Textile Society of America
Date of this Version
1990
Citation
From Textiles in Trade: Proceedings of the Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium, September 14–16, 1990, Washington, DC
Abstract
CONTENTS
Preface
A Brief History of the Textile Society of America. Milton Sonday
Speakers
Keynote Address: Silk in European and American Trade before 1783: A Commodity of Commerce or Frivolous Luxury? Natalie Rothstein
British Exports to the USA, 1776-1914: Organization and Strategy.
The British Linen Trade with the United States in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Negley Harte
Transatlantic Trade in Woollen Cloth 1850-1914: The Role of Shoddy. David T. Jenkins
Cottons and Printed Textiles. Stanley Chapman
The American Market for Indian Textiles, 1785-1820: In the Twilight of Traditional Cloth Manufacture. Susan S. Bean
The Manufacture and Trade of Luxury Textiles in the Age of Mercantilism. Elisabeth Mikosch
A "Little Book of Samples": Evidence of Textiles Traded to the American Indians. Rita J. Adrosko
African Textile Trade.
A Documentation of African Trade Cloths in the Philadelphia Port of History Museum. Lisa. L Aronson
Textiles in Trade in West Africa. Brigitte Menzel
The Role of the Middleman in the Trade of Real Madras Handkerchief (Madras Plaids). Sandra Lee Evenson
Reconstructing the Ancient Aegean/Egyptian Textile Trade. Elizabeth Barber
Keynote Address: Textiles and Trade in Tokugawa Japan. William B. Hauser
The Impact of the Mediterranean Silk Trade on Western Europe before 1200 A.D. Anna Muthesius
Middle Eastern Textiles in Trade.
Allegories Unveiled: European Sources for a Safavid Velvet. Mary A, McWilliams
The Market for Domestic and Imported Textiles in Sixteenth Century Istanbul. Yvonne J. Seng
Of Cabbages and Kings: Prices of Mughal Furnishing Fabrics and the Meaning of Mughal Money. Ellen S. Smart
Carpets for Commerce: Rug-Weaving in the Caucasus. Carol Bier
Indian Trade Cloth in Egypt: The Newberry Collection Ruth Barnes
Textiles in Southeast Asian Trade.
Revolving Bananas: The Influences of Indian Trade Textiles on Javanese Batik Design. (Precis only.) Robyn Maxwell
Local Textile Trading Systems in Indonesia: An Example from Flores Island. Roy W. Hamilton
Labor Organization and Textile Trade in Northern Thailand in the Nineteenth Century. Katherine A. Bowie
Indian Textiles for the Thai Market: A Royal Prerogative? (Precis only.) John Guy
Ancient West Mexican Clothing and Its Ecuadorian Origins: New Evidence of Maritime Contacts. (Precis only.) Patricia Rieff Anawalt
Traditional Textiles in the Tourist Trade.
Studio and Soiree; The Use and Misuse of Chinese Textiles in a European Setting. Verity Wilson
Toba Batak Textile Invention. Sandra A. Niessen
Trade in Hispanic Weavings of Northern New Mexico and the Social Construction of Tradition. Suzanne Baizerman
Modern Traditions: The Impact of the Trade in Traditional Textiles on the Sakaka of Northern Potosi, Bolivia. Elayne L. Zorn
Woollen Textile Production in Momostenango, Guatemala. Anne M. Lambert
Moccasins into Slippers: Traditions and Transformations in Nineteenth Century Woodlands
Indian Textiles. Ruth B. Phillips
Trade and the Post-War Textile Industry in the United States. Lynn Felsher
Textile Design in the Marketplace. John E. Vollmer
Comments
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