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Historic Textiles Studio
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USA. Offering a wide range of textile conservation services including stabilization, cleaning and restoration.
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Textile Arts of the Islamic World
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Extensive collection of links to bibliographies on the history and technologies of Oriental and Islamic carpets, textiles and garments. From The Textile Museum Washington.
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The Arkwright Society
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UK. Registered charity named after Richard Arkwright who was the inventor of the water powered cotton spinning mill, and is engaged in education and publishing, preservation of historical textile related industrial monuments, and recycling of textiles, paper and timber.
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Weaving the Past Into the Future: 100 Years of Textiles at NC State University
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Exhibit highlighting the history of the College of Textiles at NC State. From early courses in weaving and textile design to the development of the first synthetic aorta and to the present continuing research in textile composite materials for spacecraft. Contents include vintage photographs, pamphlets, correspondence, and papers from the University Archives.
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Scottish Textiles Heritage Online
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Pilot project offering images, archives, museum descriptions and additional resources for information about historical Scottish textile collections. Not available.
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