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Medardy Westrum has been designing, fabricating and trading textiles. His own designs have graced the White House, Air Force One and embassies around the world.
As an artist, Westrum exhibited in New York, Palm Beach and Nantucket for many years.
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Lotus Asian Art & Antiques Gallery brings together exquisite Asian artistry from the Han Dynasty to today's prolific talents. Lotus houses ancient and contemporary art, antiques, and decorative elements from across Asia.
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This private textile gallery was opened in 1998 with the assistance of private donors and features traditional textiles from all of the major ethno-linguistic groups of Laos.
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| Francesca Galloway has been dealing in courtly Indian art and Islamic textiles and costume since 1974.
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Exhibiting historical textiles with emphasis on those from Central Asia, Africa, Indonesia, Pre-Columbian Peru as well as other areas of the world, along with the works of contemporary fiber artists
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Carol Cassidy's Lao Textiles workshop, studio and gallery creates woven art. Carol's pieces are displayed in galleries and museums throughout the Unites States: The Textile Museum in Washington, DC, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
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Specializes in antique flat woven tribal Oriental rugs, kilims, and bags but also handle tapestries, embroideries and other ethnic textiles.
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An introduction to the largest extant collection of vintage embroidered baby carriers made by the people of the Chinese minority cultures
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A website of Pamela A Cross, traditional and tribal textile enthusiast and collector with computing, photographic and video editing interests to support this passion
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This Gallery specializes in textiles and issue international textile artists working with us. On this website there can be found material for textile artists, a reference library and a video library. Literature and work material can be shipped worldwide to textile artists, schools and training institutes. Please note this website is not in English
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TAI Gallery/Textile Arts, located in Santa Fe New Mexico, one of the world's finest galleries featuring the art of traditional textiles and Japanese bamboo art
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| Compiled by the volunteers and staff of the Arthur D. Jenkins Library The Textile Museum
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Tilleke & Gibbins’ Textile Collection consists of museum-quality textiles representing the diverse cultures of mainland Southeast Asia. With over 2,000 textiles, the mission of our Textile Collection is to collect, display, and preserve the textiles, in proximity to the geographical area in which they were created. Our firm has also loaned some of its rare textiles to museums in Thailand, Laos, and the United States
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Tribal Trappings offers a carefully-selected collection of authentic tribal art and artifacts including antiques, tribal jewelry, ethnic clothing, tribal textiles, fine tribal handicrafts, and folk art, from the ethnic peoples of SE Asia, China, Indonesia, Central Asia, and the Middle East
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Aid to Artisans (ATA), an international nonprofit organization, is a recognized leader in economic development for the craft sector.
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Sop Moei Arts is a non-profit organization which has been working with the Pwo Karen in Sop Moei district of Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand for the last 30 years. Beginning as a public health project financed by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) in 1977, Sop Moei Arts now operates income-generating initiatives such as textile weaving and basket making amongst several villages in this area
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Alleson Kase and Ellen Agger launched TAMMACHAT in 2007. Tammachat imports high quality, fairly traded, environmentally friendly, handcrafted textiles from women artisans in Thailand and Laos. They educate consumers about the benefits of purchasing fairly traded textiles and about sustainable environmental practices used in the production of this work
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A social enterprise which has been promoting self-reliance for village artisans from all parts of Thailand; providing them training and most of all access to markets in Thailand and abroad, using Fair Trade practices.
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The National Museum (Muzium Negara) is the most principal museum of Malaysia. It has a large central main entrance hall that is flanked by two exhibition wings. In those wings (upstairs and downstairs) are: a Historical Gallery, a Metalwork and Musical Instruments Gallery, a Cultural Gallery, a National Sports Gallery and a Natural History Gallery.
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The National Gallery of Australia holds one of the finest Asian textile collections in the world.
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The Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing (AMHP) opened in 2005 as an attempt to focus on the existent tradition of hand block printing throughout India and especially within the local regions of Jaipur, Sanganer and Bagru. It is dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of printed textiles.
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The Calico Museum of Textiles at Ahmedabad, India, is the premier textile museum of the country, and one of the most celebrated institutions of its kind in the world for its distinguished and comprehensive collection of textiles and artifacts.
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The museum, established in 1913 “for the benefit of all the people forever, seeks to bring the pleasure and meaning of art to the broadest possible audience in accordance with the highest aesthetic, intellectual, and professional standards.
