Textiles
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- A Brief History of Navajo Blankets & Rugs
- The history of the materials and techniques of blanket and rug weaving by the Navajo Indians, from the early 1800's until the present. From Len Wood's Indian Territory homepage.
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- A Brief History of Silk Maps
- Short article about geographical maps printed on silk fabrics, which were issued by British and American intelligence to airforce servicemen during World War II as part of a standard survival kit. From the Map Scarves web site.
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- Cotton: From the Fields to the Mills
- Short history of 19th and early 20th Century cotton cultivation and cotton textile manufacturing in Southern USA. Includes links to information about cotton and American slavery.
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- Glossary of Fabric Terms
- Comprehensive glossary of textile technical terms in use from medieval times to the mid 1900s. From Class Act Fabrics.
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- History of Florentine Costume and Textiles
- Part of the Medici Archive Project related to the golden age of Florentine textiles and clothing manufacture and trade during the existence of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany from 1537 to 1743.
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- Hosiery History
- Brief history in slide form of the hosiery technology and industry through the ages, written by Rachel Brendle of the Hosiery Technology Center for the 1998 International Hosiery Exhibition.
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- Martha Ballard's Diary
- Collection of diary entries, starting at August 3, 1786, and related to the household textile production which was widespread prior to the Industrial Revolution in the US.
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- Pano - A Unique Capeverdean Handicraft
- Homepage about the history and technology of Pano narrow strip weaving technique, including photos and a reading list.
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- Sewing Threads: A Brief History
- The history of needles and sewing threads, from the time men began walking on two feet until the end of the 19th Century, including sewing related tales. Author: Alex I. Askaroff.
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- Stories of Navajo Crafts and Tradition
- Collection of Navajo personal stories about cloth weaving, told by Navajo teachers. Compiled by Larissa Oliver as part of the Monument Valley High School project web site on concurrently developing and linking the skills of traditional Navajo crafts and computer programming.
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- Stroud International Textiles Co., Ltd
- UK. Textile promotion company, involved in events organizing and tours of historic textile sites which are part of the European Textile Network.
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- Textile Production in Ancient Egypt
- Homepage of Hero Granger-Taylor and Stephen Quirke about the materials, technology and tools used in textile production, and fashion and clothing trends in ancient Egypt.
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- Textiles in History
- Home page of Anne Wanders about textile materials and products from the early history of human kind till the present day. Includes collections of links to publications, institutions, dictionaries, reviews and articles, symposia and biographies.
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- Textiles of the North American Southwest
- Historical resource of the Smithsonian Institute about the hand weaving traditions of the American Indian and Hispanic residents of the North American Southwest over the past 2000 years. Gallery of weave designs, timeline and glossary of terms. English and Spanish.
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- The History of Weaving
- The history of cloth weaving in short paragraphs, from the Stone Age to the present. Developed by Zeuter Development Corporation, as an educational aid for Canadian schools.
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- Argetek, Ltd
- Turkey. Developers and suppliers of software solutions and instruments for color matching, measurement and quality control, and chemicals and dyestuff dosing and mixing applications in textile, leather, food, paint, furniture and plastics industries. Technical information on PDF file. English and Turkish.
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- Bespoke Textile Computer Systems, Ltd
- UK. Custom developers and resellers of software packages for textile dyeing, printing, finishing and converting management and process control applications.
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- ChromaShare, Ltd
- UK. Developers of desktop and web-enabled Windows software for color management applications. Includes saving and searching of colour libraries, quality control and sample request management. Also supports image manipulation and reporting functionality.