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5000 years of textiles / edited by Jennifer Harris.

Contributor(s): Harris, Jennifer | Mack, John | Weir, Shelagh | Sayer, Chloë | Bateman, Penny | British Museum | Whitworth Art Gallery | Victoria and Albert Museum
Language: English Publisher: London ; Manchester : British Museum Press in association with the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1993.Description: 320p. : ill., maps, photos.(chiefly col.) ; 29cm.ISBN: 0714117153Subject(s): Textile fabrics -- History | Textile design -- History | Textile crafts -- History
Contents:
A survey of textile techniques / Jennifer Harris; 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 Weardon; 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 / Chloe Sayer and Penny Bateman. Africa: North Africa / Caroline Stone; Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves SR 5M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10002228
Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves BLYTH HOUSE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000016324
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KGG [HAR-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M24646
Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves BLYTH HOUSE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 54060000006204
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliography (p. 306-311) and index.

A survey of textile techniques / Jennifer Harris; 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 Weardon; 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 / Chloe Sayer and Penny Bateman. Africa: North Africa / Caroline Stone; Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack.