Chengdu Shu Brocade and Embroidery Museum showcases the best brocades in China. Guide Yan Hua walked me into a room where two people were busy working on a loom. It is no ordinary loom. The greater ...

Houndstooth is not a motif associated with Indian silk weaving. Its roots are in Scottish wool textiles, where the motif ...

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A remarkable classic weaving technique, which produces works as practical as they are decorative, is currently experiencing a renaissance. For centuries, kilims could be seen just as often in a ...

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