Chinese textiles & costume reading list
Baker, Muriel and Lunt, Margaret Blue and White: the Cotton Embroideries of Rural China. Sidgwick and Jackson, London, l978. ISBN. 0 283 984813
Burnham, H.B., Chinese Velvets: A Technical Study. University of Toronto Press, 1959
Berliner, Nancy, Chinese Folk Art. New York Graphic Society, 1986. ISBN. 0 8212 1615 5
Cammann, Schuyler, China's Dragon Robes. Ronald Press, New York, 1952
Chung, Young Y., The Art of Oriental Embroidery: History, Aesthetics and Techniques. Bell and Hyman, New York, 1979. ISBN. 0 684 16248 2
Farrer, Anne and Whitfield, Roderick, Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, Chinese Art From the Silk Route. British Museum Publications, 1990. ISBN. 0 7141 1447 2
Gao, Hanyu, Chinese Textile Designs. Penguin Books, London, 1992. ISBN. 0 670 81897 6
Garrett, Valery, Traditional Chinese Clothing. Oxford University Press, 1987. ISBN. 0 19 584174 3
Garrett, Valery, Children of the Gods: Dress and Symbolism in China. Hong Kong, 1990. ISBN. 962 7039 22 5
Garrett, Valery, Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide. OUP, Hong Kong, l994. ISBN. 0 19 5864263
Lorentz, H.A., A View of Chinese Rugs from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1972. ISBN. 0 7100 6912 x
Mailey, Jean Chinese Silk Tapestry: K'o-ssu. China Institute in America, New York, 1971
Salisbury, Harrison & Spence, Jonathan Imperial China: Photographs l850-l9l2. Penwick, U.S.A. 1978. ISBN. 0 85967 5645
Various authors, Fans from the East. Debrett's Peerage in association with The Fan Circle and The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1978. ISBN. 0 905649 22 2
Vollmer, John, In the Presence of the Dragon Throne: Ch'ing Dynasty Costume (l644-l9ll). Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1977
Wang, Yarong, Chinese Folk Embroidery. The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1985. ISBN. 0 500 27463 0
Watt, James C. Y., When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles. Metropolitan Museum of Art (in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art), New York, 1997. ISBN. 0 870 998 25 0
Wilson, Verity, Chinese Dress. V&A Museum, l986. (Reprint 1996). ISBN. 1 85177 184 0
Wilson, Verity, Chinese Textiles, V&A Museum, 2005. ISBN. 1 85177 428 6
Zhou, Xun and Gao, Chunming 5000 Years of Chinese Costumes. The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1987. ISBN. 9620750551
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