Textiles & Weaving, Clothing & Stitchery

ISBN: 9782503511863
Published by : Brepols
Series: Single Titles in Art History
The aim of this catalogue is to publish the 43 Ottoman textiles which are preserved in the Royal Museums of Art and History. With the exception of two textiles, whose origins are unknown, these examples were woven in the major metropolitan weaving... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781899828661
Published by : Pindar Press
The late Donald King (d. 1998) was the founding father of textile studies in England. His knowledge of the technology and history of textiles of all periods across many lands remains unsurpassed. An erudite and yet modest scholar, he did much to p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521341073
Published by : Cambridge University Press
'Textiles have been essential to the everyday lives of all societies. Besides helping provide protection and warmth, they have fulfilled social, cultural, military, legal and symbolic functions, and have been an essential part of the economic ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780500203699
Published by : Thames and Hudson
A good chronological survey of the history of textiles from prehistoric times to the present day. Mary Schoeser, a recognised authority on the subject, outlines the techniques, processes, materials, societal role and significance of textiles ac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199255672
Published by : Maney Publishing
Series: PASOLD RESEARCH FUND STUDIES

^Aedited by Stanley Chapman
^D"Hosiery and knitwear is familiar as a traditional British industry of small-scale family firms. Close study of success and failure in firms and industries reveals that much can be ascribed to the culture ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902653617
Published by : Maney Publishing
The decoration of church vestments, which are the ceremonial garments worn by the clergy at the celebration of the Mass, has always been a matter of high fashion. In the first place the crafts of silk weaving and embroidery, which... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902653600
Published by : Maney Publishing
The decoration of church vestments, which are the ceremonial garments worn by the clergy at the celebration of the Mass, has always been a matter of high fashion. In the first place the crafts of silk weaving and embroidery, which... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780953413355
Published by : John Edmonds
How irritating it must have been for a Roman general to stand before his troops decked out in uniforms that were stylistically similar but in different shades of the same colour. What they, and others, wanted was certainty and the ability to re... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591343
Published by : British Museum Press
A catalogue of textiles from the highlands of Guatemala in the Ethnographic Department of The British Museum. This important collection of over 800 items has not previously been the subject of systematic study. The material is arranged geographica... .... Learn More