Interwoven globe : the worldwide textile trade, 1500-1800 /

Contributor(s):

Peck, Amelia [editor.]

Publication details: Lonson : Thames & Hudson, 2013.Description: x, 350 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:

9780500517161

Other title:

Worldwide textile trade, 1500-1800

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Exhibition catalogues.

LOC classification:

GT 590 INT

Contents:

Trade textiles at the Metropolitan Museum: a history / Amelia Peck. "One thing leads to another": Indian textiles and the early globalization of style / John Guy. The Iberian globe: textile traditions and trade in Latin America / Elena Phipps. Chinese textiles for Portuguese tastes / Maria João Pacheco Ferreira. Japan and the textile trade in context / Joyce Denney. Silk along the seas: Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran in the global textile trade / Marika Sardar. "Whims and fancies": Europeans respond to textiles from the East / Melinda Watt. "Indian chints" and "China taffaty": East India Company textiles for the North American market / Amelia Peck. Global colors: dyes and the dye trade / Elena Phipps.

Summary: Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation created a vigorous textile trade, and a large variety of textile designs subsequently spread across the globe. Trade textiles blended the traditional designs, skills, and tastes of their cultures of origin, with new techniques learned through global exchange, creating beautiful new works that are also historically fascinating. This book analyses these textiles within the larger history of trade and design. From the elaborate dyed and painted cotton goods of India to the sumptuous silks of Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran, the paths of influence are traced westward to Europe and the Americas. Essential to this exchange was the trade in highly valued natural dyes and dye products, underscoring the influence of global exploration on the aesthetics and production techniques of textiles, and the resulting fashion for the 'exotic’.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 5 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	GT 590 INT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0012484

Published by arrangement with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 16, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-344) and index.

Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation created a vigorous textile trade, and a large variety of textile designs subsequently spread across the globe. Trade textiles blended the traditional designs, skills, and tastes of their cultures of origin, with new techniques learned through global exchange, creating beautiful new works that are also historically fascinating. This book analyses these textiles within the larger history of trade and design. From the elaborate dyed and painted cotton goods of India to the sumptuous silks of Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran, the paths of influence are traced westward to Europe and the Americas. Essential to this exchange was the trade in highly valued natural dyes and dye products, underscoring the influence of global exploration on the aesthetics and production techniques of textiles, and the resulting fashion for the 'exotic’.