CIETA - CENTRE INTERNATIONAL  D'ETUDE DES TEXTILES ANCIENS
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Textile history
The CIETA Vocabulary

New individual editions of the English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese vocabularies are available for download in the page «CIETA Vocabularies». They form the basis for the new online vocabulary that now integrates the definitions in the different languages, technical drawings and also photographs. Please note that the current version is a work in progress – we are correcting and updating it regularly.

Technical Courses

In our Technical Courses, scholars acquire a method of analysis for the weave structures of historic textiles, and learn to use the terms defined in the multi-lingual…

Technical Courses
Calendar
21.07.2024 - 29.12.2024
ARTAPESTRY 7
25.09.2023 - 13.01.2024
Raphael. Gold & Silk
Calendar
Congress 2025

The 31st CIETA congress will be held at the Museo del Traje, Madrid (Spain) from 23 to 26 September 2025.

You can find more information, including the Call for Papers and the Proposal Form, in the Congress page.

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THE CIETA BLOG

Join us for a lively exchange – CIETA members are invited to send us their news from the world of textiles!

04/07/2024 An Annotated Classification of Textile Techniques
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25/01/2024 EuroWeb Conference (CA19131), WG4 – CALL FOR PAPERS
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