Our Shop - Textile Traders

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Textile Traders

If you can get to Bishop’s Castle in Shropshire, we would love to see you in our shop, Textile Traders. We are right on the main street next to the Town Hall. Bishop’s Castle is a small historic market town set in the beautiful Shropshire hills. There are bookshops to browse in, great places to eat, and the town even has two real ale breweries.

We have an ever changing stock of fine hand made textiles from all over the world - everything is chosen personally and we try our best to stock things which are unusual and often unique. Much of what we sell, we have bought ourselves from the Far East or else it comes from other textile enthusiasts and traders.

Some of the unique items from our shop are also available online in our Special Items section.

We are open from 10am to 5pm every day except Sunday, although we usually open on Bank Holidays and sometimes on summer Sunday afternoons. Please phone first if you are coming from a long way.

As so much of our stock is one-off items, we can’t put it all online, so here is a taste of what you might find.

• Naturally dyed kilims from Turkey
• Patchworks made from vintage Javanese batik
• Silk and cotton ikat from Cambodia, Laos and the islands of Indonesia
• Old silk coats from Central Asia
• Indigo pleated skirts from the H'mong people
• Fine hand made rugs, cushions, saddle bags and other weavings from Afghanistan, Turkey and Central Asia
• Exotic and breathtaking embroideries from China, the hilltribes of Northern Thailand, Syria and Pakistan
• Kuba cloth and indigo tie-dyed adire cloths from Africa
• Brocaded silk from Laos
• Sequinned wall hangings and embroidered archways from India
• Beaded or embroidered tassles and tent bands
• Tie dyed and batiked hemp cloth from the hilltribes
• Leather shadow puppets from Java
• Jacquard weave throws and cushions
• Wooden textile printing blocks
• Unusual clothes with an ethnic flavour
• Stunning silver jewellery