About the Author

Francesca Galloway has been dealing in textiles, haute couture and Indian miniatures for more than 25 years. She established a textile department in Spinks in the 1980s before starting her own business in 1992. Her publications include Islamic Textile Design (1980) and The Art of Textiles (1989), both for Spink & Son Ltd., and the highly succesful Post War British Textile Design (2002). Sue Kerry trained as a silk weaver and has spent much of her career in the British textile and wallpaper industry, as archivist for Warners among others.