The earliest woolen cloths found in Scandinavia are quite rough and irregular, but cloths dating from the Roman Ages are much finer and closely woven. The more regular cloth has a plain twill weave, ...

Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana's Asante people, part of their historical and cultural heritage. But there's a ...

Anshutz; coverlet; Figured and Fancy, double cloth; c. 1845; Ohio National Museum of American History Jacob Schnell coverlet; jacquard, single weave, Pennsylvania, 1869 National Museum of American ...

While much of the fabric had disintegrated, the brilliant gold threads that were woven throughout it were still in excellent condition. It was likely once a shroud or tunic that was five feet long ...

Archaeologists in Autun, France, found rare fabric fragments, including a large purple piece, woven with gold threads in several ancient tombs. Photo from Lucie Marquat / Inrap Archaeologists in ...