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A fully revised reissue, updated and enhanced with new color photography, of an influential work on American textiles and their British antecedents, regarded as a classic text on both sides of the Atlantic. Printed Textiles was first published by Viking for the Winterthur Museum in 1970. A history of the cotton and linen textiles printed in Britain and America between 1700 and 1850, discussing their design, methods of manufacture, use, and means of trade. Building on research that has come to light since 1970 and utilizing the technical and scientific expertise of the conservators and scientists at Winterthur, and adding pieces acquired by the museum since 1970, Senior Curator of Textiles Linda Eaton presents a thorough and sweeping study enriched by the diverse approaches to material culture today. The book, illustrated with 600 photographs, offers a full appreciation of the beautiful fabrics that are an intimate part of the Winterthur Museum Collection.

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Florence Montgomery's 1970 book on textiles--those made or used in America or Britain between 1700 and 1850--is revered on both sides of the pond. Forty-five years later, Eaton has fully revised and updated Montgomery's work in this beautiful volume. Textiles scholars, historians, collectors, and designers will find Eaton and Montgomery's work impeccable and inspiring. Destined to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, this new volume will no doubt become a classic work on material culture. -- Library Journal The book's six chapters thoroughly cover the salient topics in this field, from 'British Trade with North America' and 'The Use of Printed Furnitures in America [i.e. furnishing fabrics, from upholstery to curtains and bed hangings]' to a study contextualizing the professional experience of innumerable fabric designers whose names went unrecorded. The catalogue following these chapters is a visual delight, depicting in detail almost four hundred examples from the Winterthur collection. A splendid addition to the field of material culture. -- The Magazine ANTIQUES Part of the value of this remarkable book is its being 'based on the 1970 classic by Florence M. Montgomery, ' but Linda Eaton's additional scholarship is invaluable. The photography is revamped to reveal the nuances of the textiles and related materials. This textile tale wraps itself around the daily lives of some historical people known for other things. . . . I was struck by the numerous references to and quotes from Benjamin Franklin. Eaton gives us many thousands of details and examples in her six chapters of perspective, and leads the way to a deeper appreciation. Enjoy this great reference book--superlative on many levels. The catalog of printed textiles that follows the chapters could become in itself and inspiration to designers, costumers, and historians of many stripes. What a treasure we have in the Winterthur collection. -- Maine Antique Digest Over 600 beautiful color photographs enhance the publication and put a wealth of detail and information at the fingertips of anyone fascinated by textile studies. The first half of Printed Textiles provides an in-depth exploration of the British and American textile printing industries, the use of these fabrics in furnishings, the designers and their designs, and notably, the chemistry of calico printing. The second half of the book provides a catalogue offering a rich visual banquet of motifs and colors. These motifs are stunningly intricate and widely varied, and display a continuum from multiple colors to monochrome. Flora and fauna in books and paintings were a rich source for textile designers, who employed artistic license to create elaborate patterns that could work well in a printed repeat. Similarly, scenes from historical, mythological, theatrical, and literary sources were popular. Even caricatures found their way onto fabrics. Linda Eaton's achievement here is to take an already seminal work and bring it a step further, expanding on the scholarship and providing new visuals to create a richly nuanced history of an industry at the leading edge of the industrial revolution. It belongs in the hands of designers, collectors, and textile aficionados alike. -- AATCC (Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals) Review

Florence Montgomery's 1970 book on textiles-those made or used in America or Britain between 1700 and 1850-is revered on both sides of the pond. Forty-five years later, Eaton has fully revised and updated Montgomery's work in this beautiful volume. Textiles scholars, historians, collectors, and designers will find Eaton and Montgomery's work impeccable and inspiring. Destined to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, this new volume will no doubt become a classic work on material culture. -- Library Journal Over 600 beautiful color photographs enhance the publication and put a wealth of detail and information at the fingertips of anyone fascinated by textile studies. The first half of Printed Textiles provides an in-depth exploration of the British and American textile printing industries, the use of these fabrics in furnishings, the designers and their designs, and notably, the chemistry of calico printing. The second half of the book provides a catalogue offering a rich visual banquet of motifs and colors. These motifs are stunningly intricate and widely varied, and display a continuum from multiple colors to monochrome. Flora and fauna in books and paintings were a rich source for textile designers, who employed artistic license to create elaborate patterns that could work well in a printed repeat. Similarly, scenes from historical, mythological, theatrical, and literary sources were popular. Even caricatures found their way onto fabrics. Linda Eaton's achievement here is to take an already seminal work and bring it a step further, expanding on the scholarship and providing new visuals to create a richly nuanced history of an industry at the leading edge of the industrial revolution. It belongs in the hands of designers, collectors, and textile aficionados alike. -- AATCC (Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals) Review

Over 600 beautiful color photographs enhance the publication and put a wealth of detail and information at the fingertips of anyone fascinated by textile studies. The first half of Printed Textiles provides an in-depth exploration of the British and American textile printing industries, the use of these fabrics in furnishings, the designers and their designs, and notably, the chemistry of calico printing. The second half of the book provides a catalogue offering a rich visual banquet of motifs and colors. These motifs are stunningly intricate and widely varied, and display a continuum from multiple colors to monochrome. Flora and fauna in books and paintings were a rich source for textile designers, who employed artistic license to create elaborate patterns that could work well in a printed repeat. Similarly, scenes from historical, mythological, theatrical, and literary sources were popular. Even caricatures found their way onto fabrics. Linda Eaton's achievement here is to take an already seminal work and bring it a step further, expanding on the scholarship and providing new visuals to create a richly nuanced history of an industry at the leading edge of the industrial revolution. It belongs in the hands of designers, collectors, and textile aficionados alike. -- AATCC (Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals) Review

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Linda Eaton is Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at Winterthur. She teaches the Textiles Connoisseurship Block and advises many theses that are related to textiles and clothing. She was trained in conservation at the Textile Conservation Centre with the Courtauld Institute of Art and worked for the National Museums of Scotland. She came to Winterthur as a textile conservator anad has curated a number of exhibitions including Deceit, Deception & Discovery, This Work in Hand- Philadelphia Needlework from the 18th Century, and Quilts in a Material World, for which she published a book in 2007. Mary Schoeser is a textile historian and curator. Her books include Textiles- The Art of Mankind and World Textiles- A Concise History.

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