WASHINGTON, DC — When you think of textiles in museums, you inevitably imagine old things: musty rooms, faded colors, grandiose tapestries or thread-bare fragments, and fussy, protective installations ...

The Textile Museum’s vibrant collection—including centuries-old carpets, antique kimonos and sarongs, Egyptian mummy wraps, and even a black feather dress designed in the 1960s by Givenchy for ...

WASHINGTON — You can’t vacuum a priceless antique rug with a Hoover, and the Textile Museum will use one of its largest gifts ever to buy specialized care and preservation equipment for its collection ...

A Chinese sutra cover made from rank badge, dating back to the 16th or 17th China. Courtesy the Textile Museum. Never miss a beat. Get our free daily newsletter. District Line Daily covers local ...

A textile museum is a museum with exhibits relating to the history and art of textiles, including: Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: Textile Museum has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; ...

The two historic homes in Kalorama that housed the Textile Museum for 90 years have been sold for $19 million to a private individual, the museum and the George Washington University Museum announced ...

One of the country’s most extensive collections of textile machinery currently sits in Randolph County warehouses, and it could soon form the basis for North Carolina’s first new state-run history ...