(Hardback)
By: Dr Annette Collinge
ISBN: 9781782211327
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2018
Publisher: Search Press Ltd
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This fantastic book showcases the prestigious Embroiderers Guilds huge collection of embroidered birds through the ages. Featuring photographs taken especially for the book, items are shown in full along with detail images that show off the stunning birds at their best.
(Paperback)
By: Nicoletta Fazio
ISBN: 9788857251622
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Skira
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(Paperback)
By: Jenny Balfour-Paul
ISBN: 9780714150963
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2011
Publisher: British Museum Press
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Produced from plants by a process akin to alchemy, indigo has a unique chemistry that renders it compatible with all natural fibres. This title is the story of a commodity that has been central to international trade and textile production for centuries, across time and cultures.
(Hardback)
By: Kaffe Fassett
ISBN: 9781419746260
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
UK Publication Date: 15th April 2021
Publisher: Abrams
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(Paperback)
By: Alastair Hull
ISBN: 9780500282212
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2000
UK Publication Date: 5th June 2000
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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An examination of the origins and history of kilim textiles. The core of the book is devoted to the specific characteristics of region, tribe and kilim type. It also includes an account of techniques, embracing materials, dyes and dyeing, tools, kilim structures and weaving.
(Hardback)
By: Friedhelm Mennekes
ISBN: 9783777422435
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
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(Paperback)
By: Joanne Sherrow
ISBN: 9781609018351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
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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