Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period

by Susan Meller, Joost Elffers

"Textile Designs is a dazzling, informative fabric encyclopedia of archival beauty. It is a necessary tool for the fashion industry, schools, and libraries."

—Women's Wear Daily

"An iconography of textile motifs and a vocabulary of pattern. . . . Highly recommended." —Choice

Never before have printed textiles been celebrated in a book of this magnitude. Now in paperback, Textile Designs is the indispensable sourcebook for the colorful patterned materials that have been used in fashion and interiors for the past 200 years. Organized not chronologically or geographically but by motif—Floral, Geometric, Conversational, Ethnic, and Art Movements and Period Styles—this bible of textile design presents a stunning cross-section of the materials of everyday life: printed calicos and cottons, flowered cretonnes and chintzes, polka-dot silks and foulards. With its informative text and pattern names provided not only in English but also in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese, this is a must-have for everyone interested in color and pattern.

Genres: Nonfiction, Design, Reference, Fashion, Art, Sewing, Art Design

464 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

Reviews

[Prakash Sain]

good pattern

[Rebecca]

Great reference and short history book. Gives descriptions of origins of textile styles through five categories: floral, geometric, conversational, ethnic and period styles.

[Alex]

Textile Designs : Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period by Susan Meller (2002)

[Lise Petrauskas]

I love textiles. So. Much.

[Tabitha]

It's impossible not to feel inspired when looking through this amazing compilation.

[Ulee ☄︎]

A good book for inspiration and examples of Western influences based on Middle East, African, Native American, and Eastern designs.