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– Promoting Natural & Cultural History. iTEXTILIS led by Viveka Hansen | Textile historian | Textilis.net
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
It is almost that time of year again, the annual fashion history advent calendar looms & this year I shall use each day to tell a different imaginary story. Last year this #1810s skater provided the perfect tableau for a tale. Keep your eyes peeled! #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
An unusual exhibit of fashion showing a mannequin in the act of falling over wearing an 1810s ice skating ensemble. It consists of a cream pelisse and a brown velvet bonnet
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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From the Archive: The Female Weavers – Documentation of 18th & 19th century double interlocked tapestries (1100 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
This #1890s tea gown comes with options. Worn loose it has the relaxed fit often a part of the ‘at home’ gown it was designed to be but there is also a more fitted choice, fastening the open robe at the waist. I’ll go for the looser version thanks @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a full length open robe tea gown consisting of a pale green over robe embroidered at the lapels an a pale floral patterned under dress An alternative view of the long pale green tea gown showing the outer robe fastening at the waist for a different fit Back view of the pale green tea gown showing the decorative long sleeves and the Watteau pleat style loose fitting back
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
itextilis.bsky.social
From the Archive: Pollution and Health – Textile Observations by 18th Century Naturalists (2800 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/po...
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
The first wintry bite is making itself felt today & thoughts of a cosy cape are very appealing. This early #1880s example is constructed from stranded down filaments & silk so that it is almost weightless but warm. Precursor to the down jacket but in white bobbly style #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a silk bobbled white winter shoulder cape trimmed around the borders with white down Back view of the white bobbled silk shoulder cape trimmed around the borders with white down A detail of the white bobbled silk cape showing the rows of round bobbles and the fringe of white down at the edge
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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alkaraman.bsky.social
The first volume of the Special Issue on Global Economic History @rhi-ihr.bsky.social is now out! It features 4 new articles on 4 commodities in global economic history - salt, ivory, raw cotton, and finished cotton goods - all open access. It was a great experience editing this volume!
rhi-ihr.bsky.social Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · 8d
Vol. 34 No. 95 (2025) of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social is out! The first instalment of New Perspectives in Global Economic History, edited by @alkaraman.bsky.social, shows how commodity based economic history reveals global interconnections and rethinks long-term development. revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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ragriggsauthor.bsky.social
A framed wool and silk tapestry panel, worked in gros point and petit point on display at National Trust Croft Castle. @NTCroftCastle

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#textiletuesday #tapestry
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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petercnstewart.bsky.social
An extraordinary 7th-9th century AD Wari tunic fragment from Peru in @metmuseum.org www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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hottycouture.bsky.social
Started off my Huntington U. class on fashion in the long 18th century with rare French and English fashion plates from the Huntington Library's collection. Primary sources FTW!
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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monalunasimone.bsky.social
Journal des Luxus und der Moden, 1792-1793. Fashion plate showing late 18th century female and male fashions. One woman in a white gown, another in a redingote, and a man wearing a jacket and waistcoat with trousers. Collection @rijksmuseum.bsky.social #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thcentury
Detail of fashion plate. Full description in next picture. Description from the Rijksmuseum (with additions by me): Man in a stippled brown coat, unbuttoned, showing a white waistcoat with blue embroidery underneath, and wearing stippled beige trousers and brown boots. Accessories: breloque, gloves, hat and walking stick in hand. Two women stand beside him. Woman on the left: white gown with green and yellow floral motif (looks like printed cotton). A polka-dotted black fichu around the neck. On her head: a pink hat decorated with green ribbon and sheer veil covering half the face. In her hand: a walking stick that can also be used as a parasol. Woman on the right: red and yellow striped redingote on a pointed green bodice with red laces and white skirt, white fichu tucked into the neckline of the bodice. Wearing a black stippled yellow hat decorated with purple ribbon. Print from the fashion magazine "Journal des Luxus und der Moden," published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826.
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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ikws.bsky.social
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW | Read about ”Yuletide parcel, Field Station and Fieldwork” | The IK Foundation iMESSENGER | November 2025 > www.ikfoundation.org/news/imessen...
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
itextilis.bsky.social
From the Archive: Candelabras, Chandeliers and Mirrors with Textile Covers – at a Manor House in 1758 (1200 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ca...
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
The cleverest designs are often those that look most effortless. This 1913 gown by Lucile and worn by Heather Firbank appears to be a twist of ivory silk caught in folds by a high sash of black velvet. Of course the reality is so much more complex #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Full length view of a long draped ivory silk dress with short sleeves. It has a broad, high black velvet sash that wraps around the body and falls to the floor at the back Back view of the long ivory silk dress that shows how the wrap of the black velvet sash falls the full length of the garment A bodice view of the ivory silk dress that shows the short chiffon sleeves, square neckline and arrangement of the black sash Front view of the ivory silk dress bodice showing how the high black is wrapped around the bust and ties at the side
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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starcrossed2018.bsky.social
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
The cover of a book. Title reads TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE. The illustration shows black embroidery of flowers, fruit, animals and insects on a stained cream ground.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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rhiggitt.bsky.social
On the materiality of Linnaean fieldwork. Very interesting comment on the apparent absence of telescopes - they cannot have been rare, as there were plenty for maritime and military use. Or were things like telescopes and guns essential expedition kit not worth a mention in this context? #histSTM
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NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 8 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Writing and Drawing during Naturalist Journeys: Part 2. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
itextilis.bsky.social
NEW ESSAY: The Story No. 8 | Fieldwork – The Linnaean Way | Writing and Drawing during Naturalist Journeys: Part 2. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
How to make a statement as a new bride. This is a going away outfit by Madame Hayward, worn in 1899. There would be no fear of missing the newlyweds as they departed after the nuptials in this strikingly coloured and embellished ensemble #KelvingroveArt @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Full length view of a bright blue dress with high collar and long sleeves with long floor length skirt. It is covered in silk cord soutache embellishment
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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westminsterabbey.bsky.social
This beautiful seal bag, embroidered with the Royal Arms of England, was made in 1280 to protect the wax seal attached to a charter from the reign of Edward I. It's a fine example of 'opus anglicanum' - highly-prized English embroideries with gold and silver thread.

