Table of Contents

Foreword and acknowledgements by Zaira and Marcel Mis Introduction Middle East (Frieda Sorber) Central Asia, India and Pakistan (Valerie Berinstain) South East Asia (Mary Hunt Kahlenberg) Far East (Claudine Delecourt)

About the Author

Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, specialized in antique and ethnographic textiles and costumes, is a former curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and has organized many exhibitions there. She currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Author of many publications, catalogues and articles, she organized major exhibition such as "The Navajo Blanket" (Los Angeles, County Museum of Art 1972), "Grass" (New York, Museum of Contemporary Crafts 1976), "Blue and White" (Pasadena, Pacific Clture Museum 1980 "Bamboo Masterworks" (New York, Asia Society 1999, The Asian Art Museum San Francisco 2000).