Lace Braided Textile Research
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Bradford Jamison has conducted more than two decades of independent research advancing lace braiding from a historically decorative textile practice into a functional, pattern-engineered textile architecture. The work is centered primarily on structural pattern development, interlacement geometry, and density-controlled lace braided systems utilizing heritage lace braiding processes to produce breathable, flexible, and load-distributing textile structures.
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The research reframes lace braiding as a form of textile additive manufacturing, where integrated textile structures are built directly through continuous interlaced yarn pathways rather than cut-and-sew or knit fabrication. Through engineered pattern sequencing and density control, lace braided textiles have been developed as adaptive structural materials with applications across performance apparel, footwear, medical-supportive textiles, flexible composites, architecture, automotive, robotics, and sports-related material systems.
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This archive page has been created to document and preserve the evolution of lace braiding as a functional structural textile system and to support potential archival review, scholarly documentation, and design history research.
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Research and Development:
Bradford Jamison
TEF Braids / Tensengral
New York State, USA
www.tefbraids.comDocumentation and Archival Preparation:
Terri Jamison