World textiles : a concise history /
Written as a chronological survey spanning prehistory to the early 21st century, this book is organized around five themes - materials, methods, trade, technology and social structures - which allow textiles from all ages to be investigated from many perspectives.
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
2003.
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| Series: | World of art.
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Table of Contents:
- Prehistoric materials and techniques
- The dye and loom age, c. 3000-400 BC
- Trade and trends 750 BC to AD 600
- Church and state, AD 600-1500
- Western ideas and styles dispersed 1300-1900
- Oriental influences 1450-1900
- Surface patterning from Indigo to Ikat 600-1900
- New technology 1600-2000
- The art of textiles 1850-today.
