ANTIQUE FRENCH TEXTILES FOR DESIGNERS June K Laval
Published: 2004
Basic history of French textiles from the Middle Ages to Art Deco , 416 beautiful colour photographs demonstrate traditional and contemporary uses, also suggestions are given for their use in contemporary interior and home decor

£32.50 ISBN: 9780764320392 USA

ART TEXTILES OF THE WORLD - GREAT BRITAIN Matthew Loumis
Published: 1996
This Sumptuously illustrated book explores the coming of age of textile art through profiles of the lives and work of ten contemporary artists working in printed and painted textiles, tapestry, embroidery, weave and felt

£37.00 Order Only ISBN: 9780952626725 UK

ART TEXTILES OF THE WORLD - GREAT BRITAIN VOL 2 Jennifer Harris
Published: 1999
Contains profiles of ten of the most exciting practitioners in British art textiles, each offering fascinating insights into their sources of inspiration

£37.00 ISBN: 9780952626763 UK

ART TEXTILES OF THE WORLD - NETHERLANDS Dery Timmer
Published: 2001
Ten textile designers from the Netherlands, shown here are all the different styles of the designers

£37.00 ISBN: 1902015061 UK

ART TEXTILES OF THE WORLD - SCANDINAVIA Matthew Koumis
Published: 2005
Profiles of leading exponents of contemporary textile art from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden , Finland. includes lavishly illustrated profiles of Gunvor Nervold Antonsen, Hildur Bjarnadottir, Inger-Johanne Brautaset, Annika Ekdahl, Ane Henrkisen, Aino Kajaniemi, Astrid Krogh, Anna Lindal, Marianne Mannsaker, Piila Saksela, Ulla Maija Vikman, Wagle & Lovaas

£35.00 Order Only ISBN: 9781902015019 UK

ART TEXTILES OF THE WORLD - SCANDINAVIA VOL 2 Matthew Koumis
Published: 2005
Profiles of leading exponents of contemporary textile art from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden , Finland. includes lavishly illustrated profiles of Gunvor Nervold Antonsen, Hildur Bjarnadottir, Inger-Johanne Brautaset, Annika Ekdahl, Ane Henrkisen, Aino Kajaniemi, Astrid Krogh, Anna Lindal, Marianne Mannsaker, Piila Saksela, Ulla Maija Vikman, Wagle & Lovaas

£37.00 ISBN: 1902015053 UK

CELTIC AND OLD NORSE DESIGNS Courtney Davis
Published: 2000
This collection offers inspiration and a wealth of immediately usable dramatic ornamentation rich in character and distinctive in content, with 125 copyright free designs

£6.95 Order Only ISBN: 0486412296 USA

CELTIC BORDERS & MOTIFS Lesley Davis
Published: 2005
A beautifully illustrated photocopiable collection of decorative Celtic borders and motifs

£4.95 ISBN: 1844480704 UK

CELTIC DESIGN PICTURA INCL CD-ROM
Published: 2007
Superb collection of more than 200 authentic color and black-and-white Celtic designs from rare 7th- and 8th-century manuscripts -- "Book of Kells," "Book of Lindisfarne" -- and other sources. Faithful reproductions as well as original adaptations include Gospel figures, beasts, lettering, knotwork, interlaced designs, all displaying the power, mystery, and beauty of Celtic artifacts

£23.99 ISBN: 9780486997995 USA

CELTIC DESIGNS Courtney Davis
Published: 2001
Beautifully illustrated photocopiable collection of decorative Celtic designs and motifs - zoomorphic, spiral, knotwork and key patterns

£4.95 ISBN: 0855329726 UK

CELTIC DESIGNS INCL CDROM
Published: 1997
Nearly 100 designs featuring sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, abstracts and geometrics

£14.95 ISBN: 0486999408 USA

CELTIC DESIGNS AND MOTIFS Courtney Davis
Published: 1991
Many different types of Celtic motifs in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, copyright free

£5.95 Order Only ISBN: 9780486267180 USA

CELTIC DESIGNS CDROM Courtney Davis
Published: 2007
Presents designs on CDROMs containing high-resolution images in Tiff format, suitable for use with Macintosh or Windows PC. This title offers the designs, which can be used as stencil or embroidery patterns, stationery designs, furniture decoration, glass painting guides, or others.

