Beginning with silk's early development in imperial China, textile expert Mary Schoeser describes the fiber's enduring influence as a status symbol and traces its central function in historic fashions
Picture the interior of the quintessential English home—whether the chintz parlor of a Victorian row house, a postwar urban flat, or the majestic blue drawing room of Buckingham Palace—and you inevita
A history of textiles and their significance and use in cultures from prehistoric times to the present discusses materials, techniques, and design and considers the influences of the trade in textiles
UK-based Schoeser is a recognized textile authority and Honorary President of the UK Textile Society. She has advised numerous organizations on historic textiles and wallpapers, including English Heri
Sanderson showcases the wallpapers and textiles of this most British of manufacturers, known for patterns ranging from classic William Morris prints to avant-garde designs of the 1950s and 60s.
Following the success of the previous titles in the V&A Pattern series, four new books reveal more of the V&A’s spectacular and extensive pattern collections. British Designers traces th
"A fully revised reissue, updated and enhanced with new color photography, of an influential work on American textiles and their British antecedents, regarded as a classic text on both sides of the At
Exploring the origins and lasting significance of a dynamic, subversive, and interactive art formThis is the first publication to consider art to wear, also known as wearable art, as a discrete Americ
