_1_bassler/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1002" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="James Bassler, Six X Four II" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler-300x188.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2_1_Bassler-700x438.jpg" />by Jessica Walthew (objects conservator), Kira Eng-Wilmot (textile conservator), and Pauline Nguyen (conservation intern) Several contemporary designers featured in our current exhibition Nature by Design: Cochineal (November 16, 2019–May 25, 2020) were inspired by historic materials and chose this fascinating cochineal dyestuff for their work. James Bassler’s textile Six X Four II is made with discontinuous warps...
