. The most important industrial commodities in medieval regional and international trade were textiles, whose leading producers during most of this era were found in France, especially the northern provinces. During the high Middle Ages, the majority...

The weaving culture of the landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is centuries old. Silk, wool, acrylic, metallic threads, and cotton, intricately and deftly woven on hand-hewn backstrap and treadle or shaft looms, meet a wide range of daily clothing...

Textile production has played a key role in the initial stages of industrialization of the East Asian economies by generating manufacturing output, employment, and exports, often with government support. As labor-intensive industries, textile and...

Historically, Lao women of most ethnic groups weave. The resulting textiles were woven for personal use and were a representation of daily life and cultural traditions. Intricate and complex designs performed such supernatural functions as warding off...

Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial fibers often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw wool fibers, linen, cotton, or...

THE FACTS AND THE FIGURES MONTEREY TEXTILES HISTORY In the 1930's, Monterey Textiles was a division of Celanese Canada, which was an important fabric and fibers manufacturer. Sold in 1985, the textiles division of Monterey Textiles was bought out, but filed for...

Until 1992, Indonesia's textile and textile product exports rose quite rapidly at an average annual rate of 28.4% in volume and 38.8% in value. For the first 11 months of 1993 (January-November), such exports reached only 530,000 tons worth US$ 4.4 billion. The...

As lingering winter gave way to the gray of early spring, some of the most vivid colors in Chicago were on museum walls: textiles from the Mayan peoples of Guatemala and southern Mexico.For searing the eyes with bright, sometimes jarring hues, the exhibition "Arte Textil...

One summer afternoon, the Italian textile heir and occasional model Cody Franchetti spotted a trash bin on the sidewalk outside his West Fourth Street apartment overflowing with classic literature. “They were all bad editions but great books,” Mr. Franchetti said. “From Flaubert, to Goethe,...