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"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…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2013Metropolitan Museum of Art · 350 pages · 9781588394965
Textile designTextile fabricsHistoryExhibitionsExoticism in artInternational tradeTextilkunstTextilhandel
