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Textile Special Interest Section - http://www.mnactec.com/ticcih/
Section within the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), responsible for the preservation of historical textile mills world wide. Introduction to the project. List of known textile sites of international significance. Links to textile museums. Click Organisation/Thematic Sections. |
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The Pasold Research Fund - http://www.pasold.co.uk/
Registered charity, active in publications, organizing conferences and awarding grants for research in the economic and social history of textiles. An international directory of textile historians. |
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The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco - http://www.incas.org/SPChinchero.htm
USA. Non-profit charitable corporation focused on preserving, reviving and education in Peruvian Inca textile design and techniques. |
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IKTT. Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles - http://iktt.esprit-libre.org/en/
Cambodia. Non-profit government funded organization for the preservation, restoration and continuing development of traditional Khmer weaving and textile manufacturing techniques and processes. Links to related sites. English, Khmer and Japanese. |
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International Textiles Archive - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ulita/
UK. University of Leeds institute which collects, preserves and documents textiles and other related design material from most of the major textile producing areas of the world for the benefit of the public. List of events. Links to related sites. |
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The Thai Textile Society - http://www.thaitextilesociety.org/
Thailand. Non-profit organization, dedicated to the study and appreciation of textiles, with particular emphasis on the textiles of Thailand and Southeast Asia. Calendar of events. Short glossary of terms. Links to related sites. |
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CIETA. Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens - http://www.cieta-textiles.org/
France. International association founded in 1954 in order to develop and coordinate work methods used by specialists in the study of ancient textiles. Information about technical courses, and published articles on PDF files. English and French. |
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Designing Britain - Fabrics Forming Society - http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/learning/designingbritain/html/ffs.html
Part of a nationwide British learning, teaching and research project managed in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton and funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), and structured as an image database comprising sources relating to textile design and dress in Britain from the 1940s to the 1960s. Author: Susan Hotchkies. |
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The Textile Society - http://www.textilesociety.org.uk/
UK. Registered charity for scholars, designers, teachers, practitioners, artists and collectors with an interest in the study of textile art, design and history in the UK. Calendar of events. Links to textile resources and related sites. |
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Textile Society Of Hong Kong - http://www.textilesocietyofhk.org/
Membership organization for design professionals, museum curators, collectors, historians, textile conservators, dealers and craftspeople, aiming to explore all aspects of both traditional and contemporary textiles. Library of newsletter articles. Links to textile resources. |
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The Medieval Dress and Textile Society - http://www.medats.org.uk/
UK. Membership organization for laymen, historians, designers, conservators, industry professionals and students of European clothing, textiles and carpets from the end of the Roman Empire in western Europe until about 1600. Directory of events. |
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GEHN Cotton Research Project - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory/GEHN/GEHNCottonResearchProjectNEW.htm
Research project of the Global Economic History Network (GEHN), aiming to reconfigure a considerable volume of European and Asian resources in order to construct a long-run economic history of cotton textile manufacturing. |
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International Quilt Study Center - http://www.quiltstudy.org/
USA. Research center in the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, aiming to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and promote discovery of quilts and quiltmaking traditions from many cultures, countries, and time periods. On-line quilt collections. Quilt history timeline on PDF file. Includes directory of quilt related links. |
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IHBS. International Hajji Baba Society - http://www.ihbs.org/
USA. Non-profit organization of collectors, enthusiasts and scholars dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of fine textiles from Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Newsletters. Links to related sites. |
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Textile History Consortium - http://www.lib.clemson.edu/thc/index.htm
USA. Non-membership interest group of museums, libraries, archives, and public and private historical and cultural organizations and their staff members, established to encourage and facilitate the identification, preservation and use of the history of textiles and the textile industry in America. Links to member organizations and textile history resources. |
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The Weavers' Triangle - http://www.weaverstriangle.co.uk/
UK. Registered charity, overlooking the preservation and management of an area along the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Burnley as a textile industry heritage center. History of the rise and fall of Burnley as one of the most important cotton weaving towns in the world. |
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Threads of History - http://69.10.163.110/suesgoodco/threads/index.htm
Textile conservation project of the Trinity County Historical Society, dedicated to the preservation and display of a collection of historical garments, rugs, household linens, quilts, flags, and fraternal order banners. |
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Textile Research Centre, Leiden; TRC - http://www.texdress.nl/
The Netherlands. Center for academic research of archaeological and anthropological textiles and dress within the National Museum of Ethnology, specialised in the Middle Eastern and Dutch cultures. List of projects and publications. Calendar of events. |
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OATG. Oxford Asian Textile Group - http://www.oatg.org.uk/
UK. Membership organization for lectures, study visits and seminars about Asian and Islamic textile art, techniques, history and customs. Newsletter and programs. Links to related sites. |
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The Textile Conservation Studio - http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/countries/uk/hrp-textile-conservation-studio.htm
UK. Part of Historic Royal Palaces' Conservation Department dedicated to preserving, displaying and explaining the collection of historic textiles at Hampton Court Palace dating back to Henry VIII. |