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Textile Museum
A textile museum is a museum with exhibits relating to the history and art of textiles, including: * Textile industries and manufacturing, often located in former factories or buildings involved in the design and production of yarn, cloth, and clothing * Agriculture and farming related to textile materials such as silk, cotton, and wool * Functional use of textiles such as for clothing and bedding * Textiles used in decorative arts, such as for fashion, carpets, tapestries, embroidery, lace, and quilts Asia * Bhutan Textile Museum * Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum * Kurdish Textile Museum * National Textile Museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Textile Museum (Jakarta) * Textile Museum Sarawak Canada * Textile Museum of Canada Europe * Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź * Fashion and Textile Museum * Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (closed) * Museu dos Têxteis, Castelo Branco, Portugal * Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice * Museum of Textiles and Industry of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Textile Museum (Jakarta)
The Textile Museum () is a museum in Palmerah, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum houses a collection of textiles from various islands in Indonesia. History The Textile Museum building was constructed in the early 19th century. Initially it was a private house of a Frenchman. The building was later sold to Abdul Aziz Al Mussawi al Musa Khadim, a Turkish consul for Batavia. In 1942, the building was sold again to Karel Cristian Cruq. The building had been used as the headquarters of ''Barisan Keamanan Rakyat'' ("Front of People's Safety") during the struggle for independence period. In 1947 it was owned by Lie Sion Phin who rented it to the Department of Social Affairs which modified it into an institution for elderly people. Afterwards the building was handed over to the city's government. On July 28, 1976, it was inaugurated as the Textile Museum by Madame Tien Soeharto. Collections The textile museum exhibits many kinds of Indonesian traditional weaving such as Java ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art of decorating Textile, fabric or other materials using a Sewing needle, needle to stitch Yarn, thread or yarn. It is one of the oldest forms of Textile arts, textile art, with origins dating back thousands of years across various cultures. Common Embroidery stitch, stitches found in early embroidery include the chain stitch, Buttonhole stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Modern embroidery continutes to utilize traditional techniques, though many contemporary stitches are exclusive to machine embroidery. Embroidery is commonly used to embellish accessories and garments is usually seen on quilts, clothing, and accessories. In addition to thread, embroidery may incorporate materials such as Pearl, pearls, Bead, beads, Quill, quills, and Sequin, sequins to highlight texture and design. Today, embroidery serves both decorative and functional purposes and is utilized in fashion expression, cultural identity, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Museums host a much wider range of objects than a library, and they usually focus on a specific theme, such as the art museums, arts, science museums, science, natural history museums, natural history or Local museum, local history. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often tourist attractions, and many draw large numbers of visitors from outside of their host country, with the List of most-visited museums, most visited museums in the world attracting millions of visitors annually. Since the establishment of Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, the earliest known museum in ancient history, ancient times, museums have been associated with academia and the preserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum
The Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum () is a textile museum located in Myeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea. See also *List of museums in Seoul *List of museums in South Korea There are over 500 museums and galleries in South Korea. National museums Museums in Seoul Provincial and private museums See also * Architecture of South Korea * List of South Korean tourist attractions *List of tallest buildings in Seoul ... References External linksOfficial website Textile museums Jung District, Seoul Art museums and galleries in Seoul Quilt museums Art museums and galleries established in 1998 1998 establishments in South Korea Textile arts of Korea {{SouthKorea-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Quarry Bank Mill
Quarry Bank Mill (also known as Styal Mill) in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Built in 1784, the cotton mill is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* Listed building#England and Wales, listed building. Quarry Bank Mill was established by Samuel Greg, and was notable for innovations both in machinery and also in its approach to labour relations, the latter largely as a result of the work of Greg's wife, Hannah Lightbody. The family took a somewhat paternalistic attitude toward the workers, providing medical care for all and limited education to the children, but all laboured roughly 72 hours per week until 1847 when a new law shortened the hours. Greg also built housing for all of his workers, in a large community now known as Styal Estate. Some were conversions of farm houses, or older residences but 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Museum Of Textiles And Industry Of Busto Arsizio
The Museum of Textiles and Industry is one of the two museums in Busto Arsizio, Italy, that specialises in spinning and weaving. It was opened in 1997 to house objects, pictures and archive material representing Busto Arsizio's industrial history. Purpose The museum aims to: *Provide for the collection, preservation and promotion of objects coming from the local textile industry *Promote cultural activities and information to help scientific research, historical and artistic information available in the different areas of expertise around the Museum. Ottolini’s Cotton Mill The museum is located in one of the town's oldest industrial districts; Ottolini's Cotton Mill is, in fact, one of the first industrial settlements that was built outside the ancient centre of the former village of Busto Arsizio, in the immediate vicinity of St. Michael's. The first project can be found in the National Archives of Varese in 1857. This building represents one of the best examples of the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Museum Of Textile In Česká Skalice
The textile museum in Česká Skalice is the only Czech museum specialized in the history of textile production. Its displays and collections represent a unique body of work reflecting the development of the textile industry, especially cloth printing, in the Czech Republic and abroad. The museum, a branch of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, holds regular exhibitions. Textile exhibitions *Cotton-production in Eastern Bohemia *Collaboration of artists with textile printing *History of textile production in the Czech lands until the end of the 18th century *History of textile printing and auxiliary technologies in manufactories and factories See also * The Chateau at Klášterec nad Ohří *Josef Sudek Gallery The Josef Sudek Gallery () is near Hradčany (Úvoz 24) in Prague, in a house where Josef Sudek (b. 1896 Kolín, d. 1976 Prague) lived from 1959 until his death. Part of his photographic output was transferred to the MDA in Prague in the years 1 ... * The Chateau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1796 for William Turner, and Whitaker's Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family. In their early life they alternated between working wool and cotton. By 1920 they were working shoddy as condensor mule mills; and equipment has been preserved and is still used. The mills closed in 1967 and they were taken over by the Higher Mills Trust, whose trustees included historian and author Chris Aspin and politician Dr Rhodes Boyson, who maintained it as a museum. The mills are said to the most original and best-preserved examples of both cotton spinning and woollen fulling left in the country that are still operational. Following the withdrawal of its grant from Lancashire County Council, the museum closed to the public on 30 September 2016 for an indefinite period. However, the museum remained open for pre-booked school visits. In April 2018 the council announced that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fashion And Textile Museum
The Fashion and Textile Museum is an English museum. The Fashion and Textile Museum was founded in 2003 by Zandra Rhodes and is operated by the Newham College of Further Education. Located in Bermondsey, it is in a building designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. Building The museum is in a converted warehouse that was redesigned by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta in collaboration with Zandra Rhodes.Davison, Phil (13 January 2012)"Obituary: Ricardo Legorreta: Architect whose work included the Fashion and Textile Museum" ''The Independent''. Retrieved 8 June 2012. It was Legorreta's first and only building in Europe. In addition to the exhibition space, the building has a textile studio, printing workshop, and private residential quarters. The building has become a tourist attraction due to its colour scheme of hot pink, burnt orange, yellow, and bright blue. Exhibitions Past exhibitions *150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: Crown to Catwalk - 1 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Central Museum Of Textiles, Łódź
The Central Museum of Textiles is a museum of textiles located in the Ludwik Geyer's White Factory in Łódź, Poland. It is the first textile museum in the world and it has the biggest textile collection in Europe. History First attempts to create an organized collection of textiles in the area date back to 1952, when Krystyna Kondratiuk led to establishing a Weaving Department in the Museum of Art in Łódź. Owing to the success of this enterprise, the department was transformed into a branch of the Museum of Art. As an independent organizational unit, the museum has functioned since 1960, when the Museum of the History of Textiles was established. It was renamed to the Central Museum of Textiles in 1975. The White Factory—the seat of the museum—is a complex of classicist buildings erected by the family of Ludwik Geyer in the years 1835 – 1886. It is considered one of the most beautiful and unique monuments of industrial architecture in Poland. It owes its exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
