TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,Jennifer
TI  - 5000 years of textiles
SN  - 9780714150895
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - The British Museum Press
KW  - Textile fabrics
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-311) and index; 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
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