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

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Other Authors: Peck, Amelia (Editor), Bogansky, Amy Elizabeth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2013]
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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.