When it comes to home decor, texture and fabric are the quiet heroes that can transform a space from simple to stunning.

Chinese silk weaving has a long history, dating back to the Neolithic period. The earliest known fragments of silk fabric dating back more than 4,700 years were unearthed at the Qianshanyang site in ...

"The best way to carry forward tradition is through innovation. When silk culture meets intelligent manufacturing, what we're ...

I think that in the world of fabric, damask, and brocade are the answer to that yearning.” Throughout history, brocades and ...

Among the precious metals, enamels and ornamental stones often used to create watch dials, traditional textiles such as ...

NANJING — A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum, one of only two state-owned museums in ...

Paris Forino joined the celebrity broker in designing the multicolored two-bedroom apartment where an art collection takes ...

National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China ‡ Department of Biomedical Engineering, ...

Humans, ever aware of and influenced by our surroundings, have a fundamental need to define and personalize our spaces. The physical environment in which our life unfolds, whether at home, ...

Silk has a legacy; bamboo has celebrity endorsement. Both are lustrous and cooling — but which is actually worth sleeping on?

“When you see tweed on the runway, you don’t expect it to come from here,” joked 38-year-old former banker Alexander MacLeod as he set up his loom in a converted barn on the shores of a ...