iTEXTILIS | The IK Workshop Society

Today is World Book Day. Surveyor and cartographer Mark Pierce has included himself in his famous map of Laxton, 1635, writing and reading the book he has made to go with his map. Read more and see this remarkable map here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/32b7... @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Woman reading (1875)

by Lucius Rossi, (Italian, 1846-1913)

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

From the Archive: Double Interlocked Tapestries – in Works of Art (1200 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/do...

A long printed cotton dress with tight sleeves and bodice and a repeat printed in a green, pink and red motif against a cream background

A closer detail of the pattern covering the 1840s cotton dress with a complex design of stylised florals

An engraving from the 1840s that shows a calico printing workshop with the large expanse of cotton that was able to be roller printed in longer lengths

Cutting edge technologies are always at the heart of textile manufacture. In the 1840s that involved roller printing, the process that replaced wood block textile prints with a faster method and more complex patterns. I do love an #1840s printed cotton @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Bodice detail of a layered pale blue chiffon short sleeved dress with lace triumphant. The pointed bodice is ruched and gathered

Full length view of the front of the pale blue c1905 Lucile gown with a pointed bodice and a skirt that includes lace trimmed gauze panels

Back view of the c1905 pale blue chiffon dress showing the arrangement of the skirt and bodice from a different angle

A page from Lucile’s look book showing the same pale blue dress illustrated by hand and around the edges various pieces of cloth and trim for the client to decide upon

Lucile was a canny businesswoman. One of her fascinating legacies is the survival of her ‘look books’, hand coloured fashion drawings with swatches of fabric that she sent to favoured clients to choose from. Here, the Carresault gown 1905 #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

NEW ESSAY published today by iTEXTILIS: The Story No. 9 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Quadrants, Compasses and Other Scientific Instruments.

NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 9 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Quadrants, Compasses and Other Scientific Instruments. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...

Doublet, early 1620s of #French origin (Met Museum)

The beloved classic set, THE LINNAEUS APOSTLES, is now accessible in over 100 countries, continuing to inspire readers everywhere. Comprising 8 volumes with 11 books and 6000 pages, it’s still easy to order directly from the publisher > www.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar...

Wedding Quilted Petticoat Quilted petticoat with pink silk taffeta top, off-white wool lining, and wool batting. Main body of petticoat is quilted from hips down in diamond grid; waving feather …

This isn't the quilted petticoat in my book, but it's an incredible piece. Apparently worn by Molly Jackson at her wedding to Nathaniel Goodwin in Plymouth in 1769, it's a masterful example of quilting motifs and technique. collections.fenimoreart.org/objects/2439... 🗃️🪡

From the Archive: Japanese Gardens, Dyes and Silk – The Naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg’s Observations in the 1770s (2500 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ja...

"JAPANESE MONTHS" #textile #textilehistory #japan #silk #gardens #dyes

The front of a bright pink silk evening dress with a square neckline and short chiffon sleeves. It has a handkerchief style hem which is caught up with some gold passementerie

An alternative view of the front of the pink silk Callot Soeurs evening dress showing the gathered nature of the skirt creating a different layered effect at the hem

Back view of the pink silk evening dress showing the gold panel at the square back, the diaphanous chiffon sleeve and the asymmetry of the skirt

Callot Soeurs throwing all of their ethereal loveliness into a dress here, the asymmetry of the period manifested through layers & trimmings & different fabrics. It is a transitional gown hovering between the remnants of the c19th & silhouettes of the ‘20s c1916 @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Nightcap of crimson silk velvet, made in England, 1690-1699 embroidered with silver, four-point crown and brim. (V&A Museum, London)

One woman's work, done by Gesina ter Borch in 1648. (Rijksmuseum)

The effort to keep iTEXTILIS accessible and welcoming to all has begun smoothly and is off to a good start, thanks to your kind words and generous donations.

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#textile #textilhistory #japan #silk #crowdfunding

A mannequin styled in a Regency fashion wearing a white muslin empire style dress with white floral embroidery and long sleeves

A detail of the high waited bodice of the white muslin dress focusing on the whitework embroidery

Partial view of the skirt of the earl c19th white muslin dress that shows how the whitework embroidery continues down the skirt

The subtlety of whitework always intrigues me. The level of artisanship, the tiny stitches, only for it to blend into the background makes it more special, a secret to be enjoyed by the observant or overlooked by those in search of more obvious splendour. Gown c1800 #VandA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

If you are interested in exploring more about 18th-century global textile history! My monograph ‘Textilia Linnaeana: Global 18th Century Textile Traditions & Trade’ (520 pages). | Available here… www.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar...

#textilehistory #japan #dyes #weaving #trade

A Child with a Rattle, 1611, attributed to Paulus van Somer I, 1576–1621 (Bridgeman Images)

First iMESSENGER of the year, published with the theme “Japanese months,” in ITEXTILIS. Includes an in-depth exploration of Japanese textile history. READ iMESSENGER click, and feel free to browse.

NEW VISUAL STORY | Japanese Sample Catalogues: Silk, Gold and Luxury in the 1870s (a digital exhibition showcasing all samples from these two Japanese catalogues). iexposure.ikfoundation.org/japanese-sam...

NEW ESSAY: Japanese Sample Catalogues: Silk, Gold and Luxury in the 1870s. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ja...

From the Archive: Banyans and Other Garments – Reflections of Natural Knowledge, Trade and Clothes in 18th Century Libraries (2600 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ba...

A man and a woman on the edge of a frozen river, attributed to Hendrick Avercamp early 17th century (Rijksmuseum)

Big Book ”Naturae Observatio SPITSBERGEN Science Expeditions”

For book lovers and friends of Arctic Natural & Cultural History. This is the ultimate book. Big, multi-scientific and beautiful. Only 250 handbound and uniquely numbered copies. Read more > www.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar...

#arctic, #geology #geography #greenland #nature #history #spitsbergen

Pin cushion, embroidered, 1600-1629, English make

(V&A Museum, London)

Four poster bed
Dated to c. 1640 - 1660
Puy de Dôme, Auvergne

(Musée du Louvre)

Back view of a long pear green damask evening dress with puffy leg of mutton sleeves and a rose motif woven into the cloth

Front view of the House of Worth mid 1890s evening dress that shows the more complex arrangement of the front of the bodice

A closer detail of the fabric of the pear green damask evening dress which captures the scale of the rose motif woven into the fabric

A detail of the shoulder of the pear green damask evening dress with its fullness gathered into the top

The House of Worth was never afraid of a bold motif in the late c19th. Exuberant florals became their signature, here woven into pear green damask but a blousy, leafy rose climbing the cloth @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

From the Archive: Gilbert White and his Network – An 18th Century Case Study of Natural History and Textiles (1500 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/gi...

Suit, of cream quilted stain, English make.

This quilted doublet of the late 1630s has been fashioned from another textile, probably a bed cover.

#WasteNotWantNot

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Country Couple on 18 Dec 1653

Gesina Ter Borch (Rijksmuseum)