5000 years of textiles / edited by Jennifer Harris.

Contributor(s):

Harris, Jennifer, 1949- [editor]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Copyright date: Londres : British Museum : The Whitworth Art Gallery : University of Manchester : The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1993Description: 320 páginas : ilustraciones a color, fotografías, mapas ; 28 cmContent type:

texto, imagen fija

Media type:

sin mediación

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

0714117153

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

TT504 A17 1993

Contents:

List of contributors. -- Preface / Jennifer Harris. -- Introduction / Jennifer Harris. -- I: A Survey of Textile Techniques / Jennifer Harris: 1.- Weaving. 2.- Tapestry. 3.- Rug weaving. 4.-Embroidery. 5.-Lace. 6.-Dyeing and printing. 7.-Knitting. 8.-Netting, knotting and crochet. 9.-Felt and bark cloth. -- II: A Survey of World Textiles - The Ancient World: Introduction / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 1.- The Mediterranean / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 3.- Central and northern Europe / John-Peter Wild. The Near and Middle East: 4.- Sassanian textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 5.- Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 6.- Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius. 7.- Safavid Iran (1499-1722) / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 8.- The Ottoman Empire / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 9.-Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden. 10.- Palestinian embroidery / Shelagh Weir. India and Pakistan: 11.- Historical development and trade / Margaret Hall. 12.- Tribal textiles / Margaret Hall. Carpets: 13.- Carpets of the Middle and Far East / Patricia L. Baker. The Far East: 14.- China / Verity Wilson. 15.- Japan / Susan-Marie Best. 16.- South-East Asia / Sylvia Fraser-Lu. Western Europe: 17.- Sicilian silks / Anna Muthesius. 18.- Italian silks (1300-1500) / Lisa Monas. 19.- Italian silks (1500-1900) / Jacqueline Herald. 20.- Spanish silks / Jacqueline Herald. 21.- French silks (1650-1800) / Lesley Miller. 22.- Figured linen damasks / Jacqueline Herald. 23.- Tapestry / Thomas Campbell. 24.- Embroidery / Santina M. Levey. 25.- Lace Santina / M. Levey. 26.- Printed textiles / Jennifer Harris. Central and Eastern Europe: 27.- Eastern Europe / Jennifer Wearden. 28.- Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor. The Americas: 29.- Colonial North America (1700-19905) / Mary Schoeser. 30.- Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor. 31.- Latin America / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman. Africa: 32.- North Africa / Caroline Stone. 33.- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack. -- Further Reading and Sources Cited. -- Glossary. -- Illustration Acknowledgements. -- Index.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libros	Mediateca	Bibliográfica	TT504 A17 1993 Ej. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Ej.1	Available		15164

List of contributors. -- Preface / Jennifer Harris. -- Introduction / Jennifer Harris. -- I: A Survey of Textile Techniques / Jennifer Harris: 1.- Weaving. 2.- Tapestry. 3.- Rug weaving. 4.-Embroidery. 5.-Lace. 6.-Dyeing and printing. 7.-Knitting. 8.-Netting, knotting and crochet. 9.-Felt and bark cloth. -- II: A Survey of World Textiles - The Ancient World: Introduction / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 1.- The Mediterranean / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 3.- Central and northern Europe / John-Peter Wild. The Near and Middle East: 4.- Sassanian textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 5.- Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 6.- Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius.
7.- Safavid Iran (1499-1722) / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 8.- The Ottoman Empire / Joan Allgrove McDowell. 9.-Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden. 10.- Palestinian embroidery / Shelagh Weir. India and Pakistan: 11.- Historical development and trade / Margaret Hall. 12.- Tribal textiles / Margaret Hall. Carpets: 13.- Carpets of the Middle and Far East / Patricia L. Baker. The Far East: 14.- China / Verity Wilson. 15.- Japan / Susan-Marie Best. 16.- South-East Asia / Sylvia Fraser-Lu. Western Europe: 17.- Sicilian silks / Anna Muthesius. 18.- Italian silks (1300-1500) / Lisa Monas. 19.- Italian silks (1500-1900) / Jacqueline Herald. 20.- Spanish silks / Jacqueline Herald. 21.- French silks (1650-1800) / Lesley Miller. 22.- Figured linen damasks / Jacqueline Herald. 23.- Tapestry / Thomas Campbell. 24.- Embroidery / Santina M. Levey. 25.- Lace Santina / M. Levey.
26.- Printed textiles / Jennifer Harris. Central and Eastern Europe: 27.- Eastern Europe / Jennifer Wearden. 28.- Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor. The Americas: 29.- Colonial North America (1700-19905) / Mary Schoeser. 30.- Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor. 31.- Latin America / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman. Africa: 32.- North Africa / Caroline Stone. 33.- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack. -- Further Reading and Sources Cited. -- Glossary. -- Illustration Acknowledgements. -- Index.

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