Among our collection of novelty ribbons is a series of holiday cards created by the National Woven Label Company, a 20th century company that was based in Paterson, NJ. These cards feature mounted jacquard textile “pictures” and were
Textiles
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Recently, I’ve worked to bring to light hundreds of trims and ribbons that have been stored away in the collection. As I went through the boxes and boxes of these pieces, the vibrant colors and patterns instantly caught my eye. For this blog
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Uncovering mysteries and making connections are two of the many exciting occurrences I encounter every day that I work at The Design Center! My job here is to catalogue the large Textile Tools collection — assigning accession numbers to objects
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This summer, I tackled a project that quickly turned into an obsession. The task was to inventory our collection of American Fabrics magazines, consisting of 116 issues that date from 1947 to 1986. It’s an incredible collection of primary
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Did you know that as part of our collection we hold tens of thousands of fabric swatches dating back to the seventeenth century? Well, now you can check out some of these swatches on our new and improved website Tapestry.
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While working at the Design Center, I have been introduced to many interesting textiles that come from a variety of places. Recently, I have been focusing on South and Central American textiles from the early 20th century, specifically bags,
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Tammis Keefe, one of the great names of handkerchief and textile design, was born in 1913 in California. Initially studying higher mathematics at Los Angeles Community College, she decided to change her major to painting at the Chouinard
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In the realm of fashion and textiles, things that possess a quality or feature that is extremely impressive tend to spark conversation. Creativity and innovation thrive in fashion, which can be translated through design. Presentation is the
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In December, legendary textile designer and innovator Jack Lenor Larsen passed away at the age of 93 at his home in East Hampton, NY. It would be difficult to overstate his contributions to textile design, particularly to the mid-20th century
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This post is a celebration of that most fanciful of embellishments--the tassel. At its most basic construction, a tassel is a group of threads, yarns, or other lengths of material that is gathered and hung from a roundish head. Usually suspended