Books
Tapestry weaving books'How to' - books that are useful at all stages, from beginners to advanced
For new weavers, the following are often recommended, but you may find others useful too:
Kirsten Glasbrook - Tapestry Weaving
Nancy Harvey - Tapestry Weaving: A Comprehensive Study Guide
Rebecca Mezoff - The Art of Tapestry Weaving
Joanne Soroka - Tapestry Weaving: Design and Technique
Kathe Todd-Hooker - Tapestry 101
About Tapestry - general books about tapestry
Other textile books / weaving traditions, relevant to tapestry
If you have any books to add to the list, please let the BTG know using the Contacts page.
'How to' - books that are useful at all stages, from beginners to advanced
| Author | Title of book | Year Published | Publisher |
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Ammar, Diane |
Get Set, Advanced: a new technique in tapestry weaving |
2004 |
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Beutlich, Tadek |
The Technique of Woven Tapestry |
(1967) (1969) 1986 |
Batsford |
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Black, Mary |
New Key to Weaving |
1957 |
The Macmillan Company |
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Blumenau, Lili |
Creative Design in Wall Hangings |
1967 |
Crown Publishers Inc |
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Brennan, Archie & Susan Martin Maffei |
Techniques of Woven Tapestry |
(2010) 2020 |
Streaming option (videos no longer available) http://www.brennan-maffei.com |
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Brooke, Jess |
Tapestry Weaving |
1975 |
Rigby Ltd |
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Brostoff, Laya |
Weaving A Tapestry |
1982 |
Interweave Press |
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Brostoff, Laya |
An Approach to Tapestry |
1982 |
Interweave Press |
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Brooke, Jess |
Tapestry Weaving |
1975 |
Rigby Ltd |
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Kristin Carter |
Tapestry Weaving for beginners and beyond |
2022 |
David & Charles |
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Coffinet, Julien |
Pratique de la Tapisserie |
1977 |
Tricorne |
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Collingwood, Peter |
The Techniques of Rug Weaving |
(1968) 1987 |
faber & faber |
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Cyrus-Zetterstrom, Ulla |
Manual of Swedish Handweaving |
1977 |
Brand Ford Coppola |
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Dietz, Paula |
Gobelinweben |
1980 |
Haupt |
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Ewen, Thoma |
The Living Tapestry Workbook |
2018 |
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Four, Robert |
Basic Knowledge of Tapestry |
1983 |
Gamma |
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Galice, Roland |
La Technique de A a Z de Tapisserie de haute et basse lice et du tapis de Savonnerie |
1990 |
Les Lettres Libres |
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Gilby, Myriam |
Free Weaving |
1976 |
Pitman Publishing |
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Glasbrook, Kirsten |
Tapestry Weaving |
2002 |
Search Press |
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Harvey, Nancy |
Patterns for Tapestry Weaving |
1984 |
Pacific Search Press |
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Harvey, Nancy |
The Guide to Successful Tapestry Weaving |
1981 |
Pacific Search Press |
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Harvey, Nancy |
Tapestry: A Comprehensive Study Guide |
1991 |
Interweave Press |
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Hauger, Mette |
Billedvev |
1997 |
Glydendel Fakte |
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Hope, Elizabeth & Estine Ostlund & Lisa Melen |
Free Weaving on Frame and Loom |
1972 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Ingers, Gertrude & Ernst Fischer |
Flemish Weaving: a guide to tapestry technique |
1981 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Ingers, Gertrude & Ernst Fischer |
Flamskvävnad |
1967 |
ICA bokforiag |
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Kliot, Jules |
Tapestry Loom Techniques: a guide to weaving on a two-shaft loom |
1974 |
Lacis Pubs |
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Leclair, Manon |
Le Métier Haute-Lisse: Cours de tissage et tapisseries |
1980 |
Éditions Mille Roches |
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Larochette, Jean Pierre & Yadin Larochette |
Anatomy of a Tapestry: techniques, materials, care |
2020 |
Schiffer Publishing |
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Lurçat, Jean [trans.] Barbara Crocker |
Designing Tapestry |
(1947) 1950 |
Rockliff Publishing Corp |
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Mezoff, Rebecca |
The Art of Tapestry Weaving: A complete guide to mastering the techniques for making images with yarn |
2020 |
Storey Publishing |
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Mezoff, Rebecca |
Untangled - A Crafty Sheep’s Guide to Tapestry Weaving |
2020 |
CraftySheepPress.com |
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Redman, Jane |
Frame Loom Weaving |
1976 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Regensteiner, Elsa |
Weaving Sourcebook: ideas and techniques |
1983 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Regensteiner, Elsa |
Geometric Design in Weaving |
1986 |
Schiffer Publishing |
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Remblier, Christiane |
Tapisseries Tissées |
1982 |
Éditions Fleurus idées vol 36 |
