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 Issue 71 Autumn 2018Embroidery and Identity: A Palestinian thōb from the Pitt Rivers Museum - Abigael Flack Chinese imperial court dress and insignia of rank: Ultimate power dressing! Origins, evolution and eventual demise - by David Rosier Mystery object My favourite… memory - Sheila Paine 'Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum' by Itie Van Hout - Book review by Fiona Kerlogue Exhibition review: 'Weaving New Worlds' - by Jennifer M Gurd Finnish Ryijy - Gavin Strachan |  Issue 70 Summer 2018Unpicking Woven Heritage: Cultural narratives of handwoven eri silk textiles from Meghalaya, Northeast India - Anna-Louise Meynell The Chris Hall collection of Chinese Textiles Book Review: 'Kam Women Artisans of China: Dawn of the Butterflies' by Marie Anna Lee Our favourite...dye pot by David and Sue Richardson Dress at royal wedding labelled 'tribal' sparks Hmong outcry |  Issue 69 Spring 2018John Thomson: photography in the Far East 1862–1872 Narcissist - one of Sara Rahbar’s flag series Book Review: 'Tibetan Dress in Amdo & Kham' by Gina Corrigan Book Review: 'Textiles of the Middle East and Central Asia: The Fabric of Life' by Fahmida Suleman My favourite place is Peshawar - John Gillow Show and Tell 2018 Minutes of the 2018 Annual General Meeting |
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 Issue 68 Winter 2017Taiwanese aboriginal woven fabrics and the British Museum - Tsai Yu Shan and Pamela Cross A Japanese wall hanging from the Meiji period - Fiona Kerlogue Abegg-Stiftung – the museum and conservation studio ‘Dressed’ Indian prints at the British Museum - Pamela Cross Iban sungkit cloths - OATG talk by Mike Heppell |  Issue 67 June 2017Embroidered Bodies from the Ashmolean Museum - Aimée Payton Textiles in The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections - Farouk Yahya Book Review: Batik Jawa Bagi Dunia, Javanese Batik to the World by Maria Wronska-Friend Rosati – the painter who loved textiles, but ethnographers beware - Gavin Strachan Book Review: Embroidered Visions: Photographs by Sheila Paine by Katherine Clough and Philip N. Grover Early Textiles Study Group Conference September 2017 The 17th-century Mughal pavilion |  Issue 66 February 2017The Qaraqalpaq yurt and its decoration - David and Sue Richardson Fascinating Children ’s Hats by Monique Derwig - book review by Pamela Cross Mystery objects: your help sought Letters to the editor Show & Tell January 2017 Asian Textiles in Asia OATG 2017 Annual General Meeting |
 Issue 65 November 2016OATG AGM Show & Tell Hmong Threads of Life: Traditional Hmong textiles from the Golden Triangle - Victoria Voreitter Letter from America, November 2016 - Ruth Barnes |  Issue 64 June 2016Hawaiian Featherwork - Nick Fielding Textiles of the Banjara: Cloth and Culture of a Wandering Tribe - book review by Pamela Cross Textiles from the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon - Aimée Payton Bags on bikes in Iran by Gavin Strachan - Gavin Strachan World Textile Day, King’s Sutton The Al Lulwa Collection - book review by Sheila Allen Show and Tell, January 2016 OATG events survey |  Issue 63 February 2016Sustaining cultural heritage? The case of contemporary Indian block prints - Eiluned Edwards 2 silk embroideries in Ashmolean - Paul Bevan Funeral of a King - David + Sue Richardson Islamic footwear exhibition at the British Museum - Fahmida Suleman The Roots of Asian Weaving: The He Haiyan collection of textiles and looms from Southwest China by Eric Boudot and Chris Buckley - review by Pamela Cross OATG Annual General Meeting - Judith Colegate |