£6.99 ISBN: 9781844480791 UK

CELTIC DESIGNS FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE INCL CDROM
Published: 2003
Striking collection of 222 designs by Courtney Davis and Mallory Pearce, suitable for both craft and graphic use. Animals, knots, weaves, spirals, borders, wreaths, medallions and many more.

£14.95 ISBN: 9780486995915 USA

CELTIC KNOTWORK DESIGNS Elaine Hill
Published: 2004
Photocopiable collection of decorative Celtic knot designs, motifs and patterns

£4.95 ISBN: 1844480313 UK

CELTIC VECTOR DESIGNS INCL CD-ROM Dover Publications
Published: 2008
A celebration of the ever-popular Celtic visual arts, this design anthology offers over 260 Vector-based interpretations of all the traditional motifs — interlacing patterns, intricate knot work, and imaginative animal forms. Graphics can be increased to very large sizes without the loss of any image quality.

£29.35 ISBN: 9780486990224 USA

CONTEMPORARY CELTIC MOTIFS INCL CD-ROM Alex Sherman
2007
A resource for designers and crafters looking for designs and motifs that have their heart in the Celtic tradition. This book is suitable for those working in wood, glass, textiles, embroidery and quilts, as well as general designers looking for ideas

£16.99 ISBN: 9780713490619 UK

EARLY CELTIC DESIGNS Ian Stead/Karen Hughes
Published: 1997
This visual anthology features several hundred examples of patterns found in early Celtic art, before the Roman conquest of Europe. They are relatively little known, compared to the later, essentially Irish designs most often associated with the term "Celtic art"

£9.99 Order Only ISBN: 0714180750 UK

EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLK DESIGN John G Marinescu
Published: 2003
Vivid design book is filled with more than 288 colour allover patterns, borders and corners of decorative textile motifs from Romania

£24.95 ISBN: 9780764317064 USA

ENGLISH & AMERICAN TEXTILES - FROM 1790 TO THE PRESENT (1989)
Mary Schoeser/Celia Rufey
Published: 1989
Looks at how textiles have changed during the past two hundred years and discusses taste and technical innovation

£42.00 Order Only ISBN: 9780500014738 UK

ENGLISH CREWEL DESIGNS Frances Bradbury
Published: 1982
Patterns filled with swirling stems, leaves, flowers and birds traditional in English fabric

£5.50 ISBN: 9780880450157 USA

FAUVE BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES, AND FLOWERS GIFTWRAPS
Published: 1999
The Fauves were the sensation of Paris in the early years of this century, these brilliant textile designs, created mostly in Paris between 1910 and 1920 capture the spirit of those adventurous times - 12 full coloured patterns

£3.99 ISBN: 9783833115936 GERMANY

FRENCH DECORATIVE DESIGNS M P Planat
Published: 1989
170 Gallic glories -borders, florals, panels, pilasters, cornices, and more architectural and ornamental images -in an incredible variety of styles: Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance.

£16.99 ISBN: 9780486452289 USA

FRENCH PROVINCIAL DESIGNS INCL CDROM Marty Noble
Published: 2005
Rich archive of French provincial designs includes rooster motifs, lavish florals and detail embroidery designs, all royalty free

£13.50 Order Only ISBN: 0486996905 USA

FRENCH PROVINCIAL GIFTWRAPS - 18TH CENTURY TEXTILE PAINTING
Published: 1999
These French Provincial designs represent the highest achievement of the French textile industry, centered in Alsace, at the turn of the 19th century - 12 full coloured patterns

