by Clare Hunter
GENERAL
Ackerman, Diane. A Natural History of the Senses. Phoenix, 1996
Arthur, Liz. Embroidery 1600–1700 at the Burrell Collection. John Murray in Association with Glasgow Museums, 1995.
Dhamija, Jasleen. Asian Embroidery. Crafts Council of India, 2004.
Gillow, John and Bryan Sentence. World Textiles. Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Gillow, John. Textiles of the Islamic World. Thames & Hudson, 2013.
Gordon, Beverly. Textiles: The Whole Story. Thames & Hudson, 2013.
Paine, Sheila. Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns. Thames & Hudson, 2010
Parker, Rozsika. The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine. The Women’s Press, 1984.
Prichard, Sue. Quilts 1700–2010: Hidden Histories, Untold Stories. V & A Publications, 2012.
Quilt Treasures: The Quilters’ Guild Heritage Search. The Quilters’ Guild, 2010.
Rae, Janet. The Quilts of the British Isles. Deidre McDonald Books, 1996.
Rae, Janet. Warm Covers: A Scottish Textile Story. Sansom & Company, 2016.
Schoeser, Mary. World Textiles: A Concise History. Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Swain, Margaret. Scottish Embroidery: Medieval to Modern. B.T. Batsford, 1986.
UNKNOWN
Bernstein, David J.. The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
Henderson, Anna C. with Gale R. Owen-Crocker., Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry. Manchester University Press, 2016
Lemagnen, Sylvette. The Bayeux Tapestry: A Step-by-Step Discovery. OREP Editions, 2015.
Messent, Jan. The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers’ Story. Madeira Threads UK, 1999.
Moffat, Alastair. The Great Tapestry of Scotland. Birlinn, 2013.
POWER
Arnold, Janet. Queen Elizabeth’s Wardrobe Unlock’d. Routledge, 1988.
Bath, Michael. Emblems for a Queen: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots. Archetype Publications, 2008.
Browne, Clare and Glyn Davies. English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum. Yale University Press, 2016.
Swain, Margaret. The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1973.
FRAILTY
Blackburn, Julia. Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske. Jonathan Cape, 2015.
Hornstein, Gail A.. Agnes’s Jacket: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meaning of Madness. PCCS Books, 2012.
Thesiger, Ernest. Adventures in Embroidery. The Studio, 1941.
Thesiger, Ernest. Practically True. William Heinemann, 1926.
CAPTIVITY
Archer, Bernice. The Interment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945. Routledge Curzon, 2004.
Chevalier, Tracy and Fine Cell Work, The Sleep Quilt. Pallas Athene Publishers, 2017.
Materson, ray and Materson, Melanie. Sins and Needles: A Story of Spiritual Mending. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2002.
Ruff-O’Herne, Jan. Fifty Years of Silence: Comfort Women of Indonesia. William Heinemann, 2008.
IDENTITY
El-Khalidi, Laila. The Art of Palestinian Embroidery. Saqi Books, 2001.
Luciow, Johanna. Ukrainian Embroidery. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979.
Naughton, Jim. Conflict and Costume: The Herero tribe of Namibia. Merrell Publishers, 2013.
Tarlo, Emma. Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India. The University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Weir, Shelagh Palestinian Embroidery. British Museum Press, 1979.
CONNECTION
Styles, John. Threads of Feeling: The London Foundling Hospital’s Textile Tokens, 1740–1770. The Foundling Museum, 2016.
PROTECT
Frater, Judy. Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris. Mapin Publishing Pvt., 1997.
Salomon, Kathryn. Jewish Ceremonial Embroidery. B.T. Batsford, 1988.
JOURNEY
Courtenay, P. P. and Maria Wronska-Friend. Migrants of the Mountains: The Costume Art of the Hmong People of Mainland Southeast Asia. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1995.
Smith, Ruth. Miao Embroidery from South West China: Textiles from Gina Corrigan’s Collection. Occidor, 2005.
PROTEST
Corbett, Sarah. A Little Book of Craftivism. Cicada Books, 2013.
Corbett, Sarah. How to be a Craftivist: The Art of Gentle Protest. Unbound, 2017.
Gorman, John. Banner Bright. Allen Lane, 1973.
