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Navajo Textiles: By Laurie D. Webster, Louise I. Stiver, D.Y. Begay and Lynda Teller Pete. Denver Museum of Nature and Science/University Press of Colorado. Wealthy New Englanders Francis and Mary ...

Throughout history, historians have always viewed textiles within their economic context rather than their place in fashion. However, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest exhibit “Fashion and ...

We all wear clothes. Until recent decades, some American communities had economies based on the manufacture of cloth and clothing. We wear or make clothing without an understanding of its history or ...

Crafting a Future is a must-read book on hand woven Indian textiles, and what the future can hold for craftsmen. Despite its deceptive coffee table book type appearance, it is, as Laila Tyabji in her ...

In a 1991 Scientific American article, the influential computer scientist Mark Weiser predicted a coming era of “ubiquitous computing,” operating as seamlessly in the background as the electric motors ...

Vitamin T: Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art (all images courtesy of Phaidon) Holes and tears in a dust jacket that resembles tattered linen reveal pockets of multicolored fabric underneath.

Hidden amongst a massive Tipu tent from the Battle of Seringapatnam, a 19th century Kashmiri shawl embroidered with a map and Bollywood designer costumes at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s India ...