£3.99 ISBN: 9783829039000 GERMANY

IPEK - THE CRESCENT & THE ROSE Atasoy/Denny/Mackie/Tezcan Imperial
Published: 2001
Ottoman silks and velvets, the first major study of Ottoman textiles to attempt a classification of the key technical and decorative categories, and is also the first to offer a catalogue of dateable textiles

£95.00 ISBN: 9781898592198 UK

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE TEXTILE DESIGNS Dolores Andrew
Published: 1986
Floral, animal, ribbon, abstract and other motifs popular in Italy during the Renaissance period

£5.50 ISBN: 9780880450812 USA

PATTERN DESIGN - A PERIOD DESIGN SOURCEBOOK Sian Evans
One of the world's best collections of period designs brought together as an invaluable resource for designers of all kinds, from fabric, textile, wallpaper, stained glass to graphic and fashion designers. This collection of over 500 designs covers wallpaper, textiles, furnishings, costume, tiles and ceramics. The designs range from medieval through renaissance and the 19th century right up to the 1970s; from classic French 17th-century wallpaper through William Morris pomegranate designs to 1950s children's wallpaper.The book is arranged by type of design and motifs - geometric, floral, abstract, figurative - to make it as accessible to designers as possible

£20.00 ISBN: 9781905400676 UK

RACINETS HISTORIC ORNAMENT IN FULL COLOR Auguste Racinets
Published: 1988
All 100 plates from `L'Ornement Polychrome' series 1, over 2000 decorative motifs all copyright free

£20.95 ISBN: 9780486257877 USA

RENAISSANCE DESIGNS INCL CD-ROM
Published:2008
This handsome design anthology displays the extraordinary richness and diversity that made the Renaissance a high point in Western art and culture. Carefully selected from many rare, authentic sources, here are patterns, borders, motifs, and details from paintings and other art works of the 15th through the 16th centuries

£24.99 ISBN: 9780486998893 USA

RENAISSANCE INCL CDROM
Published: 2005
The more than a hundred designs in this book are carefully digitalized and reproduced in the colours typical of the period.

£12.99 ISBN: 9789057680342 NETHERLANDS

RENAISSANCE ORNAMENTS AND DESIGNS Marty Noble
Published: 2002
125 newly rendered and richly detailed designs in this splendid collection depict prime examples of Renaissance ornament

£6.95 ISBN: 0486423093 USA

ROCOCO PATTERNS INCL CDROM
Published: 2006
This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource or inspiration

£12.99 ISBN: 9789057680434 NETHERLANDS

ROMAN DESIGNS Polly Pinder
Published: 2005
A beautifully illustrated photocopiable collection of decorative Roman designs

£4.95 ISBN: 1844480984 UK

RUSSIAN FOLK MOTIFS Peter Linenthal
Published: 1998
Over 220 designs, meticulously rendered from authentic art and artifacts, date from the 3rd to the 20th centuries, copyright-free

£6.95 ISBN: 9780486402758 USA

RUSSIAN ORNAMENT OF THE TADJIK INCL CDROM
Published: 2007
With an ancestry that dates back 4,000 years, the Tadjik people of Central Asia are renowned artisans. With intertwining organic elements, this collection features 150 color and black-and-white elevations, ceiling designs, and other abstract patterns.

£21.15 ISBN: 9780486997889 USA

SCANDINAVIAN FOLK DESIGNS Lis Bartholm
Published: 1988
Commercial artists will find these attractive designs reproduce easily for use as textile, wallpaper and stencil designs, with 155 traditional motifs

£6.99 ISBN: 9780486255781 USA

SCOTTISH TARTANS James Grant
Published: 1992
72 tartans in full colour

£18.85 ISBN: 9780486270463 USA

SOURCEBOOK OF ELEGANT HISTORIC ORNAMENT
Emile Leconte/Charles Ernest Clerget
Published: 1995
Finely engraved designs reproduced from a rare portfolio originally published in Paris over a century ago, 236 designs, copyright-free

£8.95 Out Of Print ISBN: 0486287092 USA

£23.50 ISBN: 9784861003363 JAPAN

SOVIET TEXTILES - DESIGNING THE MODERN UTOPIA Pamela Jill Kachurin
Published: 2006
Between 1927 and 1933 the making of textiles took up the challenge of propagandizing through printed fabrics. Young designers began to create thematic textile designs. This work presents some 40 of these fabrics held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and discusses the political and artistic contexts that gave rise to them.

