Textile Design books

Late 18th & 19th Century TextilesLate Eighteenth & Early Nineteenth Century Textiles presents a selection of pieces chosen for their beauty, their elegance and their relevance to the history of textile design. The focus is on furnishing textiles that illustrate the tremendous shift in taste ..

Lion-Dogs Hundred Antiques: Classical Chinese Carpets ILion-Dogs Hundred Antiques: Classical Chinese Carpets I..

MissoniHighlights the creative genius of Ottavio Missoni, founder of the iconic fashion brandA beautifully illustrated history of both the founder and the brandExplores the synergy between fashion and artCreated in association with Luca Missoni, artistic director of the Missoni ArchivesPublished to ..

Nesa Gschwend―Memories of TextilesSwiss artist Nesa Gschwend merges traditional crafts, such as embroidery, knotting, and sewing, with avant-garde and performative artistic techniques. Widely recognized as one of Switzerland’s most distinguished contemporary artists, she also combines craft with phi..

Nicolas Party: Mauve TwilightIn the spring of 2022, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present the first exhibition in Canada devoted to the Swiss artist Nicolas Party, whose unique visual language both challenges and celebrates the conventions of pictorial representation. Entitled Mauve Twilight..

Nomadic Visions: Tribal Weavings from Persia and the CaucasusAntique knotted-pile transport bags and other collectible small-format weavings, both utilitarian and decorative, made by the nomadic tribes of the Caucasus region and IranThe best of the best in a widely collected area of textile artsThe ..

Orient Stars II: A Carpet CollectionA new volume presenting unseen Turkish and Central Asian carpets (before 1600) with radio-carbon dating and new research by Michael FransesA limited-edition companion to Orient Stars: A Carpet CollectionPublished to accompany the auction of part of the collection ..

Orient Stars. A carpet collectionOrient Stars. A carpet collection..

Persian FlatweavesThis is the first comprehensive survey of the vast and fascinating subject of Persian flatweaves, and in particular floor covers. Previous publications on the subject have largely been dealers’ restricted catalogues focusing on a narrow geographical area or the weavings of a partic..

Qarajeh To Quba: Rugs And Flatweaves From East Azarbayjan And The TranscaucasusContains many previously unseen and unpublished pieces from a highly regarded collectionBook design by a top UK graphic designer, Misha Anikst, with photographs by the USA’s leading specialist carpet/textile photographer,..

Rarities: From The Himalayas to HawaiiThe artworks represent top examples acquired and retained over the course of a long careerEach ranks high in terms of aesthetics and desirabilityTop quality photography and cutting-edge book designThis book presents a personal collection of ancestor sculpture an..

Rugs & Art: Tribal Bird Rugs & Others: A Buenos Aires CollectionHigh quality collection, including several ‘best of type’ piecesInteresting individual take on the psychology of collectingThis fine tribal rug collection, built over many years by a Buenos Aires artist/architect, has at its hea..