This always-useful catalogue touches on any number of topics not brought together in any other single volume. Useful illustrations of sericulture in premodern China, as illustrated in Chinese woodblock prints, as well as many illustrations of both Chinese export silk and European silks influenced by the China trade. Out of print, but occasionally available still from on-line retailers. This show, done in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, focused on the medieval material, from the Tang Dynasty through the Mongol period. Special issue on the Textile Museum in Washington, DC , the preeminent center of textile studies in the world.
Individual articles feature different areas of the collection, including several on Asia.
A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present . University Press of New England, 1979. Many useful illustrations for teaching, including line drawings suitable for photocopying. Selected articles from Orientations , 1893-1997 . There is much written on Chinese silk, but here is no more useful compendium of articles on the sorts of silks and other textiles that you and your students may encounter.