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The objectives of the Lao National Museum are to collect artefacts that better represent the phases of Lao history prior to French colonisation in 1893 and to make its exhibits more comprehensible and interesting to both Lao and foreign visitors.
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The Jim Thompson House is the home of James H.W. Thompson, a self-made American entrepreneur who was the founder of the world renowned Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company.
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The Peranakan Museum explores the culture of Peranakan communities in in Southeast Asia.
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Recognising the dearth of accessible and accurate information on Laos’ ethnic diversity, the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre (TAEC) was launched in July 2007 to promote understanding of Laos’ ethnic diversity and advocate for the survival and transmission of its cultural heritage.
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The Textile Museum of Canada promotes an understanding of human identity through textiles.
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The Textile Museum expands public knowledge and appreciation – locally, nationally and internationally – of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world’s textiles.
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King Chulslongkorn, out of kindness and a desire to educate his subjects, opened the museum to the public for the first time on the special occasion a gala celebration on the occasion of the royal birthday on 19 September 1874- King Chulalongkorn's 21st birthday.
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Chiang Mai National Museum is the Main regional museum of the north.
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The main purpose of the collection is to emphasize history, art and archaeology related to human settlement, and artifacts from prehistoric to historic periods for the purpose of study and pleasure.
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In 1973 the Fine Arts Department, established the National Museum, constructed in a building originally built by Phrachao Suriyaphong Pharitdeg, the Lord of Nan, in 1903.
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On 11 October 2467 B.E., Prince Damrongrajanuphab and Prince Narisaranuwatiwongsa opened the Chantarapisarn pavilion in King Narai's palace as a museum, calling it the "Lopburi Museum." Later, in 2504 B.E., the name of the museum was changed to "Somdet Phra Narai National Museum." To present, the museum has exhibited more than 1,864 items of the collection of ancient artifacts in different pavilions and buildings of the palace.
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Ratchaburi National Museum was formerly the town hall, built in 1922 during the reign of King Vajiravudh. It is a one-storey building on a high raised floor. The Fine Arts Department registered it as a National Monument on 10 May 1988 and after repairing and renovation, it was declared a National Museum in 1988.
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The Roi-Et National Museum An Information Center for Cultural Heritage and Local History.
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This museum includes expositions on geography, geology, history, archaeology, folkloric customs and ecthnogy of Ubon Ratchathani proince and neighboring arese. The Fine Arts Department invited Her Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn to preside over the inauguration cermony of Ubon Ratchathani National Museum on 30th June 1989.
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The Bank of Thailand Museum, northern region office, a center of information for both coinage and Tai textiles which is open to the public for the purpose of displaying the value of Thai heritage.
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| The National Museum takes the lead in the study and preservation of the nation's rich artistic, historical and cultural heritage in the reconstruction and rebuilding of our nation's past and veneration of the great pioneers who helped in building our nation.
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Bona Museum is devoted to Women's & Men's accessories throughout Korean History |
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Books on Oriental Rugs, Carpets, Ethnographic Textiles and the People Who Wove Them
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HALI covers the textile arts of all cultures and periods in an eclectic mixture of articles which range from sumptuously illustrated original scholarly features to lively, provocative reviews of exhibitions and books.
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An independent bookseller stocking New, Out-of-print & Rare Books on Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Tapestries as well as related Travel and Topography titles - Indeed a wealth of textile related subjects
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Here is a visual record of one of the great untold stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. For over 1000 years Indian cloths were traded for spices and the forest and mineral wealth of the East by Asian, Arab and European merchants. Including dazzling chintzes and expensive tie-die silk that was reserved for the nobility, these textiles served as diplomatic gifts, displays on festive occasions and as clothing for the populace at rites of passage and other ceremonies. John Guy draws on first-hand descriptions by travellers and merchants, on historic images of people and places, and on related arts to tell the story of the trade
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A website providing information on quilting workshops, quilting fairs, tips where to buy quilting material in Bangkok. She connects costomers with: Khun Tiew, the founder of “Our Home” - Women come from all over Thailand learn quilting giving them an opportunity to learn valuable skills, social interaction and a good income.
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Casalana has a joint project with Thailand. Mrs. Benjawan is our Thai collaborator with a weaving group in the North-East. This project involved the developing of “Merino-Silk” woven fabric.
