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

Harris, Jennifer. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0810938758
Physical Description: 320 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.
Publisher: New York : H.N. Abrams, c1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-311) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.