A research collaboration fusing fashion and science will send bacteria into space to create radiation-sensitive fabrics for skin cancer prevention on Earth and protection on the Moon. Examples of the ...

Three samples of piece-dyed cotton warp, silk weft mull; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915. Fabric piece-dyed and finished, Mull is a thin plain weave with cotton warp and silk weft. Colors: Yellow, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sample of waxed cotton cloth with ...

Ancient South Americans made blue fabrics to dye for. A piece of approximately 6,000-year-old woven cotton material from Peru gets its blue hue from indigo dye, making it the oldest known example of ...

Take a good look at the piece of cloth pictured at the top of this story. That was made 6,000 years ago by people living on the coast of Peru. Now check out those faint blue lines running through it.

For millennia, humans have used natural materials—such as plants, animals and minerals—to imbue fabrics with vibrant colors. But synthetic dyes, first developed in the mid-19th century, have since ...

There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and groundnuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this ...

Three scraps of fabric found in Israeli caves had been dyed indigo, purple and crimson — the hues of the rich and regal during the Roman era — using sea snail ink some 2,000 years ago, a new analysis ...

African tie-dye is a vibrant, traditional art form that can easily be adapted to create unique fabric lampshades ...