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By: Mary Schoeser

ISBN: 9780500516454
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
UK Publication Date: 5th November 2012
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Comprises more than 1,000 images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity or complexity of textiles created around the world. This title illuminates the ways in which structure or surface decoration or embellishment enhance this most tactile of arts.


(Hardback)

By: Charlotte Vannier

ISBN: 9780500239889
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 20th September 2018
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A stunning survey of yarn work in contemporary art, illustrating the myriad ways knitting and crochet have been embraced as a form of creative expression.


(Paperback)

By: Jennifer Harris

ISBN: 9780714125701
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2004
Publisher: British Museum Press
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This authoritative survey covers the development of textiles from a huge geographical and chronological range - from China to South America, from Egyptian artefacts of 3000 years BC to contemporary crafts and furnishings.


(Paperback)

By: Friedrich Spuhler

ISBN: 9780500970430
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries on nearly every continent on earth. This book features more than forty carpets held in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments.


(Paperback)

By: Professor Jessica Hemmings

ISBN: 9781350171756
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)

By: Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

ISBN: 9781350558366
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This authoritative reference work explores the rich heritage of embroidery across the Arab world from antiquity to the present day.


(Paperback)

By: Nicoletta Fazio

ISBN: 9788857251752
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Skira
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(Hardback)

By: Elizabeth Bingham

ISBN: 9781784743963
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: Nigel Cheney

ISBN: 9781789940398
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Jools Gilson

ISBN: 9781350027527
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)

By: Dr. Heidi A. Strobel

ISBN: 9781350428089
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)

By: Helen Wyld

ISBN: 9781781301128
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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Extensively illustrated, this is the first accessible publication on the history of tapestry in over two decades.


(Paperback)

By: Susan Kay-Williams

ISBN: 9781350184565
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An introduction to a broad and fascinating subject - how and why people coloured textiles, whether clothing, wall and floor coverings, or pieces such as tapestries that were decorative for their own sake.


(Hardback, Reprint)

By: Linda Parry

ISBN: 9781851777327
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2013
Publisher: V & A Publishing
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William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original, colourful textiles produced by William Morris and the two commercial companies he founded and managed. To this day it remains the authority in the field, and this revised edition has been completely rewritten and expanded with beautiful new photography.


(Hardback)

By: Nina M. Schjnsby

ISBN: 9783897906105
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Arnoldsche
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This monograph presents the Norwegian artist Bente Strang (b. 1946) and her 40 years of commitment to the medium of textile. Text in English and Norwegian.


(Hardback)

By: Elena Tsareva

ISBN: 9783897904453
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: Arnoldsche
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An introduction to a rich but previously unknown British private collection of Turkmen tribal carpets, rugs and trappings, written by the leading expert of Turkmen textiles.


(Paperback, Illustrated edition)

By: Robyn Maxwell

ISBN: 9780642130662
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 1992
Publisher: National Gallery of Australia
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(Hardback)

By: Eva Rem Hansen

ISBN: 9783897907409
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: Arnoldsche
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The Hannah Ryggen Triennale in Trondheim, Norway, honours renowned textile artist Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970). This year's edition, "Mater," focuses on motherhood and features contemporary artists exploring materiality and cultural identity. Text in English and Norwegian.


(Hardback)

By: Textilmuseum St. Gallen

ISBN: 9783897905337
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
Publisher: Arnoldsche
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The first publication on the collection of Leopold Ikle presenting handmade lace from over 400 years. Text in German.


(Paperback)

By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780277097
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 22nd July 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in full colour a selection of the panels from the completed tapestry, together with descriptive and explanatory material


(Paperback)

By: Jennifer Harris

ISBN: 9780714150895
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
Publisher: British Museum Press
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A comprehensive survey of textile art and production worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. Using line drawings and close-up colour details from actual textiles, it shows how people from many different traditions have made and decorated cloth through the centuries.


(Paperback)

By: Chris Spring

ISBN: 9780714125633
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2002
Publisher: British Museum Press
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This text explores the rich and diverse range of silk and textiles from Africa. Focusing on over 30 pieces from the British Museum's collection, it brings together traditions of silk weaving and embroidery from throughout the African continent.


(Paperback)

By: Penelope Dransart

ISBN: 9780714125848
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: British Museum Press
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A collection of Peruvian and other early Andean textiles. It includes rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date from the Paracas to the Inka and Colonial periods, 200 BC to the late 18th century AD.


(Paperback)

By: Linda Lynton

ISBN: 9780500283783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2002
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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An illustrated survey of the sari, the unique south Asian textile tradition. The book analyzes sari design, giving a guide to the symbols, patterns and motifs used, with their origins and how they have evolved. It covers the entire Indian subcontinent and thousands of different sari types.

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