Fabrics

  • Nov092020
    Digital HHA 2020

    The Historic Buildings, Parks & Gardens 2020, (Virtual HBPGE)

    This year we welcome the first Virtual HBPGE2020. The annual AGM and exhibition this year transforms itself into a digital platform showcasing some of the countries most prestigious manufacturers, designers and architects.

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  • Aug282020
    jacquard fabric design

    Jacquard fabric design

    Our Jacquard fabric design is popular for walling, curtains and upholstery throughout both historic & contemporary interiors.

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  • Jun052020
    Textile Fibres

    Textile Fibres

    We 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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  • May062020
    Half Silk Damasks – wool weft woven on a mixture of custom and stock silk warps by Humphries Weaving

    Half Silks

    In 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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  • Apr302020
    fabric for scrubs

    Fabric for scrubs

    We 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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  • Apr012020
    Bruce working remotely

    Working Remotely at Humphries Weaving

    Humphries 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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  • Mar112020

    The Conservation of Auckland Castle

    With 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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  • Feb262020
    Dyed silk post drying - loom ready

    Dyeworks Sustainability

    Humphries 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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  • Jan312020

    125 years of the National Trust; Heritage Fabrics

    The 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.

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  • Nov192019

    Auckland Castle Fabrics

    With 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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