5000 Years of Textiles

Harris Jennifer

5000 Years of Textiles - British Museum Press 1995

I – A Survey of Textile Techniques
• Weaving
• Tapestry
• Rug Weaving
• Embroidery
• Lace
• Dyeing & Printing
• Knitting
• Netting, Knotting & Crochet
• Felt & Bark Cloth
II – A Survey of World Textiles
THE ANCIENT WORLD
• Introduction
• The Mediterranean
• Central & Northern Europe
THE NEAR & MIDDELE WORLD
• Sassanian Textiles
• Early Islamic Textiles
• Byzantine Silk
• Safavid Iran
• The Ottoman Empire
• Central Asian Textiles
• Palestinian Embroidery
INDIA & PAKISTAN
• Historical Development & Trade
• Tribal Textiles
CARPET
• Carpets of the Middle & Far East
THE FAR EAST
• China
• Japan
• South East Asia
WESTERN EUROPE
• Sicilian Silks
• Italian Silks
• Spanish Silks
• French Silks
• Figured Linen Damasks
• Tapestry
• Embroidery
• Lace
• Printed Textiles
CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE
• Eastern Europe
• Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania
THE AMERICAS
• Colonial North America
• Native North America
AFRICA
• North Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa & the Offshore Islands




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