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44 | TEXTILES: REFERENCE, WEAVING & TAPESTRY Fashion Fabrics: 1960s • Leslie Piña • Fabric colors, patterns, textures, and fibers reveal a cul- ture. In the 1960s, traditional plaids became popu- lar at the same time as bold prints and geometrics, notably Op Art and “psychedelic” patterns. Close- up color with informative captions and index. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 579 color photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-0584-9 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Flower Power: Prints from the 1960s • Tina Skinner • All the orange, hot pink, and sky blue the era’s most fertile imaginations could conjure. Featured are more than 300 striking swatches from top couture houses in Paris and Milan, bold flower prints on silk, cotton, and the acetates and polyesters that helped shape fashion’s most eye-popping era. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 313 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0- 7643-0675-4 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Foulards: A Picture Book of Prints for Men's Wear • Tina Skinner • More than 350 photographs of historic fabric swatches explore design variations in foulards, the small motifs printed on silks and related fabrics that were intended for men’s ties and dressing gowns. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 357 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-1256-4 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Fun Fabrics of the '50s • Joy Shih • This book will transport you back to the days of shirt plaids, cowboy heroes’ flan- nel pajamas, early American rec room drapery, splashy lounge chair tropical blooms, housewives’ duster florals, and festive south of the border kitchen cur- tains. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 300 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0- 7643-0173-5 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Funky Fabrics of the '60s • Joy Shih • The wide range of sixties fabric designs re- flected the transition from the comforting tranquility of the early years to the bolder, more “hip” end of the decade. A nostalgic tour of pastel and splashy florals, patch- work calicos, denims and stripes, wild abstract geometrics, and neon paisleys. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 250+ color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-0174-2 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Metallic Textile Designs • Tina Skinner • They’re hot, they’re shiny, and they’re oh-so-glamorous. This book revisits me- tallic’s past, with historic fabric swatches from Europe and Japan dating back to the 1950s, and takes us to today’s top Europe- an couture houses in a visual exploration of metallics’ allure. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 237 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-0635-8 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Naturally '70s Fabric • Constance Korosec • Bold and dizzying complementary color patterns dominated the 1970s, displayed on two general groups of textile: the naturals and the synthetics. This book presents a sampling of silks, cotton, flax, and wool with solid, stripe, plaid, geometric, floral, and paisley prints. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 275 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-1030-0 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Paisley: A Visual Survey of Pattern and Col- or Variations • Tina Skinner • Organized into a sweeping visual survey including orderly foulard patterns, elaborate borders, experimental media, and ornate florals of printed and woven fabrics alike. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 561 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-0546-7 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Plaids: A Visual Survey of Pattern Variations • Tina Skinner • More than five decades of twen- tieth century plaids. Photographs of actual printed and woven textiles. A sweeping survey of plaids, from the standard checks and ginghams, to the furthest reaches of designers’ imaginations. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 558 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-0481-1 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Stripes: A Survey of Fabric Designs • Tina Skinner • A zigzag tour through seventy years of stripes. Historic fabric swatches from all over the world. Woven-in and imitation weaves, wavy lines, to prim and proper pin stripes. The largest photo album of striped textiles ever. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 557 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0- 7643-0482-8 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Terry Cloth • Monique Combes • This book—the first devoted specifically to terry cloth—contains more than 500 images that trace the fabric from its origins to modern fashion. Vintage advertisements, sewing patterns, apparel, and design fabrics show- case styles from dainty florals to fabulous geometrics, especially from the 1950s to the 1970s. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 481 color & 25 b/w images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-4185-4 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Tartans: Abbotsford to Fraser • William H. Johnston • Centuries old, tartan is the very fabric of Scotland. These three vol- umes provide over 400 colorful and vividly striped tartans each, plus brief historical background, definitions of related terms, and thread counts for the tartan weaver. Tartans: Abbotsford to Fraser . • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • over 400 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643- 0961-8 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Tartans: Frederickton to MacNeil •Wil- liam H. Johnston • Tartans: Frederickton to MacNeil • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • over 400 color photos • 112 pp • 978- 0-7643-0962-5 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Tartans: MacNichol to Yukon • William H. Johnston • Tartans: MacNichol to Yu- kon • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 400 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-1029- 4 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD The Synthetic '70s: Fabric of the Decade • Leslie Piña • Experience an era through bold prints, geometric patterns, and “psychedelic” colors on polyester and stretch knits. Vivid close-up color photographs, informative captions, a glossary, and an index. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 261 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-0717-1 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Vintage Children's Fabrics • Kay Hanauer • Re- live childhood memories through this collection of vintage children’s fabric. Chapters highlight similar themes with displays of letters and number block and progress through various childhood points of interest. Collectors, designers, and fabric buffs will find this an invaluable resource. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 500 color images • 144 pp • 978-0- 7643-3855-7 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Vintage Textured Barkcloth • Margaret Meier • Barkcloth was the textile of choice for window treatments and other household textiles of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. This book explores its scin- tillating combination of pattern, texture, and color in nearly 300 full-color photos and in-depth text. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 290 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-2663-9 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD 3-D Hand Loom Weaving: Sculptural Tools and Techniques • Sally Eyring, Stacey Har- vey-Brown • For the first time, weavers have the tools and techniques to weave the 3-D shapes they want—on an ordinary hand loom! Explains how to weave three-dimensional shapes, using processes and tools that are easy to fashion at home and lead weavers to sculptural forms. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 260 color images and diagrams • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-5990-3 • HC w/spiral • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Anatomy of a Tapestry: Techniques, Materials, Care • Jean Pierre Larochette, Yadin Larochette • Renowned artist Jean Pierre Larochette and conservation expert Yadin Larochette teach 30 traditional tapestry processes and techniques to expand the skills of advanced weavers and aid beginners who want a historical grounding in tapestry’s rich traditions. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 190 color & b/w images and drawings • 162 pp • 978-0-7643-5933-0 • HC w/spiral • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Archie Brennan: Tapestry as Modern Art • Archie Brennan, Brenda Osborn • Renowned for bringing "pop" into the ancient art. In his long-awaited book, Brennan explains, remembers, and continues his legacy of over 70 years. One of the world's most influential tapestry weavers, Ar- chie Brennan (1931–2019) pushed the boundaries of the medium, developing a unique approach to weaving and tapestry design. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 332 color images • 296 pp • 978- 0-7643-6249-1 • HC • $65.00 / £59.99 / 95.00 CAD The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Un- derstand Tapestries • Micala Sidore, Charissa Bremer-David • A colorful guided tour from an ex- pert, enabling weavers and textile lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. Learn the basic elements of weaving that makers use to create effects. You’ll discover six ways in which tapestries call attention to them- selves as cloth. • 9" × 10" (229 × 254 mm) • 304 color and b/w photos • 224 pp • 978-0-7643-5992-7 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD WEAVING & TAPESTRY