Catalogue of Cotton Spinning & Weaving Machinery, with Calculations, etc
Platt Brothers & Co. 13th edn 1929
8vo, v v min wr to edges of sp, corners trimmed from fep o/w VG++. A brief history of the progress made in cotton spinning since the invention of the spinning machine in 1738. 430 gms
(Order reference 5881).

Fibre Visions
Fibre Art Wales
small 4to sftbk, unpaginated. Cvrs sl sunned. Illustrated biographies of the members of this textile artists' group VG+ 115 gms
(Order reference 13075).

The Complete Stitch Directory - knitting, crochet, embroidery & needlepoint
Chancellor Press 1st 1988
large 4to, glazed pictorial boards in similar d/w F/F 990 gms
(Order reference 6102).

Batik Design - traditional textile of the Malay world
Pepin Press 1st 1993
large 4to, v v min wr to bottom edge of bds, VG++/VG++ 1365 gms
(Order reference 12009).

Alexander, Eugenie: Fabric Pictures
Mills & Boon rep 1968
4to, v v min bmps to bds, lower portion of f ep mssg, min wr to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 485 gms
(Order reference 6302).

Arthur, Liz (ed) F'word by Clare Higney: Keeping Glasgow in Stitches
Mainstram Publishing 1st 1991
4to pb 208pp, v v sl crsing to cvrs, gift inscr to title p o/w VG++ 735 gms
(Order reference 11595).

Ashenhurst, Thomas R: Design in Textile Fabrics with 10 coloured plates and 106 diagrams
Cassell & Co. 2nd edn 1885
16mo, gold titling to sp, black titling to fr bd, v min wr to edges + cnrs o/w VG 315 gms
(Order reference 8225).

Aspin, Chris: Shire Album 63 - The Cotton Industry
Shire Publications rep 1987
8vo stapled softback 32pp F 75 gms
(Order reference 11880).

Lying at the heart of a vast network of trading routes, Indonesia has absorbed a wealth of foreign influences that have spawned an eclectic culture uniquely mirrored in its textile art. Beautiful cloud shapes characteristic of Chinese painting reappear in Javanese batik, while Ming porcelain and Chinese embroideries provided inspiration for many wonderful patterns. Indian symbols - the tree of life, the naga snake, the sacred mountain, the lotus - have all been rendered as textile motifs. Geometric forms, human and animal figures and even Dutch Art Deco designs are also found amidst this rich array.

John Gillow begins his account - based on firsthand research often conducted in isolated areas - with a complete history of textile production in the Indonesian archipelago. He describes the various materials, dyes and looms, and details their use in the creation of batik and the many other richly patterned cloths, from Javanese silks and the hinggi mantles of the Sumban kings to Balinese lamak banners and the gold-thread brocades of Sumatra. Specifics of their embellishment are followed by a guide to the islands and their products. More than 150 dazzling photographs specially taken by Barry Dawson illustrate these marvels of time-honoured workmanship, whilst a reference section including a bibliography and guide to collections provides indispensable factual background.

This refreshingly new insight into a glorious tradition of ethnic craft will captivate students, travellers, collectors and designers, and all who appreciate textile art at its finest.
With 237 illustrations, 188 in colour, and a map
On the jacket: Finely detailed tiga negri (three-country) tulis-batik sarong started in Pekalongan, Java. The blue was added in another north-coast town before the cloth was soga-dyed in Surakarta.

Lying at the heart of a vast network of trading routes, Indonesia has absorbed a wealth of foreign influences that have spawned an eclectic culture uniquely mirrored in its textile art. Beautiful cloud shapes characteristic of Chinese painting reappear in Javanese batik, while Ming porcelain and Chinese embroideries provided inspiration for many wonderful patterns. Indian symbols - the tree of life, the naga snake, the sacred mountain, the lotus - have all been rendered as textile motifs. Geometric forms, human and animal figures and even Dutch Art Deco designs are also found amidst this rich array.

John Gillow begins his account - based on firsthand research often conducted in isolated areas - with a complete history of textile production in the Indonesian archipelago. He describes the various materials, dyes and looms, and details their use in the creation of batik and the many other richly patterned cloths, from Javanese silks and the hinggi mantles of the Sumban kings to Balinese lamak banners and the gold-thread brocades of Sumatra. Specifics of their embellishment are followed by a guide to the islands and their products. More than 150 dazzling photographs specially taken by Barry Dawson illustrate these marvels of time-honoured workmanship, whilst a reference section including a bibliography and guide to collections provides indispensable factual background.

This refreshingly new insight into a glorious tradition of ethnic craft will captivate students, travellers, collectors and designers, and all who appreciate textile art at its finest.
With 237 illustrations, 188 in colour, and a map
On the jacket: Finely detailed tiga negri (three-country) tulis-batik sarong started in Pekalongan, Java. The blue was added in another north-coast town before the cloth was soga-dyed in Surakarta.

Colourful and complex, textiles form an important medium of artistic expression in twentieth-century Africa, yet most literature on the subject has until now dwelt upon the idea of the 'traditional' in African textiles, implying an essentially 'authentic, unchanging, pan-African process, as though the history of African textiles were a single narrative account.

The reality of twentieth-century African textiles is as complex and inter-woven as the textiles themselves. This book reveals the new materials, images, technologies and demands that have enriched textiles in Africa over the last 150 years.

Colourful and complex, textiles form an important medium of artistic expression in twentieth-century Africa, yet most literature on the subject has until now dwelt upon the idea of the 'traditional' in African textiles, implying an essentially 'authentic, unchanging, pan-African process, as though the history of African textiles were a single narrative account.

The reality of twentieth-century African textiles is as complex and inter-woven as the textiles themselves. This book reveals the new materials, images, technologies and demands that have enriched textiles in Africa over the last 150 years.