Walnut, wormy chestnut, pecan, three varieties of burl, hand-woven Philippine cane, ceramic tiles, marble are used to emphasize the feeling of texture and of permanence, the furniture to fit into rooms with tiled floors, brick or paneled walls, windows that bring in the outdoors.

The work which has taken a decade of research and craftsmanship, restored six royal apartments, to how they would have looked in the 1540s, when this was the childhood home of Mary Queen of Scots as well as the ongoing restoration of the seven hand-woven tapestries ; four of which have been completed with the last one due to be finished in 2013.

The shelter of the Oghuz tribes was a tent-like dwelling, erected on wooden poles and covered with skin, felt, or hand-woven textiles, which is called a yurt.

In most of the courts the sari was embellished with stitching hand-woven borders in gold from Varanasi, delicate zardozi work, gota, makaish and tilla work that embellished the plain fabric, simultaneously satisfying both traditional demands and ingrained love for ornamentation.

Simple hand-woven villagers ' saris are often decorated with checks or stripes woven into the cloth.

The ganzá is cylindrically shaped, and can be either a hand-woven basket or a metal canister which is filled with beads, metal balls, pebbles, or other similar items.

A Gabbeh a hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality and medium size ( 90 x 150 cm or larger ) characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and a playfulness with geometry.

Every length of cloth is stamped with the official Orb symbol, trademarked by the Harris Tweed Association in 1909, when Harris Tweed was defined as " hand-spun, hand-woven and dyed by the crofters and cottars in the Outer Hebrides.

Women often wear precious hand-woven needlework clothes known as Pashk with an embroidered chromatic and fine scarf named Sarig ; Indian and Arabic ornaments and jewelry are popular.

This commerce usually consisted of one mule-laden pack train from Santa Fe with 20 to 200 members, with roughly twice as many mules, bringing New Mexico goods hand-woven by Indians, such as serapes and blankets, to California.

California had many horses and mules, many growing wild, with no local market, which were readily traded for hand-woven Indian products.

The woman's huipil or top is a brightly multi-colored, hand-woven cotton poncho with a lacy collar.

" The participants meet in a room decorated with hand-woven wall hangings and pictures of Germanic gods, Odin and Frigga in this case.

Sumba has long been known for the ikat woven cloth, particularly very detailed hand-woven ikat, which is prepared on the island.

The process of preparting hand-woven ikat is very labour-intensive and one piece can take months to prepare.

The silk is traditionally hand-woven and hand-dyed and usually also has silver threads woven into the cloth.

Another category of Indian rugs which, though quite popular in most of the western countries, have not received much press is hand-woven rugs of Khairabad ( Citapore rugs ).

The dress is of hand-woven blue indigo linen.

Takraw is the Thai word for the hand-woven rattan ball originally used in the game.

Hua Hin is a popular place for shopping including contemporary art handicrafts, hand-woven printed cotton, silk fabric silk weaving, embroidery, basket making, pottery, wood carving, gemstones and jewellery ( including sapphires and rubies ).

Los Santos is the place to see the beautiful hand-woven Polleras, the typical costume of Panama.

It is a multicolored, hand-woven cloth pinned at one shoulder and held in place by a waistband, usually worn over a white shirt and trousers.

Silk-weaving is another very important industry, producing high-quality hand-woven silk fabrics of distinctive design called Inle longyi.

Chanderi is famous for its hand-woven sarees.

khādī is Pakistani, Indian handspun and hand-woven cloth.

However, quite often the so-called Métis sashes are not the authentic hand-woven sashes but the kind woven on loom in England probably to meet the requests at lower cost.

The hand-woven carpets in each chamber have a pattern of eucalyptus leaves and wattle blossom.

Citapore rugs made in Khairabad and neighbouring areas are all hand-woven and distinct from tufted and knotted rugs.

Traditional products in the province include hand-woven fabric, made from silk or cotton.

Most of crafts made and sold here are textiles, including hand-woven and hand-embroidered traditional clothing, hammocks, sarapes, rugs, handbags, tablecloths and other items.

A close-up of the texture of hand-woven linen fabric made in the early 20th century in the Balkans.

The designs are taken from an old and common pattern used in hand-woven tapestries in the area.

From 1798 to 1808 Lowell was engaged in overseas trade, especially importing silks and tea from China and hand-spun and hand-woven cotton textiles from India.

He dressed himself in a Kurta, a home-spun, hand-woven material and an ascetically short dhoti.

After his divorce, he devoted himself to revitalizing a cottage industry of hand-woven silk.

While the overall market for handweaving has plummeted ( leading to much distress among Indian handweavers ), hand-woven saris are still popular for weddings and other grand social occasions.

Most available are hand-woven textiles.

Other local products include hand-woven cotton and a traditional Hua Hin-style duster.

The monastic institutions housed thousands of monks, who sat on long, low platforms during religious ceremonies, that were nearly always covered in hand-woven carpets for comfort.

The village also produces hand-woven textiles and a good ' lao-lao ' schnapps.

In 2008, Iran ’ s exports of hand-woven carpets was $ 420 million or 30 % of the world's market.