Interwoven Globe - The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800 (Hardcover)

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 these textiles within the larger history of trade and design. Richly illustrated texts explore the interrelationship of textiles, commerce, and taste from the age of discovery to the 19th century, including a detailed discussion of 120 illuminating works. From the elaborate dyed and painted cotton goods of India to the sumptuous silks of Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran, the paths of influence are traced westward to Europe and the Americas. Essential to this exchange was the trade in highly valued natural dyes and dye products, underscoring the influence of global exploration on the aesthetics and production techniques of textiles, and the resulting fashion for the "exotic."

General

Imprint:	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	September 2013
Authors:	Amelia Peck
Contributors:	Amy Bogansky • Joyce Denney • John Guy • Maria Joao Ferreira • Elena Phipps • Marika Sardar • Cynthia V.A. Schaffner • Kristen Stewart • Melinda Watt
Dimensions:	279 x 241 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-19698-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	0-300-19698-9
Barcode:	9780300196986

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