Fragments of a Chinese collar

So far my students have determined that these fragments are parts of a collar, that they are from China, and that they are post 1860s.

Textile prehistory gets more prehistoric

The Textile Blog has a very interesting write-up on an exciting new discovery in the origins of textile design: the oldest fibre ever!

A Souvenir of Egypt

An altered Chinese Textile

I blogged about this textile a few months ago, and now some students are researching it, so here is a complete set of images for your enjoyment and their reference:

A textile mystery

I know very little about this textile, so I can't tell you a lot about it.  

However, I soon hope that we will all know a lot more about this textile, as some of the Textile Design History Students are researching it.  

For now, we can all enjoy how beautiful this textile is.