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.
"[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
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