
4061 Tea towels above the sink at Boijmans van Beuningen (Photo by Roel van Tour)
Studio Makkink & Bey
4061 Tea Towel (Towel telling miraculous stories of water), 2008
commissioned by: Boijmans van Beuningen
src: http://www.studiomakkinkbey.nl/list/products/4061_tea_towel
TEXTILE • noun: textile; plural noun: textiles.
1. A type of cloth or woven fabric. “a fascinating range of pottery, jewellery, and textiles”. 2. (among nudists) A non-nudist, especially on a beach. “nudists to the left, textiles to the right”. 3. The branch of industry involved in the manufacture of cloth. “in textiles, more women were employed than men”.
Synonyms: fabric, cloth, material.
Origin: Early 17th century: from Latin textilis, from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere.