Global Textile Encounters.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Textiles and Elite Tastes between the Mediterranean, Iran and Asia at the End of Antiquity Matthew P. Canepa -- Chapter 2: Palla, Pallu, Chador: Draped clothing in ancient and modern cultures Mary Harlow -- Chapter 3: From Draupadi to Dido: The duties of dress in paintings inspired by the Mahābhārata and the Aeneid Linda Matheson -- Chapter 4: The Kaftan: An unusual textile encounter in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age Ulla Mannering -- Chapter 5: Ancient Running Animals: Tablet-woven borders from China and Norway Lise Ræder Knudsen -- Chapter 6: The Development of Pattern Weaving Technology through Textile Exchange along the Silk Road Zhao Feng -- Chapter 7: The Earliest Cotton Ikat Textiles from Nahal ´Omer Israel 650-810 CE Orit Shamir and Alisa Baginski -- Chapter 8: Northerners: Global travellers in the Viking Age Eva Andersson Strand -- Chapter 9: Unravelling Textile Mysteries with DNA Analysis Luise Ørsted Brandt -- Chapter 10: The Traceable Origin of Textiles Karin Margarita Frei -- Chapter 11: The World of Textiles in Three Spheres: European woollens, Indian cottons and Chinese silks, 1300-1700 Giorgio Riello -- Chapter 12: Chinese Silks in Mamluk Egypt Helen Persson -- Chapter 13: Woven Mythology: The textile encounter of makara, senmurw and phoenix Mariachiara Gasparini -- Chapter 14: Textile in Art: The influence of textile patterns on ornaments in the architecture of medieval Zirikhgeran Zvezdana Dode -- Chapter 15: Coromandel Textiles: The changing face of consumer demand and weavers' responses 16th to 18th century CE Vijaya Ramaswamy -- Chapter 16: The Jesuit Dilemma in Asia: Being a naked ascetic or a court literate? Selusi Ambrogio -- Chapter 17: The Colourful Qualities of Desire: Fashion, colours and industrial espionage Vibe Maria Martens.

Chapter 18: Fashion Encounters: The "Siamoise", or the impact of the Great Embassy on textile design in Paris in 1687 Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset -- Chapter 19: The Chinoiserie of the 17th to 18th-century Soho Tapestry Makers Mette Bruun -- Chapter 20: Exoticism in Fashion: From British North America to the United States Madelyn Shaw -- Chapter 21: Textile Symbolism and Social Mobility during the Colonial Period in Sydney Cove Judith Cameron -- Chapter 22: The Impact of British Rule on the Dressing Sensibilities of Indian Aristocrats: A case study of the Maharaja of Baroda's dress Toolika Gupta -- Chapter 23: Re-imagining the Dragon Robe: China chic in early twentieth-century European fashion Sarah Cheang -- Chapter 24: Sari and the Narrative of Nation in 20th-Century India Aarti Kawlra -- Chapter 25: From Cool to Un-cool to Re-cool: Nehru and Mao tunics in the sixties and post-sixties West Michael A. Langkjær -- Chapter 26: Too Old: Clothes and value in Norwegian and Indian wardrobes Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Lill Vramo and Kirsi Laitala -- Chapter 27: A 'Stinging' Textile: Cultivation of nettle fibre in Denmark and Asia Ellen Bangsbo -- Chapter 28: Fist-braided Slings from Peru and Tibet Lena Bjerregaard -- Chapter 29: Parsi Embroidery: An intercultural amalgam Shernaz Cama -- Chapter 30: The Navjote Ceremony and the Sudreh Kushti Lotika Varadarajan -- Chapter 31: Globalization, Identity and T-shirt Communication Karl-Heinz Pogner -- Chapter 32: India to Africa: Indian Madras and Kalabari creativity Joanne B. Eicher -- Chapter 33: Textile: The non-verbal language Jasleen Dhamija -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements.

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