Recommended Reads
The following titles are a worthwhile addition to any textile or design library. Unfortunately, we do not carry these for purchase but do try finding it online or through your rare book dealer.
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Kyokechi Chinese Folk Textiles
beautiful facsimile of a traditional bound book, a step-by-step photo record with text about Chinese folk textiles
Hansei, Taipei, China, 1997
Chinese text
b/w
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Yomigaeru Maboroshi No Senshoku: Izumo Ai Itajime no Sekai to Sono Keifu
(Textile Mirage: Izumo indigo itajime)
images and process explanations on indigo itajime from Izumo
Shimane Prefectural Museum of Ancient Izumo, 2008
Japanese text
29.5cm x 24.5cm
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Hagire no Bunkashi
(A Chronicle of Fabric Pieces: the power of cloth to connect time and space)
image catalogue of boro pieces and other pieced garments
Fukushima Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, 2006
Japanese text
29.5 cm x 22.5 cm
168pp, color |
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Spiritual Fabric: 20 years of field research among the Miao of Guizhou, ChinaTorimaru, Dr. Sadae. Eds. Wada, Yoshiko I. and Salumbides, Nancy A. Nishinippon Newspaper Co., Japan, 2006. English & Chinese text, color illustrations, 144pp. 9.5 x 9.5 x 0.5ISBN 4-8167-0691-7 |