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Rhodes, Mary |
Small Woven Tapestries |
1973 |
B T Batsford Ltd |
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Rössing, Mette Lise |
The Thread’s Course in Tapestry |
2013 |
http://www.billedvaevning.dk/ |
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Russell, Carol |
The Tapestry Handbook |
1990 |
Lark Books |
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Russell, Carol |
Tapestry Handbook: The Next Generation |
2007 |
Schiffer Publishing |
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Short, Jacqueline |
Imaginative Weaving |
1976 |
Pitman Publishing |
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Soroka, Joanne |
Tapestry Weaving: Design and technique |
2011 |
Crowood Press |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
Shaped Tapestry |
2004 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
Line in Tapestry |
2005 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
Tapestry 101 |
2007 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
So Warped: Warping a loom for tapestry weaving |
2010 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Wilson, Jean |
Soumak Workbook |
1982 |
Interweave Press |
About Tapestry - general books about tapestry
| Author | Title of book | Year Published | Publisher |
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Amsden, Chas Avery |
Navajo Weaving |
1975 |
Peregrine Smith |
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Andrew, Delores, M |
Medieval Tapestry Designs |
1992 |
(Delores Andrew/Owing Mills) Stemmer House Pubs |
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Black Dog Publishing (ed) Collection of essays |
Tapestry: A woven narrative |
2011 |
Black Dog Pubs |
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Barbican Centre (exhibition catalogue) |
Egyptian Landscapes: Weavings from the Ramses Wissa Wassef School |
1985 |
Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation |
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Benaki Museum (exhibition catalogue in Greek) |
Weavings: Paintings and tapestries in Greece 1960 to today |
2020 |
Benaki Museum & Alpha Bank |
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Brennan, Archie as told to Brenda Osborn |
Archie Brennan: Tapestry as Modern Art |
2022 |
Schiffer Publishing |
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Campbell, T |
Tapestry in the Baroque, Threads of Splendour |
2010 |
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Carroll, Diane Lee |
Looms & Textiles of the Copts: First millenium Egyptian textiles in the Carl Austin Rietz collection of the California Academy of Sciences |
1988 |
California Academy of Science Press |
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Catalogue |
Egyptian Landscapes: 50 Years of Tapestry at Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre |
1974 |
London: Studio Vista. London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation. |
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Cavallo, Adolfo Salvatore |
The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
(1998) 2005 |
Yale univ. Press in association with The Metropolitan Museum |
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Cumming, Elizabeth (ed) |
The Art of Modern Tapestry, Dovecot Studios since 1912 |
2012 |
Lund Humphries/Dovecot Studios |
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Diederen, Roger (exhibition catalogue) |
Die Fäden der Moderne |
2020 |
Hermer Verlag |
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Finckenstein, Maria von (ed) |
Nuvisavik: the place where we weave |
2002 |
McGill-Queen’s University Press |
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Garrould, Ann & Valerie Power |
Henry Moore Tapestries |
1988 |
Lund Humphries/Henry Moore Foundation |
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Greene, Carole |
Christine Laffer: Tapestry and transformation |
2008 |
Outskirts Press, Inc |
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Hall, Joanne |
Mexican Tapestry Weaving |
1976 |
San Luis Printing |
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Hauger, Mette |
Billedvev |
1997 |
Gyldendel Fakta |
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Hedlund, Ann Lane |
Gloria F. Ross & Modern Tapestry |
2010 |
Yale Univ. Press/Arizona State University |
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Hervé Lemoine, Yves Michaud, Christiane Naffah-Bayle |
Au fil du siècle. |
2018 |
Silvana Editoriale |
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Hoskins, Nancy Arthur |
The Coptic Tapestry Albums & the archaeologist of Antinoé, Albert Gayet
|
2004 |
Skein Pubs |
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Jarry, Madeleine |
World Tapestry |
1969 |
Hachette |
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Kang, Cindy (ed) |
Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray |
2020 |
Yale University Press / Barnes Foundation |
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Kauffman, Ruth |
The New American Tapestry |
1968 |
Reinhold Book Corp. |
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Kokkin, Jan (trans. Arlyne Moi)
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Gerhard Munthe: Norwegian pioneer of Modernism |
2018 |
Arnoldsche Art Publishers in conjunction with Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke |
Norsk Billedvev 1974, 1978, 1988 |
1974, 1978, 1988 |
Universitetsforlaget |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke |
Videreføring i billedvev |
1981 |
