Part 1 A survey of textile techniques, Jennifer Harris: weaving; tapestry; rug weaving; embroidery; lace; dyeing and printing; knitting; netting, knotting and crochet; felt and bark cloth. Part 2 A survey of world textiles: the Ancient World - the Mediterranean, Joan Allgrove McDowell; central and northern Europe, John-Peter Wild; the Near and Middle East - Sassanian textiles, early Islamic textiles, Joan Allgrove McDowell; Byzantine silks, Anna Muthesius; Safavid Iran (1499-1722), the Ottoman Empire, Joan Allgrove McDowell; Central Asian textiles, Jennifer Wearden; Palestinian embroidery, Shelagh Weir; India and Pakistan - historical development and trade, tribal textiles, Margaret Hall; carpets - carpets of the Middle and Far East, Patricia L. Baker; the Far East - China, Verity Wilson; Japan, Susan-Marie Best; South-East Asia, Sylvia Fraser-Lu; Western Europe - Sicilian silks, Anna Muthesius; Italian silks (1300-1500), Lisa Monnas; Italian silks (1500-1900), Spanish silks, Jacqueline Herald; French silks (1650-1800), Lesley Miller; figured linen damasks, Jacqueline Herald; tapestry, Thomas Campbell; embroidery, lace, Santina M. Levey; printed textiles, Jennifer Harris; Central and Eastern Europe - Eastern Europe, Jennifer Wearden; Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania, Roderick R. Taylor; the Americas - colonial North America (1700-1990s), Mary Schoeser; native North America, Colin and Betty Taylor; Latin America, Chloe Sayer and Penny Bateman; Africa - North Africa, Caroline Stone; sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands, John Mack.
