5,000 years of textiles

Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian Books, 2004. Softcover. VG. Ilustrated wrap covers. 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps. Originally published: London : British Museum Press, 1993./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index. Contents: Survey of textile techniques / Jennifer Harris -- Mediterranean / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Central and northern Europe / John-Peter Wild -- Sassanian textiles ; Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius -- Safavid Iran (1499-1722) ; Ottoman Empire / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden -- Palestinian embroidery / Shelagh (truncated) Weir -- Historical development and trade ; Tribal textiles / Margaret Hall -- Carpets of the Middle and Far East / Patricia L. Baker -- China / Verity Wilson -- Japan / Susan-Marie Best -- South-East Asia / Sylvia Fraser-Lu -- Sicilian silks / Anna Muthesius -- Italian silks (1300-1500) / Lisa Monnas -- Italian silks (1500-1900) ; Spanish silks / Jacqueline Herald -- French silks (1650-1800) / Lesley Miller -- Figured linen damasks / Jacqueline Herald -- Tapestry / Thomas Campbell -- Embroidery ; Lace / Santina M. Levey -- Printed textiles / Jennifer Harris -- Eastern Europe / Jennifer Wearden -- Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor -- Colonial North America (1700-1990s) / Mary Schoeser -- Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor -- Latin America / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman -- North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack. (Inventory #: 180745)