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2. Textiles of Mexico - Wikipedia

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   Embroidered panel by Virginia Sanchez de Cornelio of Oaxaca Embroidered blouses from the La Huasteca region of Hidalgo. One of the most distinctive aspects of indigenous handcrafted textiles is the use of embroidery. Indigenous motifs found on garments range from geometric patterns, zig-zag, spirals, moons, crosses and stepped frets. Thin cloth ...

3. Amuzgo textiles - Wikipedia

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   Juana Santa Ana Guerrero of the Liaa' Ljaa' at the Museo de Arte Popular.. Most textiles made in Amuzgo homes is still for family use, especially huipils. [6] However, the craft is in danger because machine made cloth is much cheaper, and as everyday clothing, traditional hand woven cloth cannot compete in the market outside the home. [4]

4. Cloth merchant - Wikipedia

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   Alternative names are clothier, which tended to refer more to someone engaged in production and the sale of cloth, whereas a cloth merchant would be more concerned with distribution, including overseas trade, or haberdasher, who were merchants in sewn and fine fabrics (e.g. silk) and in London, members of the Haberdashers' Company.

5. Huipil - Wikipedia

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   Traditional huipils, especially ceremonial ones, are usually made with fabric woven on a backstrap loom and are decorated with designs woven into the fabric, embroidery, ribbons, lace, and more. However, some huipils are also made from commercial fabric. A huipil can vary in length from a short blouse to a garment long enough to reach the floor ...

6. Tunic - Wikipedia

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   Tunics worn by the Celts were documented by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus: [T]he way they dress is astonishing: they wear brightly coloured and embroidered shirts, with trousers called braccae and cloaks fastened at the shoulder with a brooch, heavy in winter, light in summer. These cloaks are striped or checkered in design, with the ...

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