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Selling Silks
In 1764, British Customs confiscated a book containing hundreds of silk samples of different qualities from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London. The …
Balenciaga
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972) remains one of the most revered and enigmatic of fashion designers. Here, breathtaking illustrations reveal why he is renowned for exceptional …
Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Silk has long captured the imagination of peoples round the globe, inspiring creativity in the making of luxurious textiles. This major new survey draws on the exceptional …
Threads of Global Desire
Considering silk as a major force of cross-cultural interaction, this book examines the integration of silk production and consumption into various cultures in the pre-modern …
European Masterpieces 1600-1800
Eighty masterpieces from the V&A's magnificent collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European decorative art are the focus of this book. Superb new photography reveals …
Portraits in Silk
French silk manufacturing reached its apogee in the eighteenth century, offering a dazzling and constantly evolving range of textiles made from the most exotic and costly …