San Antonio College Library

"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...

Some relationships -- Spinning and raw materials -- Fabric construction -- Finish and color for textiles -- Patterned textiles of the Near East -- The medieval textile industry in southern Europe -- Textiles of the Far East -- Textiles in northern Europe -- Textiles and independence in colonial America -- Industrialization and textiles in nineteenth century America -- Fabrics of the American Southwest -- Fabrics of South and Middle America -- Glossary....

Written as a chronological survey spanning prehistory to the early 21st century, this book is organized around five themes - materials, methods, trade, technology and social structures - which allow textiles from all ages to be investigated from many perspectives.

"An account of the historical context of Navajo weavings in the Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science--one of the largest collections in the world. Anthropologists and indigenous artists explore the Navajo rug trade in mid-nineteenth century and changes in Navajo textile market"--Provided by publisher.