Silk and Cotton - Textiles from the Central Asia that Was

A real treat for textile lovers or those interested in the art of cloth and its beautiful forms around the world. 

"It seems to me, when driving for the rist time through the streets of Samarkand on a brilliant September morning in 1896, that Keats could not have chosen a more appropriate epithet for that city than 'Silken Samarkand'; almost every other man we met was clothed in silk. A gentle breeze filled their long, wide sleeves till they looked like silken pillows, and spread out the folds of their ample garments, while the silk embroidery on the boys' caps shone in the direct rays of the midday sun." - Annette M. B. Meakin 1903

Susan Meller - Hardback