Hotan and Kashgar prefectures are major sericulture areas in Xinjiang, where abundant mulberry resources provide a solid raw material supply for the production of Atlas silk. "Atlas" refers to ...

Brocade weaving is a typical cultural feature of the Thai ethnic community. The Thai in Hoa Tien hamlet, Chau Tien commune, ...

April Burger had never dyed any type of fabric before, but she was dying to give it a try. She signed up for the Missouri River Regional Library's class held Tuesday on dyeing silk scarves. "I just ...

Sample of silk crepe de chine in the gum; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915. All silk fabric woven in the gum, as it comes from the loom. Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of ...

For decades, Lodi’s dye works steam stacks rose along the Saddle River, their chemical concoctions coloring the future of ...

In a former dairy barn outside of Gap, Winona Quigley hangs a rainbow of yarn bundles, each color rooted in plants. The palette expands in the dye house, where avocado pits turn T-shirts pink, flower ...