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Abstract
In 1949, the RISD Museum Costume & Textile Collection was gifted a large collection of industrial textile samples manufactured by some of the finest export weaving facilities in 19th century France. These documents— still largely uncatalogued— are a remarkable expression of a manufacturing process operating at the highest level. Many of the samples contain industrial techniques that have all but vanished from contemporary textile design and manufacturing.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank TEAM Inc. for the generous donation of time, materials and equipment and many valuable discussions with Sean Krozner and Steve Clarke. Thanks to Prof. Doug L. James and Jonathan Leaf at Stanford University and Prof. Steve Marschner and Rundong Wu at Cornell University for visualization and rendering discussions and creation of some of the images included herein. Thanks to Alison Huff for her varied assistance. Thanks to Joy Ko, PhD for many discussions and shared pedagogical moments. Thanks to the RISD Virtual Textile Research Group: Anjuli Bernstein, Gabrielle Ferierra, Claire Harvey, Emily Holtzman, Carolina Jimenez, Anastasia Onegina and Emily Robertson.
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Brooks Hagan
Brooks Hagan is Associate Professor of Textiles at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He leads the Virtual Textile Research Group, which investigates manufacturing, prototyping and computational design for constructed textiles. He is co-founder of the custom weaving and graphics company Weft, and consults with numerous industry leaders including Apple, Inc. and Under Armour.