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Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800 Hardcover – September 24, 2013

by Amelia Peck (Author), Amy Bogansky (Contributor), Joyce Denney (Contributor),
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A global exploration of textile design and its far-reaching influence on aesthetics, commerce, and taste

Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation created a vigorous textile trade, and a breathtaking variety of textile designs subsequently spread across the globe. Trade textiles blended the traditional designs, skills, and tastes of their cultures of origin, with new techniques learned through global exchange, creating beautiful new works that are also historically fascinating. Interwoven Globe is the first book to analyze these textiles within the larger history of trade and design. Richly illustrated texts explore the interrelationship of textiles, commerce, and taste from the age of discovery to the 19th century, including a detailed discussion of 120 illuminating works. From the elaborate dyed and painted cotton goods of India to the sumptuous silks of Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran, the paths of influence are traced westward to Europe and the Americas. Essential to this exchange was the trade in highly valued natural dyes and dye products, underscoring the influence of global exploration on the aesthetics and production techniques of textiles, and the resulting fashion for the "exotic."

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press


Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(09/16/13–01/05/14)

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  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Publication date
    September 24, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    10 x 1.25 x 11.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0300196989
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0300196986
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"[A] magnificent catalog."—Roberta Smith, New York Times

". . . the catalog for an exhibition on the international textile trade from 1500 to 1800 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents the fascinating history of weaving techniques, raw materials and design patterns shared through links of trade between cultures in Europe, Asia, Africa and the New World. . . . Authoritative essays on export routes, textile technology and global trends in taste complement fine photographs of textiles from around the world."—Wall Street Journal

"The book, like the show, is a landmark in textile studies, charting the fertile cultural exchanges made possible by the early oceanic trade routes that brought India, Asia, Europe and the Middle East closer together. With essays on such subjects as the centrality of India to this process, trade in Latin America, Portuguese tastes for Chinese silks, and dyes and the dye trade, the catalog is an irresistible textbook."—Roberta Smith, New York Times

"Remarkable in its scholarship, scope, and design."—Choice

"It provides fine colored illustrations of remarkable examples, and the explanations kit together deep researches into these satorial and household textiles, the history of which can enlighten us about practicality and the cycling of style through centuries. . . . [Highly] recommended for a textile lover's library or for anyone with curiosity about this period's history."—Maine Antique Digest

"Lavishly illustrated. . . . This volume successfully demonstrates the complexity of the global textile trade from 1500 to 1800."—Diane Wolfthal, Sixteenth Century Journal

About the Author

Amelia Peck is Marica F. Vilcek Curator, The American Wing, and manager, The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 24, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300196989
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300196986
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1.25 x 11.5 inches
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    Elena Phipps has been a textile conservator at Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she worked between 1977-2010. She has her PhD in Pre-Columbian art from the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University (1989). Her interests focus on the history of textile materials and techniques in relation to cultural perspectives. In 2004 she was co-curator of an exhibition and co-author of the catalogue The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork 1530-1830, at the MMA. The catalogue was awarded both the Alfred Barr Jr. award from the College Art Association, and the Mitchell Prize, in 2006. She has contributed essays in a number of scholarly publications including The Getty Murúa: Historia General del Piru. Her recent publications include Cochineal Red: the art history of a color (Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press)2010 and Looking at Textiles (Getty Publications, Los Angeles) 2011.

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Merrily Baird
5.0 out of 5 stars interwoven Globe: a world-class winner
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2013
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A "knock your socks off" accomplishment the New York Times has deemed "Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade 1500-1800," an exhibition that opens next week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And the same might be said of the catalogue that MMA has released to accompany the show.

The exhibition at MMA presents 160 or so rarely seen but exquisite textiles and garments as well as related documentary material, but this statistic only hints at the riches to be found within the catalogue. Not only are trade route maps used as end papers, but also detail photographs of the show objects help to focus our observation of larger items like tapestries and quilts. Analytical essays arranged by geographical region fill the first 120 pages of the book, followed by a full chapter that examines dyes and the dye trade. Then nearly 170 pages are devoted to the exhibition objects themselves. That multiple authors helped write this book reflects the fact that experts from nine departments--a record for the museum-came together to make both the exhibition and the catalogue possible. The experts' essays reflect impeccable scholarship and are, felicitously, also totally accessible to the general reader.

In viewing the MMA show, it would be easy to concentrate alone on the beauty of the objects displayed. However, more profound issues are also at play, and the book, like the exhibition, explores less politically comfortable territory, such as the conflicts and exploitation that underlay the 1500-1800 period of textile cross-fertilization. There are as well other reasons to invest in the book, whether or not you plan to see the show. On the one hand, the complexity of many textiles requires far more explanation and context than the exhibition signage provides. On the other, the catalogue offers the focus on detail that even repeated visits to the museum show could not provide.
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Meg Cox
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book for All Lovers of Textiles
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014
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This exhibit was one of the most amazing history lessons I ever experienced. I went twice to see it at the Metropolitan Museum and still felt there was a lot more to see. The curator, Amelia Peck, did an outstanding job of using exquisite and rarely seen textiles to show how decorative styles moved around the world during the early years of global trade. Each of the 9 galleries had a particular focus, and not just the expected ones -- perhaps the most vivid was the one whose textiles explored the violence that resulted from global trade wars. These textiles, bristling with spears and guns, told the story in a visceral, unforgettable way.

Happily, this book is just as extraordinary, and a must-own volume whether or not you had the chance to see the show. The book is stuffed with additional examples that didn't get displayed, as well as powerful writing on the various main topics. I can't recommend this highly enough. I know it will be a treasured volume in my library forever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An astonishing introduction to the historic importance of textiles in world trade.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2015
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This is one of the most well researched and comprehensive books in my library. It elucidates global trade from 1500 to 1800 as it relates to textiles and the dyes used to color them. Virtually every page has one or more color photos to illustrate the text and the text itself is in clear, understandable language. There are a multitude of references to lead readers on to additional information. The Catalogue portion of the book provides detailed explanations of the illustrated examples.

While this is a must-have book for textile and quilt historians, everyone should read it to get a sense how big a part textiles played in trade in the past.
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Cate Crown
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2014
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If you, like me, are a freak geek for historical textiles, for understanding how the world works, how we got to today - add this to your library. If you're a re-enactor, like me, you want this in your collection if this three-hundred year span includes your "time." This is a fascinating read. And if you don't want to read, you WILL want to spend time looking at the wonderful paintings, portraits, samples, examples, - the pictures! Oh! The pictures. Yeah. You WANT this book!
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C. Carroll
3.0 out of 5 stars Less is not necessarily more
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2013
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The textile show now at the Metropolitan in New York is said to be an astonishing trove of textiles used in room decoration, clothing, and so on. Well, I'm stuck here in Washington State for the time being; so I bought this volume, hoping to see the workmanship and details of design in the photographs.
While the educational text has been preserved in this volume, the photos are small and ineffective, too small to allow the reader to see much of anything of the workmanship in the fabrics.
I would love this book, even at a higher price, if the photographs had been able to give me something more than just a snapshot from a distance.
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Margaret Clancy
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully compiled
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013
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Beautiful pictures and interesting historical background to the fabrics. A history of world trade (and some politics) told through the evolution of fabric and design.
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Nadine L Stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent catalog of an important exhibit
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2013
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The Interwoven Globe focuses on textiles and the worldwide trade in them during the Age Of Exploration. We forget the importance of textiles today. This show gives the public an insight into the beauty of these fabrics. The catalog is an impressive summation of the material that went into the exhibit. If you can't get to see the exhibit, it's an important research tool.
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J. Krig
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent..
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2013
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This book was written so well. The authors are not only knowledgeable but they convey that knowledge in a very interesting,
living way. The history of trade is so fascinating and the push behind so many explorations and wars. We forget how simple
human nature really is. The message is so relevant for today with all the political posturing and smoke. If we look for the
simple causes underneath the hoopla we see the same basic human tendencies that ran the world then and is still running
the world now.
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Kindle-Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Informativ und reich bebildert
Reviewed in Germany on January 3, 2014
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Wer sich wie ich für Textilien interessiert, wird hier eine Fülle von Informationen finden. Die großartigen Bilder tun ihr Übriges.
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Avril
5.0 out of 5 stars textile exhibition catalogue
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2013
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I had been told about this book by Mary Corbett in her daily emails and as I was not going to be able to get to New York to see the exhibition decided it was worth buying the book. I have only scanned it so far but the articles in the first half look interesting, and there are many pictures. The second half is the catalogue with good pictures and details about each item. Although it is expensive it is a lovely book, well bound, and a delight to look at. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in textiles and its trade.
It arrived over a week before the estimated date.
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diana Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Ace
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2014
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This catalogue, for a US show, arrived so fast. Keenly priced, well packed. The world is so small, enjoying the scholarship now
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2014
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great book.
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