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Textile Design
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Below is a list of the top Textile Design schools, museums, organizations
and sites.
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Featured Textile Design Sites
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Fabric
Online
- get the lowdown on textiles, apparel, color, and fashion. Information
on the use and production of cotton, silk, wool, nylon, and polyester.
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Interweave.com
- source for fiber craft information.
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Smocking
Arts Guild of America
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Textile
Dictionary
- definitions of cotton, silk, specialty, and plant fibers.
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TextileLinks
- collection of links for spinners, dyers, weavers, knitters, and others
involved with textiles.
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Trees!
Oriental Rug Gallery
- devoted to middle eastern oriental carpets.
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Whole
Cloth
- interdisciplinary curriculum integrating science, technology, and
invention with women's, African American, and labor history.
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Online Museums and Galleries
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American
Textile History Museum
- view finished textiles showcased in colorful displays of interesting
fabrics, coverlets, and period clothing from the Museum's collections.
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La
Jolla Fiber Arts
- devoted entirely to the textile arts. Showing the work of artists who
are known both locally and nationally.
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Latimer
Quilt and Textile Center
- fiber arts museum located on the Oregon coast.
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Material
Possessions
- museum quality textiles from Southeast Asia and India.
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Michael
Abbott's Indian & Asian Traditional Textiles
- featuring images and information about different techniques, history,
and other resources.
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Musee
des Tissus
- textile museum including Coptic tapestries, Sassanid fabrics, and
carpets from Persia.
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Museum
for Textiles
- devoted to the collection, exhibition, and documentation of textiles
from around the world.
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Museum
of Korean Embroidery
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People's
Place Quilt Museum, The
- specializes in exhibits of antique pieces (pre-1940s). Also Amish and
Mennonite quilts and one-of-a-kind art works.
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Quilters
Hall of Fame
- honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to the world of
quilting, located in the Marie Webster House.
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San
Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
- with an extensive collection of historical and artistic quilts and
textiles.
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Textile
Museum, The
- dedicated to the exhibition, study, and preservation of the handmade
textile arts.
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University
of Georgia - From Desert and Oasis: Arts of the People of Central Asia
- an exhibition of textiles.
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Victorian
Tapestry Workshop
- has a reputation for inventive interpretation, skillful use of colour,
technical expertise and a fresh, dynamic approach to tapestry making.
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Weaving
Art Museum and Research Institute, The
- online exhibition galleries displaying masterpiece examples of
historic textile art.
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Windham
Textile and History Museum
- preserving the history of Connecticut's role in the American
Industrial Revolution. Located in a turn-of-the-century textile mill.
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