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Title:

5000 years of textiles / edited by Jennifer Harris.

Publisher:

Smithsonian Books,

Copyright Date:

2010, c1993

Description:

320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Textile fabrics--History.

Other Authors:

Harris, Jennifer, 1949-

Notes:

Originally published: London : British Museum Press, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-311) and index.

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 / 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 / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman -- Africa -- North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore island / John Mack.

ISBN:

1588343073 (pbk.)
9781588343079 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)630500485

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)