Origin of Pashmina dates back to ancient civilization. Earlier in olden days pashmina found favor with the royal families, emperors, rulers, king etc. "Pashmina" is very soft, exotically delicate, weightless and the finest natural insulating fiber of the world....

The paper presents a research activity on the powers of cultural heritage as applied on textile art/design education. The current work is based on experience of previous years works. The project intended to develop new strategies for cultural education and to contribute to the active textile education...

Angora (rabbit) fibre - commonly known as Angora Wool - is extremely fine, warm, soft and silky to touch. It is a slippery fibre difficult to spin and requires excessive twist to hold the fibres firmly in yarn. Therefore, the Angora fibre is blended with superfine wool, mohair, silk or with alpaca for ease in processing....

One of the best materials for clothing, "Silk" was discovered in China. No other material can be compared with the look and feeling of richness of silk. Still the discovery of silk like when, where or how it was discovered is a mystery for many people. When silk was discovered, China was very fast in terms of technological development...

The carpet is a gift from the Turkish people to world civilisation. The knotted rug, the earliest samples of which have been found in Central Asia where the Turks used to live is an art form discovered, developed and it wherever they have traveled...

This paper reviews the role and importance of small-scale industries together with the issue of occupational health problems and their causes in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry as a typical informal small-scale industry in an industrially developing country....