#textlies

[chasingrainbowsforever]

Mastering Modern French Country Bedrooms - Edward George

[filipinhoe-pancit]

Salinta Monon (x)

[andesign-jp]

Josh Faught https://www.joshfaught.com

[heaveninawildflower]

Cover (19th century, Persian). Wool embroidered with silk.

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/cover-67147

[heaveninawildflower]

Mexican coin purse (1825–35 ).

Glass beads, linen, silk.     

Images and text courtesy The Met.   

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156691

[misslittlefancy]

Amazing collection by University of Brighton at the @officialgfw #final #lineup #gfw #brightion #fashion #textlies #day3 (at The Old Truman Brewery)

[hspdigitallibrary]

“Imagine the weight of a puff of cotton, insubstantial, almost light enough to send flying with a single breath. How many are in a 450-pound bale of cotton? How about three thousand four hundred and sixty six bales–more than 1.5 million pounds? And what if most of it had been grown and picked by slaves, and used by a single company in 1859? What if there was an entire city filled with these companies?“ full article

 fabric samples from the textile factories of David Sands Brown (c. 1800-1877)

-sam

[francesco-passiatore-fad-blog]

I like how Margaret Beal creates the designs and patterns with measurement and has the end result look unique and interesting. I would really like to try doing similar things to this in my final major project in relation to what my theme and idea will be.