A key reference for all textile designers, this is a survey of the colourful patterned fabrics used for clothing and interior decoration over the past 200 years. There are five sections: floral; geome
The traditional textiles of Central Asia are unknown treasures. Straddling the legendary Silk Road, this vast region stretches from Russia in the west to China in the east. Whether nomadic or sedentar
Susan Meller focuses on her favorite textiles, the printed-cotten fabrics created and manufactured in Russia from about 1860 to 1960, speciafically for export to Central Asia. Virtually all the texti