Universitetsforlaget |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke, trans. Christine Spangler |
Norweigian Tapestry Weaving (Norsk Billedvev) |
2006 |
Eikeskog Press |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke, trans. Lisa Paulson |
Introduction to Picture Weaving |
1982 |
Decorah, Iowa : Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum |
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Larson, Katherine (exhibition catalogue) |
The Woven Coverlets of Norway |
2001 |
University of Washington Press/Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum |
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Lausanne, Edita |
Great Tapestries: The Web of history from the 12th-20th Century |
1965 |
Edita S.A. Lausanne |
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Lazaj, Jehanne & Bruno Ythier |
Tapisseries 1925: Aubusson, Beauvais, les Gobelins à l'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs de Paris |
2012 |
Editions Privat |
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Lennard, Frances & María Hayward |
Tapestry Conservation: principles and practice |
2006 |
Butterworth-Heinemann |
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Ofili, Chris |
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic (exhibition catalogue) |
2017 |
Victoria Miro Gallery & National Gallery Co., Ltd |
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Paasche, Marit |
Hannah Ryggen. En fri |
2016 |
Pax Forlag |
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Paasche, Marit & Esther Schlicht (eds) exhibition catalogue |
Hannah Ryggen: Woven Manifestos |
2019 |
Prestel |
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Paasche, Marit (trans by Katia Stieglitz) |
Hannah Ryggen: Threads of Defiance |
2019 |
Thames & Hudson |
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Paulve, Dominique. |
Marie Cuttoli: Myrbor et l'invention de tapisserie moderne |
2010 |
Éditions Norma, |
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Phillips, Barty |
Tapestry |
2000 |
Phaidon Press Ltd |
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Quye, Anita & Kathryn Hallet and Concha Herrero Carretero |
Wrought in gold and silk: Preserving the art of historical tapestries |
2009 |
NMS Enterprises Ltd – Publishing |
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Russell, Carol, K. |
Contemporary International Tapestry |
2015 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
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Scanlin, Tommye McClure |
The Nature of Things: Essays of a tapestry weaver |
2020 |
University of North Georgia Press |
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Sevensma W S (trans from the Dutch by Alexis Brown) |
Tapestries |
1965 |
Merlin Press |
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Banners of Persuasion (Exhibition catalogue) |
demons, yarns & tales |
2008 |
Damiani editori |
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Sidore, Micala |
The Art is the Cloth: How to look at and understand tapestries |
2020 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
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Updike, David (ed. Exhibition catalogue) & Philadelphia Museum of Art |
William Kentridge Tapestries |
2008 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art/Klipriversbier |
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Viale, Mercedes |
Tapestries |
1969 |
Cameo (Hamlin Pubs) vol 7 Cameo Art Series |
|
Walker S |
Modern Australian Tapestry |
2000 |
Victoria: Victorian Tapestry Workshop. |
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Wells, K L H. |
Weaving Modernism: Postwar tapestry between Paris and New York. |
2019 |
Yale University Press, |
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Wilcox, Timothy & Caron Penney and Fiona Mathison |
Tapestry: a woven narrative |
2012 |
Black Dog Publishing |
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Willborg, Peter. David Black & Clive Loveless (eds) |
Flat weaves from Fjord and Forest |
1984 |
David Black Oriental Carpets & Peter Willborg |
Other textile books / weaving traditions, relevant to tapestry
| Author | Title of book | Year Published | Publisher |
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Albers, Annie |
On Weaving |
1965 |
Wesleyan University Press |
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Amsden, Chas Avery |
Navajo Weaving |
(1949) 1964 |
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Fine Arts Press/South-West Museum) |
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Bennett, Noël |
The Weaver’s Pathway: a clarification of the ‘Spirit Trail’ in Navajo weaving |
1974 |
Northland Press/Flagstaff |
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Bennett, Noël |
Designing with the Wool: advanced techniques in Navajo weaving |
1979 |
Northland Press/Flagstaff |
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Bennett, Noël & Tiana Bighorse |
Working with the Wool |
(1971) 1983 |
Northland Publishing |
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Black, Mary |
New Key to Weaving |
1957 |
The Bruce Publishing co |
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Blumenau, Lili |
The Art and Craft of Hand Weaving: including Fabric Design |
1956 |
Crowne pubs. Inc |
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Butcher, Mary |
Contemporary International Basketry (exhibition catalogue) |
1999 |
Merrell Holberton/Crafts Council |
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Emery, Irene |
