From left: Mattiebelle Gittinger, Maryclaire Ramsey and Mme. Boediono with her escorts
On Tuesday, April 13, Mme. Herawati Boediono, wife of the Vice President Boediono of Indonesia visited The Textile Museum for a tour of the exhibition The Art of Living: Textile Furnishings from the Permanent Collection led by Associate Curator Lee Talbot and accompagnied by CEO Maryclaire Ramsey. Following the tour, Mme. Boediono was escorted into collections storage where Research Associate Mattiebelle Gittinger, an expert in the field of Southeast Asian textiles shared a prized contemporary batik in the TM collection. Mme. Boediono serves as President of the National Crafts Council of Indonesia, and is in Washington, D.C. briefly as her husband, Vice President Boediono of Indonesia attended the Nuclear Security Summit held April 12 and 13.
