Today, when new Internet tools like AI are increasingly used, they can generate many factual errors and misunderstandings. When it comes to textile materials it is even more important to reach out with concrete research results, not only identifying which fibers textiles are made of, but also geographically placing where the fibers were grown. In this context, we would like to share one of Skoglund's latest scientific papers that highlights the importance of analyzing plant textiles, in this...

Male hemp plants, flax and cotton Historical research about textiles made from bast fibers has progressed in recent years broadening our perspectives of people’s needs for textile raw materials. Despite this, analyses of textiles made of mixed fibers from a variety of plants have not received sufficient attention. Textiles were often made of blends of different plant fibers, which was during historical time common but is rarely mentioned in research, compounding the difficulty of accurate...

Lotus shawl from Ingle-lake in Myanmar (Burma) The wild lotus plant ( Nelumbo nucifera ) has become established in almost all...