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A list for books about micro histories and studies about fabrics or wallpaper patterns.
[ex. History of polka dots, stripes, florals... etc.]
[ex. History of polka dots, stripes, florals... etc.]
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Fierce: The History of Leopard Print
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4.14 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Bitten by Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home
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The Devil's Cloth : A History of Stripes
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3.70 avg rating — 445 ratings
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The Backstory of Wallpaper: Paper-Hangings 1650-1750
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Robert M. Kelly (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 99,
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The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
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4.09 avg rating — 3,579 ratings
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Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800
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4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean
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4.52 avg rating — 92 ratings
score: 96,
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Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas
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Susan Cooksey (Editor)
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 95,
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African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent
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4.34 avg rating — 58 ratings
score: 94,
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Textiles and Clothing of Việt Nam: A History
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score: 93,
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The West Georgia Textile Heritage Trail
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score: 92,
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Greenville Textiles
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Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes: An Anthology
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Margot Blum Schevill (Editor)
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 90,
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Silk Weavers of Hill Tribe Laos: Textiles, Tradition, and Well-Being
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Joshua Hirschstein (Goodreads Author)
4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 89,
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To Weave for the Sun: Ancient Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 88,
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Patchwork: Seminole and Miccosukee Art and Activities
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3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 87,
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Knitted Lace of Estonia
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4.37 avg rating — 612 ratings
score: 86,
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Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States
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3.65 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 85,
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Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of New Orleans
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4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 84,
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A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories
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4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 83,
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The Kansas City Star Quilts Sampler: 60+ Blocks from 1928-1961, Historical Profiles by Barbara Brackman
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C&T Publishing (Compiler)
4.53 avg rating — 57 ratings
score: 82,
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The Quilts of Gee's Bend
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4.17 avg rating — 307 ratings
score: 81,
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Hawaiian Quilt Coloring book: A Collection of Authentic Hawaiian Quilt Patterns
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4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 80,
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Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt
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4.66 avg rating — 137 ratings
score: 79,
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American Quilts and Coverlets in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 78,
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Georgia Quilts: Piecing Together a History
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Anita Zaleski Weinraub (Editor)
4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 77,
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Sew a Backyard Adventure: 21 Projects Teepees, Hats, Backpacks, Quilts, Sleeping Bags & More
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3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 76,
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