Deirdre Noonan and Sinead Martin have brought an abundance of luxurious fabrics to The Cloth Shop, says Lucinda O'Sullivan THE FAMILY TRADITION: Sinead Martin and her mother Deirdre Noonan, owners of ...
One of the most striking features of African textiles is their use of vibrant colors and bold patterns. These elements are ...
The piña cloth is a light fabric popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is unique to the Philippines and has been used to make traditional garments for centuries. The fabric is ...
Once a dominant strand of the country's fashion industry, Thai silk has slowly slipped behind modern fabrics, and the beautiful art of traditional weaving is dying. Fearing the craft and the material ...
Homespun is seen as more than just a piece of fabric because people weave patterns that bear special meanings. For example, brides weave the character jing, an abbreviation of the Chinese idiom ...
Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. WILLIAMSBURG — Ten large floor looms consuming most of the space in a room would ...
As part of preserving the collection, each fabric is rolled and stored in acid-free paper to ensure its longevity and protection from insect damage.