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Item Number: 124532
Title: Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800
Author: Peck, Amelia (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780300196986
Description: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Yale University Press), 2013. 29cm., hardcover, 350pp. prof. illus., most in color. Exhibition catalogue. Summary: 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, creating beautiful new works that are also historically fascinating. The Interwoven Globe is the first book to analyze these textiles within the larger history of 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. The resulting fashion for the “exotic” in textiles gave rise to the first global style.
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