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1. Make Your Own Silk Flowers
by Dee Entrekin
Instructions for making a variety of flowers from silk and other fabrics.
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2. Silk
by Mary Schoeser, Julien MacDonald (Foreword by), Bruno Marcandalli (Contributions by)
This gorgeously illustrated volume not only offers a tour through the fascinating history of silk but also a glimpse into the future, when ... More
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7. Songket: Malaysia's Woven Treasure
Songket, a rich luxurious ceremonial fabric woven at one time for the exclusive use of the local royalty, is today organized as a cottage industry in ... More
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11. Jade & Silk of Han China
by Xia Nai, Chu-Tsing Li (Translator)
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12. Silk Painting: New Ideas and Textures
by Jill Kennedy, Jane Varrall
This book covers 12 silk-painting techniques in individual chapters: water, spray, salt, sugar, alcohol, wax, gutta, anti-spread, thickener, crayons, ... More
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14. Merchants, Princes and Painters: Silk Fabrics in Italian and Northern Paintings, 1300-1550
by Ms. Lisa Monnas
Covering a period that witnessed the flowering of the Renaissance and the major expansion of the Italian silk industry, this volume examines the ... More
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18. Japanese Style
by Kyoto Shoin (Editor)
The expressions of nature in textile motifs and patterns are, in fact, fundamental to the Japanese concept of design. The 250 distinct textile ... More
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22. Kumihimo: Japanese Silk Braiding Techniques
An astonishing variety of elegant and complex braids, which can be used as decoration, tiebacks for curtains, or jewelry. Instructions for making 12 ... More
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23. East to Cathay: The Silk Road
by Robert Collins
Describes the discovery and production of silk in ancient China; the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas which accompanied the silk caravans along ... More
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25. The Silk Weavers of Kyoto: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry
by Tamara K Hareven
"Hareven vividly and persuasively describes the family-based silk weaving industry in Kyoto, which has been in the process of change since the end of ... More
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