Textile artworks books

Portable and practical, tough and colourful, Bedouin textiles played a vital and functional part in the life of...  Read More >>

Demonstrates the development in the role and practice of the textile conservator and captures the diversity of textile...  Read More >>

Includes a catalog of extant medieval garments, with pattern cut, embellishments, and sewing techniques.  Read More >>

Quilts evoke the past - they stimulate our earliest memories of security and comfort and resonate with historical...  Read More >>

Uses household accounts, women's magazines, letters, novels and the works of art themselves to trace through history...  Read More >>

For more than twenty-five hundred years the patterns of Chinese silk textiles captured the imaginations of their...  Read More >>

Presents 500 contemporary art quilts, made in fabric and other media, and showcases some of the diverse designs,...  Read More >>

Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied...  Read More >>

Textile is an international and peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in textile studies in an innovative...  Read More >>

Ton of Holland employs two techniques in his work: first he paints on prepared linen, and then he creates the embroidery,...  Read More >>

Gustav Stickley is revered not only as a furniture maker but also as a leading proponent for the American Arts and...  Read More >>

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"Gathers the ""Reader's Choice"" rugs."  Read More >>

The object-based research revealed a range of 'lost' needlework stitches, and this book aims to re-establish an...  Read More >>

Created from worn-out garments imaginatively embroidered by women with motifs and tales drawn from a rich regional...  Read More >>

Textiles were a hugely important Roman industry yet, because of their perishable nature, only fragments remain....  Read More >>

Explores the cultural meaning and exquisite workmanship found in the Museum of International Folk Art's vast collection...  Read More >>

"The topic of fashion and dress has exploded on the international academic stage. Australia has not been immune...  Read More >>

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A work on American quilts as art. It provides an insightful look at quilting aesthetics, and places the craft in...  Read More >>

With essays on a range of fiber art practices, including embroidery, knitting, crocheting, machine stitching, rug...  Read More >>

Native Americans craft beautiful clothing out of skins, pigment, quills, and sinew. The collection of photographs...  Read More >>

Blending rock and roll, bohemian culture, and pure girlishness in her designs, Anna Sui has created a devout following...  Read More >>

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Textile is an international and peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in textile studies in an innovative...  Read More >>