The idea of textile patterns of the Renaissance may not get your blood boiling, but there’s no denying that the current exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Fashion and Virtue: Textile ...

All the items in “Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat” — well, all but one — were woven with the same painstaking technique. But the robes, wraps and wall hangings on exhibit at the George ...

A work needn’t be featured on canvas to be considered art. Take a bold textile, such as a tapestry, rug, throw, drapery or a piece of antique clothing displayed under glass, which can completely ...

The oldest resist dyeing technique used for textiles in Nigeria is adire eleko, a practice which involves the use of cassava paste, a small broom, and a chicken feather. Nigeria-born local artist ...

Where do patterns come from? While some might be computer-generated using the latest in image scanning and digital printing technologies, many more can be sourced to the Design Library–the world’s ...

Bandhani, also known as Bandhej, is a quintessential Kutchi textile art form that involves the intricate process of tie-dyeing fabric. Artisans skillfully create small, distinct patterns by tying tiny ...

A series of exhibitions this summer and autumn highlight the protest woven into stitchwork Embroidery, weaving and fabric decoration have often been dismissed as crafts rather than arts, relegated to ...

Explore five must-have fabrics that blend tradition, artistry, and modernity. From opulent Kanjivaram silk sarees to Kalamkari's artistic expressions, each textile tells a unique story. Uppada silk ...

In 1956, a woman flicking through the Sears summer catalogue could pick quite a special fabric to make a dress. Printed on “sailtone” cotton in a fetching “rose” colourway was a pattern of butterflies ...