£14.99 UK ISBN: 9780853319528

TARTAN - THE HIGHLAND HABIT Hugh Cheape
Published: 1991
Explores the history of tartan from the medieval love of display to the Victorian invention of exclusive clan identity. This new edition features an additional full section on individual clan tartans with historical information

£7.99 ISBN: 9781905267026 UK

TARTAN - THE HIGHLAND TEXTILE James D Scarlett
Published: 1990
Beginning with a general consideration of tartan as a native textile entirely manufactured within isolated, self-sufficient communities, then proceeds to a critical survey of its history, than onto the thread counts, researched and brought up to date from 260 to a total nearly 500 setts

£28.95 ISBN: 0856831204 UK

TARTANS Brian Wilton
Published:2007
Arranged in geographical sections, from the Lowlands to Highlands and Islands, the book showcases 400+ tartans, explaining how they were created , what they signify and when and by whom they are worn. Alongside the classic Scottish tartans, each clearly depicted in full colour, are other examples of tartans across the world, from Argentina to the Detroit Police. Accompanying boxes discuss the wider history and role of tartans, with illustrations including 18th-century oil paintings, Victorian engravings and modern celebrity photos. From Mary Queen of Scots to Alexander McQueen, this is the essential guide for anyone who has ever fancied sporting a sporran

£25.00 UK ISBN: 9781845130985

TARTANS - ABBOTSFORD TO FRASER William H Johnston/Philip D Smith Jr
Published: 1999
Over 400 examples of vividly striped tartans, includes brief historical background, definitions of related terms and thread counts for the tartan weaver

£19.95 ISBN: 9780764309618 USA

TARTANS - FREDERICKTON TO MacNEIL William H Johnston/Philip D Smith Jr
Published: 1999
This outstanding assortment ranges from the simplest to the most complex, includes brief historical background, definitions of related terms, and thread counts for the tartan weaver

£19.95 ISBN: 0764309625 USA

TARTANS - MacNICOL - YUKON William H Johnston/Philip D Smith Jr
Published: 1999
Compiled from nearly 5000 tartans, this outstanding assortment ranges from the simplest to the most complex, includes brief historical background, thread counts for the tartan weaver

£19.95 ISBN: 0764310291 USA

TEXTILE TREASURES AT THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Liz Arthur
Published: 2005
The textiles reflect not only the work of teachers and students of the GSA but also large gifts from a number of collections. The result is a wide selection of work ranging from 17th stumpwork to traditional Scandinavian designs , 1930s peices by Austrian artist Emmy Zweybruck, jacquard woven samples from Donalds of Dundee to modernist work of the 1930s and pieces from students of the 1990s. All in all, this is a major textiles collection and this first book is an important record of it.

£19.99 Order Only ISBN: 9780713671889 UK

TEXTILES OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT Linda Parry
Published: 1988
Surveys English textiles created during the Arts and Crafts movement of the late nineteenth century and shows examples of printed and woven textiles, tapestries, carpets, embroideries, and lace

£14.95 ISBN: 0500274975 UK

TEXTILES OF THE WIENER WERKSTATTE 1910-1932 Angela Volker
Published: 1994
This book draws on the original gouaches, pattern books and samples now in the collection of the Austrian Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna - a remarkable archive of over 1,800 recorded fabric designs

£24.95 ISBN: 9780500285183 UK

THE MODERNIST TEXTILE - EUROPE AND AMERICA 1890 - 1940
Virginia Gardner Troy
Published: 2006
Decorative and applied arts played a major role in shaping the modernist aesthetic. Western artists and collectors saw textiles, particularly the abstract and handcrafted textiles from non-Western societies, as attractive alternatives to the European academic art tradition.

