Textile artworks books

Explores the evolution and history of quilting from the first settlers of the New World onwards. This title features...  Read More >>

A fascinating look at the eccentric personalities, including the author, drawn into the world of serious quiltmaking....  Read More >>

Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed...  Read More >>

First published in 1984, this remains the definitive study of textiles as they were used in early American homes....  Read More >>

The 3rd conference volume from the AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies, Textile Conservation...  Read More >>

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Focuses on 'String', literally and metaphorically, for the emotions it evokes and the ideas it sets in motion. This...  Read More >>

Buying an Oriental rug need not be confusing. This book answers the most frequent questions and offers a great introduction...  Read More >>

Awarded an Honorable Mention at the CELJ Awards in 2007, this double issue discusses how, for many Muslim women,...  Read More >>

Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth, but has also communicated individual and social...  Read More >>

Offering a tour through the history of silk, this book presents an account of the development of silk, its properties...  Read More >>

Images of a collection of Amish quilts.  Read More >>

The knowledge, attitudes, and values carried across the Atlantic by enslaved Africans appear to have informed a...  Read More >>

Takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. This...  Read More >>

Brings together research in textiles in an academic forum. Representing a set of critical practices, this book provides...  Read More >>

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Today there are no limits to what are appropriate materials to use in art making. In this richly-illustrated book...  Read More >>

Historical work on Colonial America from the American historian marked for her focus on small sociological details,...  Read More >>

A detailed study of the hand weaving and dyeing techniques of the indigenous Andean peoples of Ecuador.  Read More >>

This fully illustrated book on fashion designer and fiber artist Mariska Karasz (1898-1960) accompanies the exhibition...  Read More >>

Presents an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from foot binding...  Read More >>

The village of Metsovo, in the Greek Pindos mountain range, is famous for uniqueness of its hand-woven textiles....  Read More >>

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Mary Lee Bendolph's extraordinary patchworks garnered national attention when they were featured among the works...  Read More >>