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How to shop the fabric market
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Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing
Antique Swatches Suppliers.
DIMITRIOS: A DESIGN ARCHIVE
The oldest & largest collection of documentary pantings, antique textiles & wallpapers in the industry. Includes 17th, 18th, 19th & early 20th century documents & vintage yarn-dyes. Work with all markets.
FROM AROUND THE WORLD VINTAGE ARCHIVE
Design research & inspiration resource with an archival library of over 10,000 vintage & antique documentary textiles & graphics from the 19th century to early 1990s. Categorized for the apparel & decorative home markets, services include purchase, rental & photographing.
SHARON GRAY-FASHIKON
A unique & one-of-a-kind collection of vintage yarn dyes, embroideries and prints from the 40's to the 70's.
STYLE COUNCIL, THE
Forward design studio with original print & antique textile design collection. Hand-painted & CAD design development & service work available. In addition to our NY address: 3 Luke Street, London EC2.
ACTON FABRICS, LLC
Large collection of antique plaids, stripes, prints, jacquards & novelty fabrications.
ANDREA ARANOW TEXTILE DOCUMENTS
Antique, retro, handmade from America, Japan, France, England, Indonesia & Peru. Also dobbies, jacquards, embroideries, woven ribbons, unusual textile artwork, lots of ideas.
ANTIKTEX LTD
Extensive collection of antique swatches & documents from Europe, from the 17th century to the 1960's. Featuring paisleys, jacquards, florals, plaids, ethnics, prints, yarn-dyes, knits & embroideries. Cater to home & apparel markets.
ANTIQUE TEXTILE RESOURCE/NANCY GEWIRZ
Early textiles & swatches in wovens, prints, textured & conversationals. Also, select vintage clothing & accessories by appointment only.
ARCHIVE COLLECTION, THE
Extensive collection of designs from Europe covering womens, mens & home furnishings markets. Prints, yarn-dyes, jacquards, ethnics, paintings and knits/sweater knits.
BRIGITTE NIOCHE/YOUR IMAGE PLUS, INC.
Decorative fabrics, tapestries, wall hangings & more for the interior design market. Inspirational design center for the home furnishing & apparel markets. Large collection of antique European designs & textiles from the 1800's through 1960.
CHATEAU ARCHIVES/DESIGN SOURCE INT'L
Extensive collection of antique textile designs, artwork, embroideries & conversationals for all markets. 19th century through the 1970's. Over one million swatches & works in more than 150 categories.
CHRISTINE GREINER DESIGNS
Archive work from the 19th century and onward. Vintage for men & women including shirting, suiting, silk ties, appliques, embroidery & lace. Cater to fashion and interior markets.
DAYNA HOLLI TEXTILES
Antique swatches, vintage garments, artwork & retro. Represent: What Comes Around Goes Around, NYC.
DESIGN LIBRARY, THE
Collection of more than 5 million designs of documentary fabrics, prints, jacquards, wallpapers, original paintings & yarn dyes dating from early 18th century through the late 20th century. CD-ROMs of designs for sale to provide designers with their own in-house archive.
EDNA MORAN TEXTILE MERCHANT, LLC
Vintage fashion garments, prints, period fabrics, ethnic pieces, trims, appliques, embellishments, embroideries, scarves, buttons, ribbon and beadwork. Fine period clothing for inspiration and collection. Mens, womens & kids.
GROUP FOUR ANTIQUE TEXTILES, LLC
Textile design studio with antique swatches & painted artwork. Cater to mens, womens & childrens markets.
JENNIFER OSNER
Antique textiles, lace, buttons & ribbon from all over the world. Stock enough antique lace for production scale.
STUDIO NA-NA
Full computer service studio. Custom print design. Re-design, repeats & recoloring. Specialize in all apparel markets as well as home furnishings. Also, Extensive antique swatch collection.
SWEETHEART, INC.
Wide variety of European & American vintage swatches from the 19th century through the 1960's.
TANUKI
Original & antique prints for the mens, womens, childrens & home furnishing markets. Service work available.
TEXTILE CREATIONS BY LILY
Comprehensive design library & resource of antique documents for the textile industry. Collections include prints from ethnics to abstract, yarn dyes, plaids, stripes, embroideries, jacquards & conversationals. Cater to the apparel, home furnishing & stationary markets.
TEXTILE DESIGN GROUP
Large library of antique and contemporary prints, yarn-dyes & jacquards. Over 2500 categories of swatches.



















