5,000 Years of Textiles (1993)
5,000 Years of Textiles is an authoritative reference and a visual delight, with examples from the Far East to the Americas, from Africa to Scandinavia, and from Egyptian artifacts dating from 3000 BC to the most up-to-date modern craftwork and furnishings. The book includes an expert guide to nine fundamental textile techniques, from rug weaving and tapestry to felt and bark cloth. Each is clearly explained, using line drawings and close-up color details from actual textiles, to show how people from many different traditions have made and decorated cloth through the centuries. The breathtaking wealth of illustrations drawn from major collections all over the world includes costumes, period interiors, archival photographs, and a vast range of fabrics, from the simplest handwoven cloths to sumptuous brocades and exquisite embroidery.
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Description
London : British Museum Press in association with the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, ©1993, 2004
Format 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
ISBN : 0714117153 9780714117157
OCLC : 29182678 ocm29182678
Table of contents
Table of 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 / 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 / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman
Africa: North Africa / Caroline Stone
Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack
About the author
About the author
Jennifer Harris is Deputy Director and Curator of Textiles at Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester.
External links
External links
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Author Website/University Faculty page: Click here
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Levy, Audrey. “5000 years of textiles edited by Jennifer Harris (Book Review).” RSA Journal 142, no. 5449 (1994): 80.