£35.00 ISBN: 9780853319009 UK

TOILE - THE STORIED FABRICS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA Michele Palmer
Published: 2003
Comprehensive guide presents the history of toile, from its beginnings in 18th century Britain and France through its evolution in 19th and 20th century America

£27.50 ISBN: 9780764318917 USA

TOILE DE JOUY - PRINTED TEXTILES IN THE CLASSIC FRENCH STYLE
M Riffel/S Rouart
Published: 2003
Draws upon the rich collections of the Musee de la Toile de Jouy to produce the first-ever complete history of these textiles. Illustrations include original designs, exceptional historical examples of clothing and furniture, and examples of contemporary uses of the textiles. A selection of Architects and Country Homes book clubs.

£36.00 ISBN: 0500511497 UK

TRADITIONAL DUTCH TILES DESIGNS INCL CDROM
Published: 2006
Contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource or inspiration

£12.99 ISBN: 9789057680229 NETHERLANDS

TREASURY OF HISTORIC PATTERN AND DESIGN J.Engelhorn
Published: 1990
Features 480 magnificently detailed decorative patterns and motifs, most of them originally created in Europe in the Middle Ages and the renaissance, all copyright free

£14.95 ISBN: 9780486262741 USA

TUDOR DESIGNS Polly Pinder
Published: 2005
A beautifully illustrated photocopiable collection of decorative Tudor patterns and motifs

£4.95 ISBN: 1844480526 UK

TWENTIETH CENTURY TEXTILES Francesca Galloway
Published: 2007
First book on European textiles where aesthetic design is combined with serious archival research into the history of textile production, from design to manufacture and marketing

£35.00 ISBN: 9781851495504 UK

VICTORIAN DESIGN PICTURA INCL CDROM
Published: 2006
Lavish examples of Victorian design include florals, borders, patterns and decorative motifs all reproduced directly from authentic 19th century sources, all royalty free

£37.60 ISBN: 9780486996981 USA

VICTORIAN DESIGNS Elaine Hill
Published: 2002
collection of decorative Victorian patterms and motifs - flowers, plants, birds, animals, figures etc

£4.95 ISBN: 0855329912 UK

VICTORIAN DESIGNS INCL CDROM
Published: 2002
Over 400 finely detailed images, selected from a wide range of authentic sources

£14.95 ISBN: 0486995178 USA

VIKING DESIGNS Elaine Handley
Published: 2004
A beautifully illustrated collection of decorative Viking patterns and motifs, warriors, maidens, birds, animals, gods, figures

£4.95 ISBN: 184448002X UK

VIKING DESIGNS A.G.Smith
Published: 1999
Over 175 of designs, adapted from authentic images from the Viking homelane - Norway, copyright-free

£6.99 ISBN: 9780486404691 USA

VIKING DESIGNS INCL CDROM
Published: 2002
Over 176 black and white illustrations, bold fanciful designs featured here have been adapted from authentic Viking metalwork, textiles, stone carvings, and ceramics, all copyright-free

£14.95 ISBN: 0486995348 USA

VINTAGE VICTORIAN TEXTILES Brian D Coleman
Published: 2002
Everything from Victorian footstools to portieres are captured in 170 elegant colour photographs, a helpful description of the varied uses to which textiles were put in the Victorian home, also included is advice on the care and conservation of vintage textiles

£39.95 ISBN: 0764315048 USA

WORLD TARTANS Iain Zaczek
Published: 2001
Features over 500 tartans, arranged alphabetically for ease of referece, includes international tartans, and history and development of each tartan and the major clans

£12.99 ISBN: 1855858878 UK