Directory of On-line Exhibitions Resources

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This category contains links to on-line exhibitions of historical textiles.

Resources in This Category

• Early Islamic Inscribed Textiles

  http://lw.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/galleries/Exhibits/Big_Textile/Big_Textile/Tiraz.html
  On-line exhibition of inscribed arm bands and textiles, originally given by caliphs as a badge of honor, favor, and distinction. From The Kelsey Online virtual gallery of historic textiles from Egyp

• Fabric of Everyday Life: Historic Textiles from Karanis

  http://lw.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/galleries/Exhibits/textiles/index.html
  Virtual exhibition of the Kelsey Museum of Archeology about the importance of textile fabrics for clothing, furnishings, symbolic communication and commerce, as conveyed by the collection of historic textiles found at the Karanis archeological site.

• Textiles from the Index of American Design

  http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadtxtl/iadtxtl-main1.html
  On-line collection of representative examples of the handiwork of American women of colonial and later times, articles made by professional weavers, as well as fabrics produced by textile mills in America's early years of industrialization. Directory of links to related sites. From the National Gallery of Art.

• The Emergence Of Ring Spinning In The American Textile Industry

  http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/exhibits/distech/
  Exhibition organized by the Historical Collections Department of the Baker Library Graduate School of Business Administration in Harvard University. Includes biography, and links to textile articles and resources.

• The Kasuri Collection of Jeff Krauss

  http://e-gasuri.com/ikat/index1.htm
  On-line exhibition of a large collection of traditional and antique Ikat printed textiles.

• The URI Historic Textile and Costume Collection

  http://web.uri.edu/tmd/collections-gallery/
  USA. Includes collection of textiles and historic costumes of the Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design in the University of Rhode Island.

• Weaving the Past Into the Future: 100 Years of Textiles at NC State University

  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archivedexhibits/textiles/
  Exhibit highlighting the history of the College of Textiles at NC State. From early courses in weaving and textile design to the development of the first synthetic aorta and to the present continuing research in textile composite materials for spacecraft. Contents include vintage photographs, pamphlets, correspondence, and papers from the University Archives.

• Zucchi Collection of Handblok Prints

  http://www.zucchicollection.org/
  Collection of historic handbloks from 1785 to 1935 for the printing of textile fabrics, categorised in abstract, cashmere, floral, geometric, ornamental and pictorial designs, including a description of the handblok printing technique. Links to related sites.

 

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