Search The Directory The Web for Home > Business > Industries > Manufacturing > Textiles and Nonwovens > Resources > History > Textiles New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A Brief Social History of Navajo Weaving - Detailed description of Navajo weaving techniques, probably dating back to the 17th century, and a review of their social and economic history. Links to related sites. From the Collectors' Guide.   A Glance At Textile Industry In Iran - Comprehensive overview of the Iranian textile industry, from ancient spinning and weaving techniques and materials to modern times. Author: Mozaffar Alikhani.   Acadian Textiles: Products of a Family - History of the Acadian settlers in 18th century Louisiana, USA. Cultural background. History of cloth weaving techniques. Link to Acadian quilt production on PDF files, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.   Early American Textile History - Introduction to the types of textiles manufactured in early New England, and the production processes used. Detailed studies of linen and wool processing, and quilting techniques. Links to museums and related web sites. Author: Gretchen Lieb.   History of Kente Cloth - The historical development and uses of Kente cloth, still woven by the African Ashanti people. Detailed descriptions of cloth weaving techniques, symbolism, and symbolic meaning of colors.   History of Linen - Full text of a lecture on the history of the flax plant, and the development of the linen industry and organization. From the Ulster Linen Co., Inc. web site. Author: W.H. Webb.   Indian Trade Blankets - Short history of the woollen blanket, which was an important trading commodity between settlers, trappers and explorers and Native Americans in the 19th century. From the Collectors' Guide.   Introduction to Textile Traditions of India - Comprehensive history of the Indian textile manufacturing and trading industry. Detailed information on silk, cotton and woollen weaving, fabrics manufacturing, and printing and dyeing techniques. From Craftsindia.Com.   Introduction to the Textile Tradition of India - Detailed history of the development of Indian cloth weaving techniques, and the art of textile dyeing, printing and embroidery. Descriptions of materials and technologies.   Linen: The Aristocrat of Fabrics - Detailed overview of the history of linen, and the flax fiber from which it is woven, from the ancient Egyptians to modern times. Also, description of fiber processing and fabric weaving, and the uses of linen in fashion.   Navajo Textile Certification - Comprehensive article on the history and culture of the Navajo Indians, including reviews of their yarn spinning and cloth weaving techniques, and methods for dye and fiber analysis.   Textiles de France - Collection of antique quilts and textiles from 18th and 19th century France. Concise historical background, and detailed descriptions of fabric construction, making-up and uses. Items are available for sale.   The Historical Aspects of Quilting - Comprehensive collection of notes on the history and development of quilting, from ancient Egypt to the 16th century. Includes information on Japanese and Chinese quilting, and on the various military uses of quilted textiles. Author: Katheryn de Develyn.   The History of Burano Lace - Short history of the origin and development of the lace trade and industry in the Venetian Republic during the 16th century.   The New Draperies in the Low Countries and England - Book on the history and identification of draperies in the Netherlands and England, manufactured from medieval to early modern times. From Oxford University Press. Author: N.B. Harte.   The Story of Textiles - Japan. From Toyoda Textile Machinery, Ltd. A history of textiles from pre-history to modern times. Extensive and informative.   The Textile Industry - Comprehensive collection of articles on inventions, inventors and entrepreneurs in the British textile industry of the 18th and 19th centuries. Also, descriptions of the conditions in textile mills, factory workers and child labor. From Spartacus Schoolnet.   Weaving Ornaments in Lithuanian Folk Textiles - Multi-media resource on the history of ornamentation of 19th and 20th century Lithuanian folk textile products. Series of short articles, graphics, maps and sound. Authors: Vida Savoniakaite and Arunas Valiulis. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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