 Issue 62 October 2015Behind the scenes with British Museum conservators at ‘Shifting Patterns: Pacific bark-cloth clothing’ - Monique Pullan Tracking sources of Chinese dress and fabrics in museum collections - John E. Vollmer Patterns for children - Shweta Dhariwal 'The Fabric of India' - Rosemary Crill OATG’s 20th birthday party |  Issue 61 June 2015Miao textile collections at Pitt Rivers Museum - Faye Belsey Hawaiian revival: rediscovering the art of making kapa - Nick Fielding The woven wind of Bengal - Sonia Ashmore Shoes: pleasure and pain - Helen Persson Human feeling + hard facts about carpets: an update from the Beattie Archive - Katherine Clough OATG visit to Sri Owen - Sue Richardson The weaving skills of the plains aborigines in Taiwan - Yushan Tsai |  Issue 60 February 2015A tiger cap in the Ashmolean’s collection - Sarah Mitchell The great textile-collecting boom - Nick Fielding Mongolian hats - Agnes Upshall New textile displays in the Ashmolean - Sue Stanton Batik workshop at the Ashmolean14 - Sue Richardson Show-and-tell, 24 January 2015 - Agnes Upshall Phyllis Nye - Ruth Barnes |
 Issue 59 October 2014From ‘temple hanging’ to ‘tapestry’ – what’s in a name? - Hiroko T. McDermott A family collection of textiles in Toraja, Indonesia - Hywel Coleman Textile-hunting in Kyoto - Aimée Payton Chinese textiles at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge - Agnes Upshall Visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 30 July 2014 - Fiona Sutcliffe Tiger costume at the Ashomolean; further thoughts - Rachel Silberstein |  Issue 58 June 2014Revisiting Javanese batik - Fiona Kerlogue Talismanic clothing, an Islamic tradition - Alain Epelboin and Constant Hamès Balancing popular expectations and commercial practicalities to provide sustainable employment: Panchachuli Women Weavers - Olive Rowell Letter from America - Ruth Barnes Embroidered Japanese screens - Clare Pollard Jackets from South Sumatra - Felicity Wood Book Review: Shamanic Regalia in the Far North by Patricia Rieff Anawalt reviewed by Nick Fielding |  Issue 57 February 2014Recovering the lost woven treasures of Taiwan’s indigenous people - Tsai Yushan Talismanic clothing, an Islamic tradition - Alain Epelboin + Constant Hamès Return to Lamalera - Sue Richardson Recovering Lost Woven Treasures: Translation and Transformation by Tsai Yushan reviewed by Pamela Cross; Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest, edited by Bernard Sellato reviewed by Pamela Cross; South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection, Norwich reviewed by Agnes Upshall |
 Issue 56 October 2013Unlocking the Beattie Archive - Suriyah Bi The introduction of synthetic dyes into 19th-century Persian carpets - Dorothy Armstrong The woollen skirt with tapestry band from Sampula, Xinjiang, China - Yu Ying Review: Khans, Nomads and Needlework: Suzanis and Embroideries of Central Asia by Russell S. Fling Reviews: A Little Known Chinese Folk A rt: Zhen X ian Bao by Ruth Smith & Gina Corrigan reviewed by Nick Fielding; Muzium Tekstil Negara reviewed by Jasleen Kandhari; Report: Indonesian textil |  Issue 55 June 2012A message from Aimée Payton, OATG Chair Outgoing editor Nick Fielding bids farewell to Asian Textiles New OATG blog Tradition and Continuity - Adline A. Ghani The World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, South Korea - Jasleen Kandhari Other Asian Textile Events Reviews: A Little Known Chinese Folk Art: Zhen Xian Bao by Ruth Smith & Gina Corrigan reviewed by Nick Fielding; Muzium Tekstil Negara reviewed by Jasleen Kandhari; Report: Indian Textiles study day |  Issue 54 February 2013Notice of Extraodinary General Meeting Making sense of textile family trees - Chris Buckley Textiles as cultural ambassadors from Meiji Japan - Jasleen Kandhari Unsung heroes of Javanese batik - Ian Reed and Greg Roberts Meetings: Culture and craftsmanship in mediaeval Egypt - Jacqueline Hyman |
