How to Use the Textile Resource Center

The Textile Resource Center’s Instagram features images of objects and books from the collection, announcements of upcoming events, open hour changes, and other information regarding the TRC shared in real time. TRC staff communally operate this instagram account, so content is regularly being shared. Be sure to watch the TRC’s stories to see content shared from accounts around the world!
If you’d like to be featured on the TRC’s page, feel free to tag us in stories or posts showing what you’ve been looking at in the TRC or what work you’re doing in relation to research done in the TRC.

The Department of Textiles contains more than 13,000 textiles and 66,000 sample swatches ranging from 300 B.C. to the present. The collection has strengths in Pre-Columbian textiles, European vestments, tapestries, woven silks and velvets, printed fabrics, needlework, and lace. The department has strong holdings in 16th- and 17th-century English needlework, and printed and woven materials of the 18th and 19th centuries. American quilts and woven coverlets, Eastern textiles, and 20th-century fiber art are also represented. Over 10,000 works viewable online with accompanying information.

The CTTC is a 25+ year old organization that works “to empower the weavers of Cusco through the revitalization of ancestral textile traditions.” They have spent decades working to preserve patterns, techniques, and materials amongst ten weaving communities in the area.

Take a virtual tour around the country and visit fiber arts guilds, organizations, galleries, and museums throughout the United States. Click on the pins for details about each map point.

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