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When Silk was Gold
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: James C. Y. Watt
Categories: China
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The material presented in this volume significantly extends what has been known to date of Asian textiles produced from the Tang (618-907) through the early Min
Ink, Silk & Gold
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Laura Weinstein
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Ink, Silk, and Gold explores the dynamic and complex traditions of Islamic art through more than 115 major works in a dazzling array of media, reproduced in ful
Threads of Silk and Gold
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Hiroko Takahashi McDermott
Categories: Embroidery
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher:

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This book is a pioneering study of Japanese ornamental textiles made for the foreign market during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These exqu
When Silk was Gold
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: James C. Y. Watt
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

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The demise of the Silk Roads and the end of expansionist policies, together with the rapid increase in maritime trade, brought to an end the vital economic and
Flowers of Silk and Gold
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Sumru Belger Krody
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Merrel

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This exhibition catalogue features The Textile Museum's collection of Ottoman embroidery.