
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