A miniature replica of the large weaving machines which dominated Yorkshire's textile industry has been conserved for museum visitors. The scale model, less than 20 inches (50cm) high, recreates in ...

A master weaver in 18th-century Lyon, France, Jean-Charles Jacquard was able to fabricate no more than six inches of silk brocade a week. Even that production rate was feasible only with the aid of an ...

The century-old Jacquard looms lining the factory floor of Scalamandre in Long Island City, Queens, offer as pure an evocation of industrial-era romance as did the Twentieth Century Limited. But ...

Explore how Mau’s powerloom textile units weave, embroider and finish sarees through interconnected workshops supplying ...