500 years of textiles / edited by Jennifer Harris.
ISBN
0714117153
9780714117157
Dewey Classmark
746
Local Shelfmark
746 HAR
Publication
London : British Museum Press, 1993.
Physical Description
320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, col. ports, photos ; 29 cm
Note
Published in association with the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Contents
Contents:
I: A survey of textile techniques / Jennifer Harris -- Weaving -- Tapestry -- Rug weaving -- Embroidery -- Lace -- Dyeing and printing -- Knitting -- Netting, knotting and crochet -- Felt and bark cloth -- II: A survey of world textiles -- The ancient world: Introduction / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- The Mediterranean / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Central and northern Europe / John-Peter Wild -- The near and Middle East: Sassanian textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius -- Safavid Iran (1499-1722) / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- The Ottoman Empire / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden -- Palestinian embroidery / Shelagh Weir -- India and Pakistan: Historical development and trade / Margaret Hall -- Tribal textiles / Margaret Hall -- Carpets: Carpets of the Middle and Far East / Patricia L. Baker -- The Far East: China / Verity Wilson -- Japan / Susan-Marie Best -- South-East Asia / Sylvia Fraser-Lu -- Western Europe: Sicilian silks / Anna Muthesius -- Italian silks (1300-1500) / Lisa Monnas -- Italian silks (1500-1900) / Jacqueline Herald -- Spanish silks / Jacqueline Herald -- French silks (1650-1800) / Lesley Miller -- Figured linen damasks / Jacqueline Herald -- Tapestry / Thomas Campbell -- Embroidery / Santina M. Levey -- Lace / Santina M. Levey -- Printed textiles / Jennifer Harris -- Central and Eastern Europe: Eastern Europe / Jennifer Wearden -- Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor -- The Americas: Colonial North America (1700-1990s) / Mary Schoeser -- Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor -- Latin America / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman -- Africa: North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack.
Local Copy Note
Fashion Museum Collection.
Added Personal Name
Harris, Jennifer.
Added Corporate Name
Whitworth Art Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum.
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