Textile Museum
The Textile Museum of Canada, located Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the only Canadian museum dedicated to the collection, exhibition, and documentation of textiles.
Founded in 1975 by Max Allen and Simon Waegemaekers, the Textile Museum has a
permanent collection of more than 12,000 textiles from around the world.
Covering 2,000 years of textile history, the collection includes fabrics,
ceremonial cloths, garments, carpets, quilts and related artifacts.
textile being
Quiltsts
Canadian Tapestry: The Fabric of Cultural Diversity, one of the museum’s
digitization projects, provides online access to 7,000 artifacts and a second
phase will provide access to an additional 3,500 items.
Text from Wikipedia
Uzbek fabric
Erehwon 2002 - Al Kijama
detail
Textile Maps
Asia
Africa
Australia
North America
South America
Afghanistan Carpets
classic design
Islamic scene
influenced by the long war years
Twin Towers theme
