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Textiles, 5,000 years : an international history and illustrated survey / edited by Jennifer Harris.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : H.N. Abrams, 1993Description: 320 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0810938758
  • 9780810938755
Other title:
  • Textiles, five thousand years
  • Textiles, 5000 years
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 746.09
LOC classification:
  • NK8806 .T45 1993
Contents:
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 -- A survey of world textiles : The ancient world -- 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 / Chole Sayer, Penny Bateman -- Africa : North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index.

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 -- A survey of world textiles : The ancient world -- 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 / Chole Sayer, Penny Bateman -- Africa : North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack.

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