Greer, Betsy. Craftivism. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014.
Pershing, Linda. The Ribbon around the Pentagon: Peace by Piecemakers. The University of Tennessee Press, 1996.
The Ribbon: A Celebration of Life. Lark Books, 1985.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907-14. Chatto & Windus, 1987.
LOSS
Agosin, Marjorie. Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Deacon, Deborah A. and Paula E. Calvin. War Imagery in Women’s Textiles: An International Study of Weaving, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Rug Making and other Fabric Arts. McFarland & Company, 2014.
Nisenthal Krinitz, Ester and Berenice Steinhartdt. Memoirs of Survival. Hyperion Books for Children, 2005.
Otto Lipsett, Linda. Elizabeth Roseberry Mitchell’s Graveyard Quilt: An American Pioneer Saga. Halstead & Meadows, 1995.
Ruskin, Cindy. The Quilt: Stories from the Names Project. Pocket Books, 1988.
COMMUNITY
Anderson, David. Shamiana: The Mughal Tent. V & A Publications, 1999.
Arthur, Liz. Keeping Glasgow in Stitches. Mainstream Publishing, 1991.
PLACE
Benberry, Cuesta. A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans. The University of Arkansas Press, 2000.
Fry, Gladys-Marie. Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South. The University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Tobin, Jacqueline L. and Raymond G. Dobhard. Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad. Anchor Books, 2000.
Tyner, Judith A. Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and Women’s Geographical Education. Ashgate Publishing, 2015.
Witney Antiques, Samplers – Mapped and Charted. Witney Antiques, 2005.
VALUE
Hayden, Ruth. Mrs Delany: Her Life in Flowers. British Museum Press, 1980.
Laird, Mark and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts. Mrs Delany and Her Circle. Yale University Press, 2009.
Morris, Barbara. Victorian Embroidery. Barrie & Jenkins, 1962.
Roberts, Jane. George III and Queen Charlotte: Patronage, Collecting and Court Taste. Royal Collections Publications, 2004.
Srobel, Heidi A. The Artistic Matronage of Queen Charlotte 1744-818: How a Queen Promoted both Art and Female Artists in English Society. Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
ART
Arthur, Liz. Glasgow Girls: Artists and Designers 1890-1930. Kirdcudbright, 2010.
Bilcliffe, Roge. Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Art of the Four. Frances Lincioln, 2017.
Burkhauser, Jude. Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920. Canongate, 1990.
Connell, Linda. Textile Treasures of the WI. The National Needlework Archive, 2007.
Quinton, Rebecca. Patterns of Childhood: Samplers from Glasgow Museums. The Herbert Press, 2005.
Tarrant, Naomi E. A. ‘Remember Now Thy Creator’: Scottish Girls’ Samplers, 1700–1872. Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, 2014.
WORK
Adler-Milstein, Sarah and John M. Kline. Sewing Hope: How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Inustry’s Sweatshops. University of Caifornia Press, 2017.
Burman, Barbara. The Culture of Sewing: Gender, Consumption and Home Dressmaking. Berg, 1999.
VOICE
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. Fray: Art and Textile Politics. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Chicago, Judy and Susan Hill. Embroidering Our Heritage: The Dinner Party Needlework. Anchor Books, 1980.
First, Ruth. 117 Days
. Virago, 2010.
Prain, Leanne. Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014.
Wellesley Smith, Claire. Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art. Batsford, 2015.
Images
Many of the textiles mentioned in this book are accessible online. Here are some websites where you can find them:
Bayeux Museum: bayeuxmuseum.com
Conflict Textile Collection: cain.ulster.ac.uk
Craftivist Collective: craftivist-collective.com
Embroiderers’ Guild: embroiderersguild.com
Foundling Museum: foundlingmuseum.org.uk
Hunterian Museum: gla.ac.uk
Judy Chicago: judychicago.com
Peace Museum: peacemuseum.org.uk
People’s History Museum: phm.org.uk
Quilt Museum: quiltmuseum.org.uk
Sewing Matters: sewingmatters.co.uk
Smithsonian Institution: si.edu
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture: nmaahc.si.edu
Textile Society: textilesociety.org.uk
Victoria and Albert Museum: vam.ac.uk
Visual Arts Data Service: vads.ac.uk