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

Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation created a vigorous textile trade, and a breathtaking 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 technique...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Peck, Amelia, Bogansky, Amy Elizabeth
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2013].
Subjects:	Textile fabrics > History > 16th century > Exhibitions. Textile fabrics > History > 17th century > Exhibitions. Textile fabrics > History > 18th century > Exhibitions. Textile design > History > 16th century > Exhibitions. Textile design > History > 17th century > Exhibitions. Textile design > History > 18th century > Exhibitions. Exoticism in art > Exhibitions. International trade > Exhibitions.

Table of 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
"India chints" and "China taffaty" : East Indian Company textiles for the North American market / Amelia Peck
Global colors : dyes and the dye trade / Elena Phipps.