The Primary Structure of Fabrics: an Illustrated classification |
2009 |
Thames & Hudson |
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Hall, Joanne |
Mexican Tapestry Weaving |
1976 |
J. Arvidson Press |
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Harding, Stella & Shane Waltener |
Practical Basketry Techniques |
2012 |
A & C Black |
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Hoppe, Elisabeth, Östeland Estine & Melén, Lisa |
Free Weaving on frame and loom |
1972 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Hutton, Helen |
Textile Structures |
1975 |
Watson-Guptill |
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Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt & Anthony Berlant |
The Navajo Blanket (exhibition catalogue) |
1972 |
Praeger pubs & Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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Landry, Wendy |
Velvet on my Mind, Velvet on my Loom |
2020 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
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Rutschowscaya, Marie-Hélène |
Coptic Fabrics |
1990 |
Editions Adam Biro |
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Sherman, Vera |
Wall Hangings of Today |
1972 |
Mills & Boon |
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Smith, T’ai |
Bauhaus Weaving Theory: from feminine craft to mode of design |
2014 |
Univ. Minneapolis Press |
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Wayland Barber, Elizabeth |
Women’s Work: The first 20,000 years |
1994 |
W.W. Norton |
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Wortmann Weltge, Sigurd |
Bauhaus: Women artists and the weaving workshop |
1998 |
Thames and Hudson. |
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Wortmann Weltge, Sigurd |
Women’s Work: Textile art from the Bauhaus |
1993 |
Chronicle Books |
|
Wilson, Jean |
Soumak Workbook |
1982 |
Interweave Press |
Supporting skills
| Author | Title of book | Year Published | Publisher |
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Albers, Josef |
Interaction of Color |
(1963) 1975 |
Yale University Press |
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Bennet, Noël |
Designing with the Wool |
1979 |
Northland Press |
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Bennett, Noël |
Working with the Wool |
1971 |
Northland Press |
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Birren, Faber |
History of Color in Painting: New Principles of Color Expression |
1965 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Birren, Faber |
Creative Color |
1987 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
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Cardon, Dominique |
Natural Dyes: sources, traditions, technology and science |
2007 |
Archetype Publications |
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Dufour, Jean |
Natural Dyeing of Wool |
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Les Gobelins |
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Dunsmore, Susi |
The Nettle in Nepal: tradition and innovation |
(1985) 2006 |
John Dunsmore Nepalese Textile Trust |
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Ellinger, Richard G |
Color, Structure & Design |
1980 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Emery, Irene |
The Primary Structure of Fabrics: An illustrated classification |
1980 |
Textile Museum, Washington DC |
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Ford, Birte |
Yarn from Wild Nettles: a practical guide |
2014 |
Nettlecraft |
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Grierson, Su |
The Colour Cauldron |
1986 |
Self published |
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Hart, Russell |
Photographing Your Artwork |
1987 |
North Light Books |
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Itten, Johannes |
The Art of Color |
1973 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Itten, Johannes |
The Color Star |
1985 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Kobayashi, Shigenobu |
Color Image Scale |
1992 |
Kodansha International |
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Kuehni, Rolf G. |
Color: Essence and Logic |
1983 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Lambert, Patrica |
Color and Fiber |
1986 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. |
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Magnus, Gunter Hugo |
Graphic Techniques for Designing & Illustrating |
1980 |
Barron’s |
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Methuen Handbook of Colour |
Trans from Danish 1961 and 1967 |
(1963) 1967 |
Methuen & Co Ltd |
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Murphy, Pat and Paul Doherty |
The Color of Nature |
1996 |
Cronical Books |
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Ocvirk, Otto G. et al. |
Art Fundamentals Theory & Practice |
1975 |
Wm. C Brown co |
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Rodwell, Jenny and George Short |
The Complete Guide to Framing |
1986 |
Quarto Publishing Ltd. |
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Sargent, Walter |
The Enjoyment and Use of Color |
1964 |
Dover Publications |
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Stockton, James |
Designers Guide to Color |
1984 |
Chronical Books |
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Stockton, James |
Designers Guide to Color 2 |
1984 |
Chronical Books |
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Whelan, Bride M |
Colour Harmony 2.: A guide to creative color combinations |
1994 |
Rockport Publishers |
