Textile History. Volume 47. Number 1; May 2016 (The Journal of the Pasold Research Fund Ltd)

2016. [ii], 140pp. Colour and B&W illustrations. Contents: Special Issue: Ways of Seeing Early Modern Decorative Textiles Editorial Note. Laura Ugolini Articles Ways of Seeing Early Modern Decorative Textiles. Catherine Richardson and Tara Hamling In the Eye of the Beholder: 'Seeing' Textiles in the Early Modern Interior. Maria Hayward Object Lessons 'All Sorts of Stiches': Looking at Detail in a Proclamation of Solomon Embroidery. Claire Canavan 'Informed Seeing': Reading the Seventeenth-Century Embroidered Cabinet at Milton Manor House through its Historical and Social Contexts. Amanda Pullan Article 'Mouldering Chairs and Faded Tapestry. Unworthy of the Observation of a Common Person': Considering Textiles in Historic Interiors. Mary M. Brooks Research Note New Ways of Engaging with Historic Textiles: Interactive Images Online. Dinah Eastop Article Looking at Domestic Textiles: An Eye-Tracking Experiment Analyzing Influences on Viewing Behavior at Owlpen Manor. Benjamin W. Tatler, Ross G. Macdonald, Tara Hamling, and Catherine Richardson Exhibition Reviews 'Henrik Vibskov', 24 January–11 May 2014 and 'R-Collection - Party', 28 March–25 May 2014, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland. (Trilce Sandoval Similä) 'Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood'. Museum of Brisbane, Australia, 22 November 2014–24 May 2015. (Catriona Fisk) 'The IsiShweshwe Story: Material Women?'. Iziko Museums, Cape Town, South Africa, 23 February 2013–31 December 2017. (Erica de Greef) Books Reviews Jon Stobart and Bruno Blondé, eds., Selling Textiles in the Long Eighteenth Century: Comparative Perspectives from Western Europe. (Sally Tuckett) Lesley Miller, Selling Silks: A Merchant's Sample Book. (Mia Jackson) José Luis Colomer and Amalia Descalzo, eds., Spanish Fashion at the Courts of Early Modern Europe. (Hilary Davidson) Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello, eds., Writing Material Culture History. (Ruth Jindal) Katherine Joslin and Daneen Wardrop, eds., Crossings in Text and Textile. (Clare Mullaney) Thomas Schmutz and Rahel Beyerle, eds., Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Today is Tomorrow. (Mary Schoeser) Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker, eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles. (Maria Hayward) Louise M. Sylvester, Mark C. Chambers, and Gale R. Owen-Crocker, eds., Medieval Dress and Textiles in Britain: A Multilingual Sourcebook. (Eleanor R. Standley). …