Sun," Margo Wolowiec weaves circular landscapes that invite viewers to contemplate the fragility - and resilience - of the ...

Ghana's kente cloth weaving is a colorful tradition that has been handed down generations. Renowned for its vivid hues and ...

Bute Fabrics has been weaving wool, alpaca, linen and silk into cloth inside a former orphanage and convent on the Isle of Bute since 1947. The mill, which stands in the Firth of Clyde, 33 miles ...

The Antico Setificio Fiorentino, which relies on looms from the 18th and 19th centuries, has been producing precious textiles since 1786. Valentina Lorini hangs handwoven black trimmings used for ...

The term jacquard doesn’t refer to a specific material, print, or pattern, but rather a method of creating raised motifs in fabric by using a particular type of loom—the jacquard loom.

American Textile History Museum Collection Date made Early 20th century ID Number 2017.0232.16 catalog number 2017.0232.16 accession number 2017.0232 Object Name Fabric Sample Physical Description ...

The word “textiles” may bring to mind blankets, clothing and anything made by weaving thread. A visit to the current exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center, “Cut from the Same Cloth: Textile ...

Art of Loom: The future of sustainable fashion Fashion-loving Thais are choosing homegrown designers who make clothes out of traditional Thai textiles which are spun from silk, cotton or hemp ...

Liebes with Ernst Spence at the Goodall Fabrics factory in Sanford, Maine, circa 1948 Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Weaving tools called shuttles on a ...

Once the loom and fabric is prepped and the design has been chosen, Soehren said it can take her four to five hours to weave a rug, depending on its size and complexity.

In the weave room, a worker uses a classic Crompton & Knowles loom to make suitable fabric for some 18th-century furniture. Bridget Badore Even before you walk into the prefabricated steel ...