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British Textile Week 2020
Read moreOn the 9th of September the United Kingdom Fashion & textile Association, (UKFT,) launched British Textile Week.. This provided a digital showcase of the craftsmanship, creativity and technical skills of the UK textile industry.
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Jacquard fabric design
Read moreThe highly influential and venerable institution of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York celebrates its 150th year anniversary this year. We take a look at some of the projects we have collaborated on since Humphries inception in 1972.
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Historic Textiles for the MET
Read moreThe highly influential and venerable institution of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York celebrates its 150th year anniversary this year. We take a look at some of the projects we have collaborated on since Humphries inception in 1972.
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Textile Fibres
Read moreWe use our knowledge of textile fibres to design and to create fabrics balancing a multitude of characteristics, considering, include lustre, weight, texture and performance.
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Half Silks
Read moreIn England half Silk Damasks reached the peak of their popularity in the early to mid-18th. Humphries are still weaving today many half silks such as Camlets, Bombazines, Taborets and Damasks.
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Fabric for scrubs
Read moreWe were pleased to be invited to contribute to an endeavour set up by our neighbours at Sudbury Silk Mills, where a team is sewing fabric for scrubs.
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Working Remotely at Humphries Weaving
Read moreHumphries Weaving has the pleasure of working on many worldwide projects, where we don’t always meet face to face or operate in the same timezone. This means we have plenty of experience advising and supporting our customers working remotely.
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The Conservation of Auckland Castle
Read moreWith our Auckland Castle fabrics the interiors have been re imagined at different periods in the castles history for visitors to follow in the footsteps of the Bishops that lived there.
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Dyeworks Sustainability
Read moreHumphries Weaving continues to make improvements in all aspects of quality and sustainability in its manufacturing processes. One of the areas that has taken much of our focus has been in the dying area. The majority of the yarns dyed and woven at Humphries Weaving are natural fibres. Silk, cottons and wools are the yarns most often utilized and being 100% biodegradable, are ultimately some of the most sustainable fibres to dye and weave.
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125 years of the National Trust; Heritage Fabrics
Read moreThe National Trust is an independent charity working to preserve places of historic interest or natural beauty within England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
The Trust own over 500 heritage properties, which includes historic houses & gardens, industrial monuments and social history sites, throughout which they focus on the environmental and heritage conservation.
