Author: LOVT FRASER, G.,
Title: Textiles by Britain. First edition.
Description: London, George Allen & Unwin, 1948. Original patterned cloth, title in silver type on spine. (x), 181pp. Coloured illustrations of textile designs on 4 plates, with extensive descriptive text, many black/white ills. on 48 plates out-of-text also with descriptive text, name-list of leading british textile designers, glossary of technical terms used, bibliography, index, table of contents. Monograph dealing with two branches of British textile design: dress and furnishing materials. Plates illustrated designs for dress materials, trade goods and furnishing materials. Still a valuable source of information on subject matter. Good copy, NO dustjacket. (spine somewhat sunned).

Keywords: fibres textiles design british designers dress furnishing material history cultural heritage