TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schoeser,Mary
TI  - World textiles: a concise history 
T2  - World of art
SN  - 0500203695
AV  - NK8806 .S36 2003
U1  - 677.009 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London
PB  - Thames & Hudson
KW  - Textile fabrics
KW  - History
KW  - Textile industry
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and indexes; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -