Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800

by Amelia Peck

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 techniques learned through global exchange, creating beautiful new works that are also historically fascinating. "Interwoven Globe "is the first book to analyze...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588394964
• ISBN13: 9781588394965
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 5.25 lbs.