 Issue 53 October 2012News: Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair Returns to London; Websites and blogs that specialise in Asian textiles The mystery of roba de llengues - the ikat fabric produced on a Mediterranean island - Nick Fielding Uncovering Bradford's textile links to India - Nima Poovaya-Smith Children's Kimonos in Paris - Marion Maule Book Reviews: Qaraqalpaqs of the Aral Delta by David and Sue Richardson; World Textiles: A Sourcebook, The British Museum |  Issue 52 June 2012Photos from China; Woven treasures + Ottoman gardens exhibition at Textile Museum, Washington; Kabuki theatre costumes, exhibition at Pierre Bergé-Yves St-Laurent Foundation, Paris Livestock horn motifs in textiles of Central Asian Qaraqalpaqs- David + Sue Richardson Passing on textile traditions within the family (Kazakhs of Western Mongolia) -Anna Portisch Kuchi nomads of Afghanistan- Azra Nafees Exhibitions + Talks: Chinese silks in Oxford, Ming Wilson; British Museum’s Hajj exhibition |  Issue 51 February 2012News: Welcome to new Membership Secretary; Urgent need for a new OATG treasurer; Mystery Hat - Can you help? Kabuki Costume on show in Paris; ORTS - New award for young writers on textiles Krishna Riboud: One of the truly great collectors - Aurélie Samuel The Kazakhs of Western Mongolia - Anna Portisch Religious paintings on cloth in Ahmedabad’s Calico Museum - John Sharp Events: 2011 - OATG hosts The Textile Society’s visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum; Forthcoming Events in UK and International |
 Issue 50 October 20115,900-year-old woven skirt excavated in Armenian cave 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 |  Issue 49 June 2011The Royal weaves of Malaysia - Jasleen Kandhari Chunri—Tie and dye from Pakistan - Azra Nafees Turkmen weavers in Afghanistan - Aria Mobasher Power dressing in Imperial China - Susanna Reece The Kyrgyz in photographs - Nick Fielding |  Issue 48 February 2011Musée Guimet honours a great collector: Children's garments in Krishna Riboud Collection - Aurélie Samuel New storage and study rooms at the Ash - Alessandra Cereda and Sigolène Loizeau The tapestry that went to China and back - Nick Fielding The art of Baluchistan's embroidery - Azra Nafees The master carpet weavers of Kashmir - Richard Harris Book reviews - Embroidery of The Ahirs of Kutch, Shrujan Trust; Colours of the Oasis, Central Asian Ikats, Sumru Belger Krody (Ed) |
 Issue 47 October 2010Ajraks, printed textiles, the pride of Sindh- Azra Nafees Merging styles in Chinese women's dress- Pauline Le Moigne Ottomans, Safavids + Qajars- Susanna Reece Meetings and visits: Indian influences on dyes + textiles of Thomas + Elizabeth Wardle; Haslemere's remarkable handicraft museum Book Reviews - Textiles of the Islamic World, Gillow; British Asian Style: Fashion & Textiles/Past and Present, Breward, Crang & Crill; Textiles of Banaras, Lari |  Issue 46 June 2010Asian Textiles back issues now fully searchable- Pamela Cross Javanese Batik awarded UNESCO world heritage status- Lesley Pullen Artisan traditions of Swat Valley- Azra Nafees Of Questions + Raised Eyebrows: Piercing the Feminine Veil- Vernon Kedit Meandering along Silk Road- Susannah Reece Visits: Grand welcome to Ashmolean textile gallery and farewell to our former chairman, Dr Ruth Barnes; Researching Stories + Dance in Bali; The Newberry Collection of Eastern and Middle Eastern Embroideries |  Issue 45 February 2010News - Asian Textiles magazine now available online in colour News - The new Ashmolean comes to life Understanding the carpets of Afghanistan - Azra Nafees Visiting the land of ‘golden silk’ - Jenny Spancake The magic of Bhutanese weavings - Aurélie Samuel Reports on OATG meetings and visits: Absorbing talk on Chinese cloud collars, Exploring an eclectic Oxford collection Book review: A Carpet Ride to Khiva, Christopher Aslan Alexander; Textiles from the Balkans, Diane Waller |