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Specializing in cultural events and festivals throughout Southeast Asia for over 15 years, Jane Iverson has documented the lives of Asian people through photography, publications, fine art and documentary exhibitions.
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The San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show brings more than 10,000 antiques, textiles and art from Pacific Asia to the West Coast. This event, the oldest and largest vetted fair in the US brings together Asian art specialists from Asia, Europe and North America
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The Siam Society under Royal Patronage was founded in 1904 in cooperation with Thai and foreign scholars to promote knowledge of Thailand and its surrounding region
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Studio Naenna was founded in 1985 to represent the local weavers in the international market. We strive to provide our customers with the highest quality and exclusive designs following Fair Trade Ethics. Studio Naenna continues to support the Weavers For the Environment and their beautiful creations, which include exquisite clothing for men and women, shawls, wall murals and accessories created from hand woven cotton and silk.
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Web site of Kathleen Forance Johnson an avid weaver and founding member of The Thai Textile Society who gathered scholars, collectors, and other textile enthusiasts to establish a society in Thailand dedicated to the study, appreciation, and preservation of the textile arts in the kingdom and the region.
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Living in South East Asia Ursula Wall is a photographer documenting her travels of the area
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Textile Arts of the Indonesian Archipelago - Offering more than one thousand fine old ceremonial textiles - on the island of bali, online, and around the world |
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Rupert Smith Textiles has a rare collection of early Tibetan carpets as well as Khotan and Ningxia rugs. Besides these antique pieces, the Chiang Mai gallery has many Laotian Pha Biangs and Ikat sarongs.
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Offer visitors the most informative resource for Antique Textile Information! From buying and selling to restoration and preservation to appraisals and pricing, |
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Thomas Murray is a private dealer of Asian and Tribal art with an emphasis on Indonesian sculpture and textiles, as well as animistic art from other varied cultures. He also features Indian printed trade cloths from the 13th-18th Centuries |
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Continues to design and make quilts, as well as offering a variety of textile study programmes. Exhibiting alongside local and international artists in Chiangmai and in Bangkok.
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The Society promotes every aspect of the study of clothing and textiles: The society aims to encourage access to costume history, including contemporary dress in various different ways, our appeal is wide-ranging and object-based
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The Maiwa Foundation has as its purpose eradicating poverty in rural villages by promoting the economic self-sufficiency of the artisans living in such villages. The Foundation was established in 1997 by Maiwa Handprints Ltd. It was registered as a private trust in 2001 to help fund practicing and re-emerging artisans in the craft sector
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The Malaysian Cultural Entrepreneur Association (MCEA) is a non-profit association of Malaysian entrepreneurs involved in cultural businesses, founded in 2010
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The World Shibori Network (WSN) was founded in 1992 in Nagoya, Japan, as a grass roots organization dedicated to the preservation of shibori and similar traditional techniques across the globe.
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Sutra, a nonprofit society concerned with the Preservation of Textile Heritage, formed in Kolkata in 2002 with the objective of raising awareness of textile heritage, through seminars, exhibitions, workshops, publication and other means, to pave the way for further research, documentation conservation and development of textile traditions
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The GFR Tapestry Program fosters the creative practice and cultural study of tapestry-making from ancient to modern times.
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TEG (Textile Enthusiasts Group) Singapore was formed to foster an interest in the myriad of Asian textiles among FOM members
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The James H. W. Thompson Foundation is dedicated to the conservation and dissemination of Thailand’s rich cultural heritage.
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Established in 2001, the Ban Reng Khai Foundation is an independent organization in Thailand focused entirely on supporting village self-sufficiency in integrated farming, sericulture and silk weaving, micro-enterprise, healthcare and education
Proceeds from the sales of Léa Silk are directed to an independent foundation co-founded by Léa to promote village self-sufficiency in sericulture and silk weaving, integrated farming, micro-enterprise, healthcare and education. In recognition of this effort, Léa was knighted with the Order of Oranje Nassau by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, in 1995
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The Oxford Asian Textile Group (OATG) with the specific aim of making the Oxford textile collections better known to the specialist and the interested public
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The Textile Society of America, Inc. provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about textiles worldwide, from artistic, cultural, economic, historic, political, social, and technical perspectives.
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