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5000 Years of Textiles

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Originally published: London : British Museum Press, 1993.
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 / Joan-Peter Wild -- The near and Middle East -- Sassanian textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius -- Safavid Iran (1501-1722) / 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 -- 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 Island and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor -- The Americas -- Colonial North America (1700-1990s) / Mary Schoeser -- Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor -- Latin America / Chloƫ Sayer and Penny Bateman -- Africa -- North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore island / John Mack.

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textiles submitted by avrogers1 on August 12, 2019, 11:15am this is a really neat book! what a great way to look at how textiles have changed through the years.

Textiles submitted by maywang on June 11, 2021, 8:56pm Great history book! If you are interesting in the fabrics, then this is one of the books you should read.

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PUBLISHED
Washington D.C. : Smithsonian Books, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781588343079
1588343073

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Harris, Jennifer, 1949-

SUBJECTS
Textile fabrics -- History.