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    World textiles : a concise history / Mary Schoeser.

    By: Schoeser, MaryMaterial type: TextTextSeries: World of art: Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2003Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0500203695; 9780500203699Subject(s): Textile fabrics -- History | Textile industry -- History | Textile fabrics | Textile industryGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 677.009 LOC classification: NK8806 | .S36 2003Other classification: J533-09
    Contents:
    Prehistoric materials and techniques -- The dye and loom age, c. 3000-400 BC -- Trade and trends 750 BC to AD 600 -- Church and state, AD 600-1500 -- Western ideas and styles dispersed 1300-1900 -- Oriental influences 1450-1900 -- Surface patterning from Indigo to Ikat 600-1900 -- New technology 1600-2000 -- The art of textiles 1850-today.
    Summary: Written as a chronological survey spanning prehistory to the early 21st century, this book is organized around five themes - materials, methods, trade, technology and social structures - which allow textiles from all ages to be investigated from many perspectives.
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    Includes index.

    Prehistoric materials and techniques -- The dye and loom age, c. 3000-400 BC -- Trade and trends 750 BC to AD 600 -- Church and state, AD 600-1500 -- Western ideas and styles dispersed 1300-1900 -- Oriental influences 1450-1900 -- Surface patterning from Indigo to Ikat 600-1900 -- New technology 1600-2000 -- The art of textiles 1850-today.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and indexes.

    Written as a chronological survey spanning prehistory to the early 21st century, this book is organized around five themes - materials, methods, trade, technology and social structures - which allow textiles from all ages to be investigated from many perspectives.

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