The Fine Art of Textiles

Selections from the Textile Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

By Dilys E. Blum Color photography by Lynn Rosenthal

This survey of the Museum's extensive holdings of textiles from both the East and West features full-color illustrations of all aspects of the collection, including American quilts, Islamic textiles, Indonesian batik, embroidery, lace, and twentieth-century design. Bibliography. Glossary.