Beneath the remains of roofs collapsed in a long-ago fire in a bustling Iberian settlement, scientists unburied one of the ...

The century-old Jacquard looms lining the factory floor of Scalamandre in Long Island City, Queens, offer as pure an evocation of industrial-era romance as did the Twentieth Century Limited. But ...

A master weaver in 18th-century Lyon, France, Jean-Charles Jacquard was able to fabricate no more than six inches of silk brocade a week. Even that production rate was feasible only with the aid of an ...

The growth of the textile industry the world over is due to a large extent to the development of processing machinery for textile fibres. The hand spindles or 'churkha' gave birth to spinning and the ...

A miniature replica of the large weaving machines which dominated Yorkshire's textile industry has been conserved for museum visitors. The scale model, less than 20 inches (50cm) high, recreates in ...

Once a thriving hub of industry, the textile mill now stands abandoned but still home to hundreds of colour coordinated yarns. The looms have stood unused for decades and the mill’s machinery is ...

Weaver Chris Brashear irons a newly woven dish towel in Nantucket Looms' second-floor studio. Edgar B. Herwick III is an award-winning journalist who hosts The Curiosity Desk, GBH News’ daily show ...

The textile industry has welcomed the decision of the government to bring shuttleless looms under nil Basic Customs Duty. Ravi Sam, chairman of Southern India Mills’ Association, said in a press ...

For much of the nineteenth century, inventors submitted a model with their patent application to the United States Patent Office. The National Museum of American History’s patent model collection ...