Textile furnishings from the Topkapi Palace Museum

Abstract Textile Shakespeare argues for the vital presence of the ‘textile imagination’ in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as it explores the econom...

Palaces like the Aljafería and the Alhambra rank among the highest achievements of the Islamic world. In recent years archaeological work at Córdoba, Kairouan and many other sites ...

This chapter considers the architecture, fixtures, and furnishings of the parish churches and chapels of medieval Britain and the range of functions they were designed to accommoda...

The third volume of this pioneering series explores the manufacture and trade of textiles and their practical, fashionable, and symbolic uses. Papers include in-depth studies and c...