5000 years of textiles
By: edited by Jennifer Harris
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781588343079
Subjects: Textile fabrics; History
Other titles: Five thousand years of textiles
Notes: Originally published: London : British Museum Press, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: A survey of textile techniques / Jennifer Harris; title: Weaving; title: Tapestry; title: Rug weaving; title: Embroidery; title: Lace; title: Dyeing and printing; title: Knitting; title: Netting, knotting and crochet; title: Felt and bark cloth; title: II: A survey of world textiles : the ancient world; title: Introduction / Joan Allgrove McDowell; title: The Mediterranean / Joan Allgrove McDowell; title: Central and northern Europe / Joan-Peter Wild; title: The near and Middle East; title: Sassanian textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell; title: Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell; title: Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius; title: Safavid Iran (1501-1722) / Joan Allgrove McDowell; title: The Ottoman Empire / Joan Allgrove McDowell; title: Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden; title: Palestinian embroidery / Shelagh Weir; title: India and Pakistan; title: Historical development and trade / Margaret Hall; title: Tribal textiles / Margaret Hall; title: The Far East; title: China / Verity Wilson; title: Japan / Susan-Marie Best; title: South-East Asia / Sylvia Fraser-Lu; title: Western Europe; title: Sicilian silks / Anna Muthesius; title: Italian silks (1300-1500) / Lisa Monnas; title: Italian silks (1500-1900) / Jacqueline Herald; title: Spanish silks / Jacqueline Herald; title: French silks (1650-1800) / Lesley Miller; title: Figured linen damasks / Jacqueline Herald; title: Tapestry / Thomas Campbell; title: Embroidery / Santina M. Levey; title: Lace / Santina M. Levey; title: Printed textiles / Jennifer Harris; title: Central and Eastern Europe; title: Eastern Europe / Jennifer Wearden; title: Greece, the Greek Island and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor; title: The Americas; title: Colonial North America (1700-1990s) / Mary Schoeser; title: Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor; title: Latin America / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman; title: Africa; title: North Africa / Caroline Stone; title: Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore island / John Mack.