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The Necropolis of Wari Kayan is an archaeological site located on the Paracas Peninsula in Peru. It served as a major burial ground for the Paracas culture, an ancient Andean society known for its exceptionally complex and colorful textiles. Archaeologist Julio C. Tello first systematically excavate...
The Wari culture was a state society that flourished in the central Andes, with its political center at Huari near modern Ayacucho, Peru, during the Middle Horizon, generally dated about 600 to 1000 CE. It expanded across highland and coastal regions and established provincial settlements such as Pi...
Ruth Benerito (1916–2013) was an American chemist at the USDA's Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans. Her most influential research involved the chemistry of cotton cellulose and the development of cross-linking treatments that produced wrinkle-resistant, durable-press cotton fabrics. Th...
The de Young Museum is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, originally founded in 1895 and completely rebuilt with a new copper-clad building in 2005. Its collections focus on American art from the 17th century to present, contemporary art, textiles and costumes, and art f...
Narumi: Arimatsu Cloth is a color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, dated 1833-34. It shows shops at Narumi selling Arimatsu shibori, a locally produced tie-dyed textile, and uses the commercial activity of the post station as its subject. The...
Barthélemy Thimonnier (1793-1857) was a French tailor and inventor who patented the first practical sewing machine in 1830, using a barbed needle to create chain stitches. In 1831, he established the first mechanized clothing manufacturing workshop in Paris with 80 sewing machines to produce French...
John Kay was an English inventor associated with the mechanization of textile weaving during the eighteenth century. He patented the flying shuttle in 1733, a device that propelled the weft-carrying shuttle across a loom and allowed a single weaver to produce cloth wider and faster than was practica...
Established in 1820 during the Dutch colonial era, Pasar Baru is a historic shopping district located in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. As one of the oldest commercial centers in the city, the area is distinguished by its blend of Dutch colonial, Chinese, and indigenous architectural influences. The pe...
Mary Dixon Kies was an American inventor who in 1809 became the first woman to receive a U.S. patent, for weaving straw with silk or thread.
