Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 16, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014.
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 Compnay textiles for the North American market / Amelia Peck -- Global colors : dyes and the dye trade / Elena Phipps
Subject Terms:
Textile fabrics -- History -- 16th century -- Exhibitions. | Textile fabrics -- History -- 17th century -- Exhibitions. | Textile fabrics -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions. | Textile design -- History -- 16th century -- Exhibitions. | Textile design -- History -- 17th century -- Exhibitions. | Textile design -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions. | Exoticism in art -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:
Peck, Amelia. | Bogansky, Amy Elizabeth. | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)