Remember, you don’t want a photo of an object, but a TEXTURE from the object.
Getty Images is an excellent resource of high quality images. Use the search engine to find your specific object - include "Close Up" in your search.
Cepolina.com - Clouds, clouds, clouds...
Clouds from the Geek Philosopher - make sure you click to enlarge!
Close up Pictures from Big Foto
ImageAfter.Com - Enter in “nature textures” to find images – remember to click on the image to get to the higher resolution image for your art!
Pbase.com - Click on the images to get to the higher resolution image for your art
OneOddDude.net – large collection of textures
The Weaving Art Museum and Research Institute established to promote increased appreciation for the historic weaving arts of the Eastern Mediterranean region. Specifically examples created within indigenous weaving communities where social and economic lifestyles remained virtually unaffected by the sweeping political, military and technological changes that occurred in this region from 1500-1850. Museum is in California
Helen Louise Textile Collection – University of Wisconsin Pre-Columbian and Coptic archaeological textiles are among the collection's earliest pieces. Other major holdings include 19th century American and European coverlets, quilts, and needlework, and sub-collection of ethnographic textiles with strengths in South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Turkey.
Peabody Essex Museum Painted with Thread - The Art of American Embroidery
The Macedonia Folk Embroidery, Auburn University - includes images of over 20 Macedonian textiles, with many more to be added. Details of embroidery techniques used on the textiles displayed makes this a very instructive site for embroidery enthusiasts, and those who love to see detail work - highly recommended.
Lao Textiles Exhibition featuring images of woven silk wall hangings which were exhibited at the Museum, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York in 1995 Lao Textiles Revisited, an exhibition celebrating the hand woven silk fabrics of Carol Cassidy, an American weaver living and working in Laos.
The Museum For Textiles, Toronto, Ontario. Selected text and images from the Museum's collection and exhibits illustrate the Museum's mandate: to provide the opportunity to experience the traditions, skills, and creative genius that make the textile arts such an important visual expression of contemporary and historical concerns.
Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles-- a selection of images from an exhibition of Chinese textiles from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, previously on display in 1995 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. You can see some examples of Chinese textiles in this exhibit: Family Ties in Asian Textiles.
Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery - these textiles are a point of departure for an exploration of the rich Ottoman culture that produced them. View theTextile Gallery and learn about the culture.