ASIAN TEXTILES - the OATG Magazine
The Oxford Asian Textile Group (OATG) publishes its magazine, Asian Textiles, three times a year, now generally with 28-32 pages. It appears in February, June and October. The deadline for copy is the first Monday of those months. For further information or contributions contact the Editor.
Most issues feature a report on a key textile collection, Asian textile resources on-line and also report on current research and recent publications. They each include a valuable section highlighting lectures and new and ongoing exhibitions in Britain and abroad.
Each issue also gives fuller details about the latest programme of talks and visits arranged by OATG for its members.
Current Issue:
| Asian Textiles - No 50 - 28p, October 2011 | Access colour Pdf of No 50 (see below) | |
| Editorial - Nick Fielding | ||
| OATG Events Programme | ||
| 5,900-year-old woven skirt excavated in Armenian cave | ||
| The magnificent collection of the Esterhazys | ||
| New technique discovered for dating silk | ||
| Chikan embroidery: Transforming cotton into yards of magic - Azra Nafees | ||
| Afghan rug trade unravels - Abdul Latif Sahak | ||
| Textiles along the Silk Road: The end of the journey - the islands of South East Asia - Susanna Reece | ||
| Meetings: An away-day to the Horniman Museum - Felicity Wood | ||
| Meetings: Changing fashions for abayas in Qatar - Anne O’Dwyer | ||
| click on image to go to matrix of all back issues | ||
This edition of Asian Textiles is available on line in full colour! Although the printed edition of Asian Textiles is only available in black and white, albeit with the front and back covers in full colour, it is available in full colour in Pdf format for download from this website.
In order to access the full colour Pdf version of this edition of the magazine you will need a username and password to use on a password-protected web page which carries a link to the Pdf file.
All editions of Asian Textiles from No. 45 onwards have the username and password required for download printed inside the front cover. Access to the Pdfs is free to all those who received a hard copy of the magazine either as a member or by purchasing it as an individual issue. The current calendar year's editions of the Magazine plus the previous two complete years are only available to download on-line via password protected access to which all current members of OATG will be given access. If you are not yet an OATG member, go to the Membership section of this website and join up NOW! If you do not have the required username or password for issues 45 onwards but believe you qualify for access to them, contact the web editor.
The password protected Pdf files can be accessed by clicking on the link in the title line to the issue e.g.: ‘Access colour Pdf of No 45’ and entering the username and password for the relevant calendar year and click ‘login’. On the page that opens click on the link to the relevant Pdf file to download. The username and password is the same for all three issues in each calendar year.
All earlier issues of the magazine from 1-44 (1-38 known as the Newsletter) are available as Pdf files to freely download from this website. Click on the thumbnail image of the issue in the matrix of back issues to go to the contents page. The link to download the Pdf file is in the title line of the issue.
To receive regular copies of the magazine you are invited to subscribe to the Oxford Asian Textile Group.