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 ...

Ambitious plans to give Indonesia#;s struggling textile industry a major boost by through the replacement and upgrading of its outdated machinery are set to be unveiled shortly. A report in today#;s ...

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 ...

For much of the nineteenth century, inventors submitted a model with their patent application to the United States Patent Office. The National Museum of American History’s patent model collection ...

FAISALABAD: The power looms industry, an important segment of the textile industry of Faisalabad, is facing a great crisis which has forced factory owners to sell their machinery for pennies on the ...

Dilapidated, dirty and depressed, a town that was once called the Manchester of Asia smells of textile starch, thinners, garbage and sewage. Power looms in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, that have not been ...