Books of Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume

Paisley: A Visual Survey of Pattern and Color Variations

By Tina Skinner

Paisley textile designs are organized into a sweeping visual survey, from orderly foulard patterns to elaborate borders, from experimental media to ornate florals; this book delves into printed and woven...

Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta Van Varick

By Peter N. Miller, Deborah L. Krohn, Marybeth De Filippis

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the lasting legacy of Dutch culture in New York, this book explores the life and times of a fascinating woman, her...

Quilts of Virginia, 1607-1899: The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle

This new book anticipates Virginia's 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera in over 430 color and vintage photographs. From quilted armor of the...

Carried Away: All About Bags

By Farid Chenoune

"Chenoune, the editor of Carried Away, and Olivier Saillard, the curator of the accompanying exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Europe's leading fashion and design museum, have organized the...

Fabulous Barkcloth: Home Decorating Textiles from the 30s, 40s & 50s

By Loretta Smith Fehling

This volume pictorially documents many of the outstanding textiles used in homes from the 1930s to the 1950s. Barkcloth, a type of dense, textured cotton weave, was often used in...

Dating Fabrics 2: A Color Guide 1950-2000

By Eileen Jahnke Trestain

From poodle skirts of the 1950s to baby doll dresses of the 1990s, the fabrics of our everyday lives are featured in this handy reference guide to the materials of...

Vintage Textured Barkcloth

By Margaret Meier

Barkcloth was the textile of choice for window treatments, upholstery, and other household textiles of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. This book explores barkcloth's enduring appeal in almost 300 full-color...

Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty: Tapestries at the Tudor Court

By Thomas P. Campbell

Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign, and the author weaves...

Chinese Dress

By Verity Wilson

A comprehensive study of Chinese dress from the 17th century to the present day. Drawing on the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection, Chinese fashion is placed in a broad cultural...

America's Pictorial Quilts

By Caron L. Mosey

Pictorial quilts reflect an artistic nature--a need to express an inner emotion or feeling, to share that feeling through fiber in perpetuity. As you proress through America's Pictorial Quilts, you...

Five Centuries of Tapestry from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

By Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Anna G. Bennett

The collection of tapestries at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is one of the most important and varied in the country. In Five Centuries of Tapestry, Anna Gray...

The Love of Lace

By Cynthia Hart, Catherine Calvert

Nobles bankrupted themselves in pursuit of it. Young convent girls spent 60 hours just to make a square inch of it. The Victorians revived it, and today it still hasn't...

ふろしき: The Art of Japanese Wrapping Fabric

By 高岡一弥, 濱崎加奈子

The collection of traditional patterns and wrapping and folding styles passing through the ages. Furoshiki is a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth, which is frequently used to carry cloths, gifts, and...

Weaving a World: Textiles and the Navajo Way of Seeing

By Paul G. Zolbrod, Roseann Sandoval Willink

Navajo weavings, long regarded for their remarkable aesthetics, have never before been investigated from the standpoint of the weaver's process and intent. This book explores the patterns and irregularities often...

Agile Hands and Creative Minds: A Bibliography of Textile Traditions in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

By Donald Clay Johnson

This comprehensive work focuses on literature relating to the textile traditions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Indexes by author, museum, geographic location, and subject allow...