Entering the new storehouse you can see the dust removal equipment mounted on the walls. [Photo/Beijing News] Unearthed after 59 years, more than 3,000 precious historical relics from the Ming Tombs in Beijing's suburban district of ...
London-based professor of synthetic biology at University College, Natsai Audrey Chieza, has developed traditional fabric with the dye and pattern created by soil bacteria, in a textile project named ‘Faber Futures’. The ...
Centro Seta, the Florentine textile maker, has come up with a sustainably produced new generation of Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 silk fabric range made exclusively in Italy entitled Bacx. A result of innovative sustainable technological ...
Tags: easy-to-care silk fabrics, high-tech eco-silk collection, Textile
The Bhagalpur of Bihar is famous worldwide for its distinctive type of tasar silk and coarse varieties of silk fabrics. The silk handloom weavers of Bhagalpur are facing stiff competition from power loom and mill sector due to high ...
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The dedicated area within The Furniture Show at May Design Series will showcase no fewer than 36 hand-picked, top-quality textiles specialists displaying their latest spring collections around a central Champagne Bar. Furniture retailer ...
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Scientists have turned towards a new ‘greener’ dyeing method under which they coax colored fibers from silkworms by feeding them dyed leaves, as per a latest study conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ...
Tags: Colored Fibers, Dyed Leaf
Milan Ancient City is 40 km east of Ruoqiang Couty Town, formed with Tibet Old Castle and the relics of the ancient architectures in the period of Wei Jin Dynasty scattered in the surrounding areas, in addition with the facilities of ...
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Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), India's apex body for apparel export promotion, as part of its on-going export promotion initiatives, has organized a Buyer Seller Meet (BSM) for apparel and related accessories at New York, USA for ...
Leading Italian silk commission dyeing specialist, Lariana SRL, is achieving gas consumption savings of at least 25% with a recently delivered Montex stenter; compared with the company’s second stenter. Whether dyeing 100% crepe ...
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In order to promote Mulberry, Eri and Muga silk production in Assam, Government through Central Silk Board is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme viz “Catalytic Development Programme” (CDP) in collaboration with State ...
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The Government of India has constituted a state-level committee for addressing the grievances of Assam weavers. This information was given by Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, according to ...
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The government of the Northeast Indian state of Assam has been urged to set up a silk yarn bank at Sualkuchi to ensure adequate supply of various silk yarns to weavers. Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG), a voluntary organization based ...
The silk textiles are generally known as ling (twill damask), luo (gauze), juan (silk tabby) and duan (satin). They are further subdivided into juan (silk tabby), qi (damask on tabby), luo (gauze), sha (plain gauze), ling (twill damask), ...
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Sarees, the traditional wear of Indian women, have surprisingly made it to the five top items bought by ebay shoppers living in the US, according to the popular e-commerce site’s latest Census 2012 report – ebay India census ...
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This year’s Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics sees a large number of exhibitors from across China and throughout Asia presenting their latest apparel fabrics and accessories. In total, over 1,300 exhibitors from 16 countries and ...