#Museum30 #Stitch
A small woolen red and green pouch, with three gold embroidered lions, attached to a medieval manuscript
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
Lady's work-bag or reticule. Late 1700's or early 1800's, the embroidery is a fine chain stitch resembling tambour work - a popular form of needlework in the eighteenth century. Reticule 64.54.2
#museum30 #Stitch #novascotia
Lady's work-bag or reticule; fine, white cotton tabby; of four triangular pieces, squared at the top with 2 pink ribbon ties; embroidered with flowers & joined together with embroidery.
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
I am so looking forward to sharing stories of makers in my book, published next spring. Caroline Gentry was a crape finisher for Courtaulds at Bocking Mill in Essex. She was one amongst many who created the crinkled fabric worn for mourning, dress c1902 dress @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Detail view of the back of an Edwardian bodice made from crinkled black mourning crape. There are ribbons and braid details either side of the fitted back Front detail of the Edwardian mourning bodice with ruffles of crape and a black silk waistband Full length view of the back of the Edwardian mourning gown showing the construction of the long skirt, the back of the bodice and the sleeves
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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From the Archive: Lacemakers and Handicraft: 1750-1775 – a Case Study of Traditions and Commerce (1800 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/la...
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
This is one of my favourite silhouettes, the sharp structure created by a c1790 redingote. It has the trappings of male tailoring whilst retaining the contemporary expectations of femininity. And as for the fabric….. #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of the top half of the of a hand stitched redingote shaped to fit the torso closely. It t resembles a man’s tailored jacket with deep revers and a deep pointed collar at the back Front view of the 1790s redingote that shows the structured open robe gown with a white petticoat beneath and a white fichu tucked around the neck Fabric detail of part of the collar of the 1790s redingote showing the covered decorative buttons and the revers of the collar. The fichu is visible tucked into the neckline
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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jdmccafferty.bsky.social
Formal garden - illustration to 'Tafeerel van de Belachende Werelt', The Hague, 1635 Adriaen van de Venne

(British Museum)
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
itextilis.bsky.social
From the Archive: Theatres and Outdoor Events – Clothing and Leisure in the Coastal Town of Whitby: 1760s to 1910s (1900 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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sarahebond.bsky.social
Most histories of hoodies go with 12th century monks as the originator, but I like to show my students this one from 5th-7th century Egypt.
FIG. 2: Child’s Tunic with Hood Tapestry weave of dyed wools, plain (tabby) weave ground of dyed wool, fringe of dyed wools along edge of hood and lower edge of tunic L. 101 cm; W. 89 cm Egypt, ca. 5th–7th century CE The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1927 (27.239) Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM