Textile artworks
Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean
Twenty-one papers on the role of textiles in ancient religion in Greece, Italy, The Levant and the Near East. Examines the topics of textile production in sanctuaries, the use of textiles as votive offerings and ritual dress using epigraphy, literary sources, iconography and the archaeological material itself.
Pattern
By Orla Kiely
A new 'midi'-format edition of internationally renowned designer Orla Kiely's bestselling guide to pattern.
Tribal Rugs
By Brian Macdonald
New edition of the seminal work on this subject contains new high quality photographs. Written by a renowned expert who boasts unparalleled insight into the weaving process and the meanings behind the complex motifs within the rugs.
Radical Decadence
By Julia Skelly
This pioneering book explores the notion of 'radical decadence' as concept, aesthetic and lived experience, and as an analytical framework for the study of contemporary feminist textile art. Gendered discourses of decadence that perpetuate anxieties about women's power, consumption and pleasure are deconstructed through images of drug use, female sexuality...
Small-Great Objects: Anni and Josef Albers in the Americas
By Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye
Small-Great Objects presents a remarkable look into the art-collecting practices of two of modern art's most widely influential figures, Anni 1899-1994 and Josef 1888-1976 Albers. Their impressive collection of over 1,400 objects from Latin America, namely Mexico and Peru, represents a conscious endeavor that goes well beyond that of a...
Tribal Textiles from Southwest China: Threads from Misty Lands: The Philippe Fatin Collection
By Catherine Bourzat
Philippe Fatin is a traveller, photographer and collector who has established a world-class collection of tribal textiles from southern China.
English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum
"Published to accompany the exhibition Opus anglicanum: masterpieces of English medieval embroidery, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1 October 2016-5 February 2017"--Colophon.
Designing Textiles in the Mid-Twentieth Century
By Rosemary Sassoon
A book specialising in the textile designs of the 1950s and 1960s