Boott Cotton Mills
Classroom-ready lesson plan on the development of the Boott millyard to understand the workings of the industrial system at Lowell.
The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
USA. Non-profit charitable corporation focused on preserving, reviving and education in Peruvian Inca textile design and techniques.
Cotton Town
The story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen began to expand in line with the United Kingdom textile industry, providing collection of material, based on the influence of the cotton trade.
Eli Whitney Museum
Extensive historical resource about the inventor of the cotton gin and the technique of mass producing military firearms.
European Textiles Routes
Thematic travel routes organised by the European Textile Network, connecting historical European textile mills, including monuments and recurrent events, textile heritage and production, and education and research.
A Glance at the Textile Industry in Iran
History and state of the Iranian textile industry by the Chamber of Commerce of Iran. Contains an overview of textile history from 3000 BC until today.
Glossary of Fabric Terms
Extensive glossary of textile technical terms in use from medieval times to the mid 1900's. From Class Act Fabrics.
Historic Textiles from Egypt
Virtual gallery of an extensive collection of Egyptian textiles from the Pharaonic, Roman and Byzantine, and later Islamic periods of Egypt's pre-modern history, in possession of the The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
Historic Textiles Studio
USA. Offering a wide range of textile conservation services including stabilization, cleaning and restoration.
Imatex
Spain. Terrassa Textile Museum and Documentation Centre run Internet service for textile designers and researchers of textile history. Comprehensive resource, searchable by materials, techniques, periods, designs and uses. English, Catalan and Spanish.
International Textiles Archive
UK. University of Leeds institute which collects, preserves and documents textiles and other related design material from most of the major textile producing areas of the world for the benefit of the public. List of events. Links to related sites.
Knitting Together
Joint Internet project of the Leicester City Museum Service and its partners, dedicated to the history of the East-Midlands knitting industry. Timeline. Oral and photographic history. Virtual museum. Resources and links.
Lancashire Textile Project
Homepage about the history of the steam driven weaving industry in the North West Of England. Photographs and transcribed tape recordings of interviews with individuals who worked in the industry.
The Language of Revolution
Glossary of terms in use during the Industrial Revolution in England. Also, the story of the Lancashire cotton industry, with biographies of the inventors and engineers
Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center
USA. Study center for the understanding of historic costumes and textiles, created under the direction of the Nevada State Museum and Nevada Historical Society. On-line exhibits of costumes, textiles and quilts.
The New Draperies in the Low Countries and England
Book on the history and identification of draperies in the Netherlands and England, manufactured from medieval to early modern times. From Oxford University Press. Author: N.B. Harte.
The Pasold Research Fund
Registered charity, active in publications, organizing conferences and awarding grants for research in the economic and social history of textiles. Comprehensive international directory of textile historians.
Tampere Mill
Finland. Extensive on-line reconstruction of the water powered textile mill at Tampere.
The Textile Conservation Studio
UK. Part of Historic Royal Palaces' Conservation Department dedicated to preserving, displaying and explaining the extensive collection of historic textiles at Hampton Court Palace dating back to Henry VIII.
Textile History
List of books with excerpts on the history of the cotton, wool and silk industries, and textile printing and lace making. From Shire Publications.
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