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Embroidered textiles : a world guide to traditional patterns / by Paine, Sheila.(CARDINAL)726999; Paine, Imogen.(CARDINAL)493841;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From the Publisher: The only worldwide survey of embroidered textiles: a remarkable visual panorama. Embroidery has been practiced for thousands of years, and the variety is astonishing: gold-embroidered Chinese court insignia, landscape-worked Japanese kimonos, Sumatran sarongs, Indian saris, Afghan chain-stitched purses, Turkish napkin borders, Ghanaian patchwork banners, Egyptian head shawls, Moroccan cushion covers, Hungarian sheepskin jerkins, Slovakian bed curtains, German folk dress, Dutch bonnets, Breton coifs, Sicilian ecclesiastical cloths, Spanish sleeves, North American Indian quillwork pouches, Mexican blouses, Panamanian molas, Peruvian Nasca textiles, and more. The book is organized into four main sections, covering every aspect of embroidered textiles: Guide to Identification: the key fabrics, materials, stitches, motifs, and styles; The Decorative Power of Cult: recurrent mythological symbols, including Great Goddess figures, Trees of Life, and symbols of the Hunt; Religion and Its Patterns: the main symbols of all the major religious and spiritual systems; The Magic of Embroidery: protective and strengthening devices rooted in ancient beliefs and superstitions. There are 500 illustrations (over 360 in color), including specially taken color photographs, maps, line drawings, and a dictionary of stitches. Complete with a glossary, a guide to textile collections around the world, and advice on collecting and conserving textiles, this comprehensive survey, now in an enhanced format and completely revised, will be invaluable to anyone interested in fashion, textiles, crafts, and design.Introduction: Techniques and traditions -- 1: Guide To Identification -- Far East -- Indian subcontinent -- Central Asia -- Middle East -- West, Central, and East Africa -- North Africa -- Southeast Europe -- Eastern Europe -- Baltic states -- Scandinavia -- Central Europe -- Western Europe -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- 2: Decorative Power Of Cult -- Great goddess -- Tree of life -- Hunt -- Sun -- 3: Religion And Its Patterns -- Taoism -- Buddhism -- Hinduism -- Islam -- Zoroastrianism -- Christianity -- 4: Magical Source Of Protection -- Magic of embroidery -- Protective embroidery -- Supplementary embroidery -- Patterns -- Materials -- Power of red -- High days and holy places -- Transitional embroidery -- Glossary -- Dictionary of stitches -- Further reading -- Collections and collecting -- Sources of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Subjects: Textile crafts.; Embroidery.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The fabric of civilization : how textiles made the world / by Postrel, Virginia,1960-author.(CARDINAL)375341;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Fabric of Civilization -- Fiber -- Thread -- Cloth -- Dye -- Traders -- Consumers -- Innovators -- Why Textiles?"The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel traces this surprising history, exposing the hidden ways textiles have made our world. The origins of chemistry lie in the coloring and finishing of cloth. The beginning of binary code-and perhaps all of mathematics-is found in weaving. Selective breeding to produce fibers heralded the birth of agriculture. The belt drive came from silk production. So did microbiology. The textile business funded the Italian Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; it left us double-entry bookkeeping and letters of credit, the David and the Taj Mahal. From the Minoans who exported woolen cloth colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to the Romans who wore wildly expensive Chinese silk, the trade and production of textiles paved the economic and cultural crossroads of the ancient world. As much as spices or gold, the quest for fabrics and dyes drew sailors across strange seas, creating an ever-more connected global economy. Synthesizing groundbreaking research from economics, archaeology, and anthropology, Postrel weaves a rich tapestry of human cultural development"--
Subjects: Textile industry; Textile fabrics;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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The linen queen / by Falvey, Patricia.(CARDINAL)494464;
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Women textile workers; World War, 1939-1945; Young women;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The linen queen : a novel / by Falvey, Patricia.(CARDINAL)494464;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Women textile workers; World War, 1939-1945; Young women;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Cotton mill handbook. by Textile World.;
Subjects: Cotton manufacture.; Yarn.; Textile manufacturers.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Staple cotton fabrics; names, descriptions, finishes, and uses of unbleached, converted, and mill finished fabrics / by Hoye, John,1896-;
Subjects: Cotton fabrics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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War bird : the life and times of Elliott White Springs / by Davis, Burke,1913-2006.(CARDINAL)150001;
Bibliography: pages 244-258.1490L
Subjects: Biographies.; Springs, Elliott White.; Springs Industries; Cotton textile industry; Industrialists; World War, 1914-1918; Novelists, American;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Practical helps for textile mill men / by Textile World.; Woolf, Douglas Gordon,1891-editor.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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France : an illustrated guide to textile collections in French museums / by Lubell, Cecil.(CARDINAL)131003;
Subjects: Textile fabrics; Museums;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The extraordinary in the ordinary : textiles and objects from the collections of Lloyd Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation : works in cloth, ceramic, wood, metal, straw, and paper from cultures throughout the world / by Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt.(CARDINAL)143536; Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.)(CARDINAL)155588;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-272) and index.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Cotsen, Lloyd E.; Neutrogena Corporation; Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.); Decorative arts; Decorative arts; Decorative arts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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