Online agenda Online exhibitions Online catalogue of the TRC collection Online embroidery charts TRC blogs Most recent blogs: 9 Nov: A further update about the TRC's move to the Boerhaavelaan 5 Nov: A splendid kaftan from Morocco 2 Nov: The TRC and a textile garden 17 Oct: TRC Leiden – a brief update 10 Oct: Khayamiya textiles from Egypt 21 Sept: Ukrainian identity: Carried in a piece of cloth 17 Sept: TRC, Open Monumentendag, en Boerhaavelaan 6 10 Sept: TRC Intensive Textile Course, August 2025 edition. Some thoughts of one of the participants 7 Sept: Losa mats from Congo 3 Sept: Nearly there: The keys to new premises for the TRC in Leiden 3 Sept: Exploring the faunal imagery of Qing dynasty embroidery in the TRC collection, by Mayte Van den Broeck, TRC volunteer 17 Aug: Afghanistan in southern France, by Willem Vogelsang 4 August: Textiles in the Vasa museum, Stockholm, by Emilie Lambert, TRC volunteer and Facultu of Archaeology, Leiden University 30 July: 360-photography, by Augusta de Gunzbourg, TRC curator 30 July: Bindi stickers: A small dot with great meaning, by Roos Kila, intern at the TRC, Amsterdam Free University 28 July: Historical buttons revisited, by Emilie Lambert, TRC volunteer, Leiden University (Archaeology) 14 July: Nut buttons 6 July: "This gesture felt like an act of hope" The recent donation of a collection of Turkish garments to the TRC 2 July: Turkish collection update 29 June: Surprise visit by Indonesian weaver 20 June: Saddle rugs from Tibet 9 June: Large and intriguing donation of 19th and 20th century Turkish garments 1 June: Identifying Yugoslavian garments: A joint enterprise 29 May: Setting up a fibre archive at the TRC: A new and exciting challenge for the students 26 May: Teaching With Textiles: Best Practices for Culturally Responsive Museum Education .10 May: Collection Highlights: An 18th century chintz ensemble turned into a 1930s 8 May: About needle cases and Gatling guns: An unexpected association 5 May: Selvedges: A small TRC reference collection 20 April: The TRC's first Roman fibulae! 15 April: TRC Librarian writes about her work 13 April: A week in the life of the TRC: From mammoth hair to Georgian tunics 31 March: About haori and furoshiki: Japanese textiles at the TRC 29 March: A donation of embroidered garments from northern Greece and former Yugoslavia 26 March: Two textile conferences: Göttingen and Warsaw 16 March: The TRC Collection database: More technical information being added 8 March: A day in the life of a TRC intern 3 March: Embroidery and the TRC Leiden 1 March: An exciting year as a volunteer at the Textile Research Centre in Leiden 24 Febr. The hand knitted socks and gloves from Sanquhar, Scotland 21 Febr: A mid-19th century family portrait from Afghanistan, and other drawings 8 Febr: A participant's impression of the Intensive Textile Course at the TRC, Leiden, 9-13 December 2024 18 Jan: The Art of Pillow-Making in Historical Palestine: A Story of Beauty, Memory, and Displacement 11 Jan: Reclaiming Power: Stitch Witch. An exhibition by Dutch artist Lara Schnitger. 9 Jan: A brief textile trip to Paris 21 Dec: The TRC, Leiden University, and future plans 18 Dec: Bloomsbury's World Encyclopedia of Embroidery. Vol. IV: Embroidery from Scandinavia and Western Europe 8 Dec: Chemisettes: An old, and new form of sustainable clothing 4 Dec: Vlisco from Helmond at the TRC in Leiden 25 Nov: Arabic texts on the TRC’s khayamiya collection from the Street of the Tentmakers, Cairo, Egypt 11 Nov: What is this? 9 Nov: The advantages of damage: A discussion with curator Pim Arts of the recent donation to the TRC of a collection of liturgical vestments. 2 Nov: Reflections on the first month of my internship at the TRC 21 Oct: Donation of a pair of sixteenth century strapwork (rolwerk) appliqué panels 14 Oct: Opening of TRC mini exhibition: 'Verbinding' (Connection) 5 Oct: Stitching and shisha: A masterful workshop at the TRC 1 Oct: Sudan, Warsaw, Paris, and ...the TRC in Leiden 19 Sept: Leiden Anthropology students visit the Textile Research Centre 17 Sept: Luddites at the TRC? 15 Sept: Indifference to …… textiles 9 Sept: An intriguing, early darning sampler – hot of the press 8 Sept: A Chinese minority in Leiden 6 Sept: Aprons! 1 Sept: The art of drag 20 Aug: Steel and skateboarding: Saris Today. An exhibition in the Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam 11 Aug: Early Middle Eastern textiles for the tourist market 9 Aug: An Ottoman Turkish embroidered apron 8 Aug: Silkworm breeding and silk production in 19th century Kandahar, Afghanistan 5 Aug: An Indian, Banjara embroidered patchwork
