NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A tapestry woven with the silk of more than 1 million spiders has been put on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York as scientists struggle to ...

Scientists are reporting development of the first fast and reliable scientific method to determine the age and authenticity of priceless silk tapestries and other treasures -- such as Civil War ...

Rodney Hakim, an owner of rug and tapestry retailer Persian Gallery New York, never imagined a tapestry purchased at auction around 15 years ago would create this much buzz. The 14×15 wool and silk ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a fast and reliable method to date silk. This new technique, which is based on capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry, has great potential to improve ...

The fire at the historic Cathedral of St. John the Divine yesterday caused serious damage to two rare 17th-century Italian tapestries that hung in the nave – and church officials and parishioners were ...

South Africa-based visual artist Billie Zangewa embodies the message, "The personal is political," through her artistic snapshot of domesticity. As an artist and a single mother, she turns the ...

It took five weavers at least three years to complete an imperial robe in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The robe has 5-clawed dragons surrounded by blue clouds interspersed with bats and 12 symbols ...

Scientists are reporting development of the first fast and reliable scientific method to determine the age and authenticity of priceless silk tapestries and other treasures -- such as Civil War ...