 Issue 44 October 2009The unknown Kyrgyz textile museum - Nick Fielding Meeting reports An Insight into Pashtun clothing - Azra Nafees Central Asia's enigmatic Karakalpaks - the kiymeshek - David and Sue Richardson 'Following in Peter Fleming's footsteps' - a journey through Western China - Susanna Reece Books: Tivaivai: The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands, Andrea Eimke and Susanne Kichler; Felt, Willow G Mullins |  Issue 43 June 2009An offer I couldn't refuse- Ruth Barnes Celebrating great Victorian silk pioneer Textile Museum director resigns Abegg-Stiftung Foundation closes for major renovation Dutch launch for Batak textile book- Pamela Cross Exhibition: Traditional weaving looms in Pakistan- Nick Fielding Exhibition: A unique interpretation of life in the mountain valleys of Chitral- Nick Fielding Rare textile from Indonesian islands- Anne-Solène Rolland Nagaland: Coming to terms with modernity- Lesley Pullen |  Issue 42 February 2009In her own words: OATG's new chairman - Aimée Payton Where next for www.oat.org.uk? - Pamela Cross Exhibitions: The Hajji Babas on display in Washington Bhutan: The last Shangri-La - Susanna Reece Textile traditions of Sumatra, Part 2 - David and Sue Richardson A visit of the museums of Paris - OATG Paris trip - Barbara Isaac, Janice Price, Kay Stanisland Woven Dreams in the hills of Thailand - Lamorna Cheesman Buddhist textiles from Chinese Turkestan - OATG visits to the V&A - Peter Corrigan |
 Issue 41 October 2008Patricia Lesley Baker 1942-2008 More of Sheila Paine's textiles go under hammer Weaving + beading from Taiwan's tribes- Nicolas Grevot Law firm that started a textile museum, Tilleke & Gibbins textile collection- Linda McIntosh Himalayan textiles from Great Gamer, R M Bailey- Emma Martin Region of extraordinary diversity, Textiles from Bali + Nusa Tenggara -Hywel Coleman Textile traditions of Sumatra, Part 1- David + Sue Richardson Preserving Indonesia's textile tradition- Mariah Waworuntu |  Issue 40 June 2008Stunning Indian chintz at Ashmolean- Ruth Barnes Recreating India's Mughal silks- Francesca Galloway Message from OATG chairman, Dr Ruth Barnes Museum expansion delayed until late 2009 Update: TCC battles for its survival Online exhibition of Filipino textiles Chireh Hunting cloths from Afghanistan - Nick Fielding Prized suzanis from Burrell Collection -Noorah al-Gailani Symbolic Chinese textiles at Horniman- Fiona Kerlogue Afghan rugs that speak for themselves- Max Allen Pip Rau's ikats at V&A |  Issue 39 February 2008World-renowned Textile Conservation Centre faces closure- Nick Fielding Central Asian Ikats at V&A from Rau Collection- Ruby Clark Consigned to saleroom without benefit of guaranteed visiting rights- Sheila Paine Unravelling mysteries of Karakalpaks- David + Sue Richardson My mother's treasured textiles- Phyllis Nye Revealing beauty + splendour of Arabian costume Ashmolean's new textile gallery: Phoenix of splendour + brilliance- Ruth Barnes Falling in love with indigo: Aimée Payton |
 Issue 38 October 2007Phyllis Nye, editor, retires- Ruth Barnes New editor- Nick Fielding Remarkable find in 2500-year old Chinese tomb; Arts + Ethnology Centre opens in Luang Prabang; Jun Tomita, master of Japanese art of kasuri (ikat) weaving; Washington's Textile Museum set for major expansion. Ceremonial coverlets from Japan: Japanese Fukusa textiles from Meiji Period- Hiroko McDermott Japanese wrapping textiles at Horniman- Fiona Kerlogue Cataloguing Iranian Qajar textile collection at the V&A- Jennifer Wearden |  Issue 37 June 2007Miao Textiles: Some Traditional Processes - Marie Claire Quiquemelle, translated by Graham Narramore The Bronze Weaver: A Recent Acquisition at the National Gallery of Australia - Ruth Barnes A "Japanese Gown" - Shelley Tobin Kimono with a History - Anna Jackson Resource Centre for Weavers Studio, Kolkata (Calcutta) - Darshan Shah A New Book on Kyrgyzstan - Nicholas Fielding Exhibitions: Two Indigo Shows - Jenny Balfour-Paul; Surprising Finds at the British Library - Phyllis Nye |  Issue 36 February 2007The revival of Silk Ikats in Uzbekistan - Philippa Watkins What's in a Name? Creating a Dyestuff Analysis Database - Richard Laurensen Pile Textiles in Central Tibet - Chris Buckley International Natural Dye Conference in Hyderabad Exhibiton: Indigo: A Blue to Dye For |
