Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1914. 1 color plate 100 black and white. French text. "A scholarly broad history of decorative silk textiles in Europe & the middle east, based on the collection of the Musée Historique des Tissus, Lyon, late antiquity - 19th century, organized chronologically, including sections on sericulture in..... More
New York: French & European Pub. (1930?). 56 tipped-in color plates. Museum collection of 22 Coptic/Byzantine silks, 15 Persian, 9 Asia Minor, 5 Hispano-Moresque, 2 Islamic silks, 78 European silks. Previously published as: Le décor des soieries d'art anciennes et modernes (Paris: Nilsson, 1929?). [GWO 2431, SORB TG-119]. More
London: University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1978. 129 black and white. A colloquy held 27-29 June 1977, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies. Scholarly articles including those on Chinese chariots, animal..... More
Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, 1980. 24 tipped-in color plates 12 black and white. Sumptuous publication of old Chinese paintings showing the various stages of silkmaking. "The ancient and traditional Chinese art of raising silkworms and producing silk is illustrated in this book with exquisite full-colour miniatures, executed in the eighteenth..... More
New York: Helburn, 1922 (1936). 10 color plates 541 black and white. Third edition. More
Berlin: Wasmuth, 1913. 613 ill. in text and on plates, which include 10 chromolithographs. Standard reference work on historical silk textiles. German text. Examples are mainly from European museums. Two volumes. Volume 1: xlii, 128 pp., [43] plates; Volume 2: 147 pp., [88] plates. More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1973. 7 color plates, 9 black and white. University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh exhibition catalog of silk and metal thread Chinese rugs. [GWO 1716, SORB CET-92]. More
London: W. Griggs and Sons, 1909. 14 collotype plates (5 in color). The silk industries of India and the personal history of Sir Thomas Wardle / by Colonel T.H. Hendley - Memoir of the late Sir Thomas Wardle and the formation of the Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland..... More
New York: John W. Campbell, 1925. 24 black and white. GWO 582. Privately printed catalog of a collection of mostly Persian with some Turkish silk carpets from the late 19th century. 106 rugs are described. [OB 582, CSROT 189, SORB G-738]. More
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1925. 24 black and white. 34 examples shown of mostly Byzantine textiles. More
Seoul: IL JI SA Publishing, 1988. 21 color plates 211 black and white. Includes 43 black and white figures showing 122 motifs. "The major objective of this study has been to investigate the changes in design of Korean woven silk textiles for dress woven between 1875 and 1975, a period..... More
Seoul: IL JI SA Publishing, 1988. 21 color plates 211 black and white. Includes 43 black and white figures showing 122 motifs. "The major objective of this study has been to investigate the changes in design of Korean woven silk textiles for dress woven between 1875 and 1975, a period..... More
Geneva: Sotheby's, 1983. 45 color plates. Auction catalog of Persian silk rugs. More
Tokyo: NHK Culture Center, 1988. 61 color plates. GWO 1061. Silk rug and textile exhibition catalog of largely Central Asian public, private and dealer collections. [CSROT t2877]. More
Doha: Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, 2004. 50 color plates. Collection of 13th-18th century silk textiles, velvets, and a 14th-15th century silk carpet in the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar in Doha. "Highlights of the collection and this publication include a group of panels brocaded with gold..... More
![Soies de paradis - Tapis et textiles d'Orient du Musée des Tissus de Lyon [Silks of Paradise]....](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS008194I.JPG?v=1434447210)
Paris: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2009. 52 color plates. The collection of oriental carpets and textiles from the Textile Museum, Lyon was formed mainly in the late nineteenth century.Some pieces are extremely rare, they were made largely in Safavid, Ottoman and Mughal royal workshops. Silks of Paradise presents a selection of these..... More
Basle: Ciba Limited, 1938. Black and White Illustrations. More
Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2016. 227 illustrations, most in color. This volume assembles the papers presented during a colloquium held at the Abegg-Stiftung in 2011. It is dedicated to elaborately patterned, often gold-enriched silks from the Middle East, Central Asia or China that can be found in European church treasuries and museum..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. 113 color plates 76 black and white. Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalog of 8th to 15th century silk textiles. "When Silk Was Gold is the catalogue for the first exhibition devoted exclusively to luxury silks and embroideries produced in Central Asia and..... More