 Issue 35 October 2006On the Trail of Ancient Dyes in Central Asia - Richard Laursen The Binding of Isaac and Linen Beating: Textile Processes as Metaphors - Nahum Ben-Yehuda After the Tsunami: Recovery of Lace-Making in Sri Lanka - Indira Malwatte The OATG Trip to Manchester - Barbara Isaac Knitting Numbers: A Tribute to Alison Smith Hurrah for Virgin Trains! - Phyllis Nye Exhibition: Khmer Silks at the Horniman Museum |  Issue 34 June 2006Shan court Textiles at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery - Helen Mears Lakher Women's Clothing in the Pitt Rivers Museum - Martha Brundin Sazigyo: Textile Texts - Ralph Isaacs Letter to the Editor: Patterns and Culture Network Book review - Fraser, David W. & Barbara G., Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh Faraway Festival Costumes of the Minorities of Ghuizou Province, South West China travelling exhibition within the Hampshire County Council Museums Service |  Issue 33 February 2006Rotation of Textiles in the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum - Linda Hillyer Turkish Hand-knitted Stocking - Biret Tavman Pigrimage: The Sacred Journey, Textiles in the Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum - Ruth Barnes Book reviews - King, Brenda M., Silk and Empire; Hann, M.A. & Thomas, B.G. Patterns or Culture: Decorative Weaving Techniques Exhibition: Treasured Textiles: Cloth and Clothing Around the World at the Pitt Rivers Museum |
 Issue 32 October 2005Japanese Textiles in the Horniman Museum - Ann Hecht Textiles from Easternmost Indonesia - David and Sue Richardson Power, Pattern and Projection in Japanese Textiles - Marion Maule Building a Collection: Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas - Mary Dusenbury Obituary - Oliver Impey Panels with Cranes and Irises: An essay presented in memory of Oliver Impey - Mary Dusenbury Book reviews - Kuchler, Susanne and Were, Graeme: Pacific Pattern |  Issue 31 June 2005Asian Felt in Collections of Horniman Museum - Kirsten Halliday Significance of Silk: Indian Silk and its Connexions with English Silk Industry - Brenda King A Fashion for Ethics: Some Thoughts on "Ethical" Consumerism +Fashion - Emma Dick The Thai Textile Society Letter - Textile Enthusiasts in Singapore Book Reviews - Smith: Miao Embroidery from South West China: Textiles from The Gina Corrigan Collection Exhibition - Nonya Kebaya at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore |  Issue 30 February 2005New Resource for Central Asian Textiles: Stein Collections at V&A- Verity Wilson Lace Work in Sri Lanka- Norrie Peel Josephine Kane Collection of Dresses from the Middle East- Josephine Kane Reflections on "Through the Surface"- Lesley Miller Obituary- Alison Smith Book Reviews - Cheesman: Lao-Tai Textiles: The Textiles of Xam Nuea and Muang Phuan; Kerlogue: Batik: Design, Style & History; Kerlogue: Arts of Southeast Asia Patterns of Culture: Techniques of Decoration + Coloration at ULITA |
 Issue 29 June 2004Japanese Textiles in British Museum- A Hecht Constance Howard Resource + Research Centre in Textiles at Goldsmith College- M Hall-Townley Savunese Weaving Workshop at Horniman Museum- F Sutcliffe Borneo Textiles in Horniman Museum Book Reviews- Green:Traditional Textiles of Cambodia; Barnes: Eastern Indonesia in the C 20th: Tracing Ernst Vatter Collection; Puranananda: South-East Asian Textiles: A Symposium; Stone, Tribal and Village Rugs Encounters: Meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800, V&A | Issue 28 June 2004Borneo Textile Collections in the UK - Traude Gavin Thirty-five Years of Textiles Studies in Eastern Indonesia: A Personal View - Ruth Barnes Conservation of Sari to Sarong at the National Gallery of Australia - Debbie Ward Textile Traces: The Lloyd Cotsen Exhibition Private View - Sheila Allen Book Reviews - Rodrick, Takadai: Japanese Braid Making; Vainker, Chinese Silk: A Cultural History; Hann, Dragons, Unicorns and Phoenixes Woven Blossoms: Savu Exhibition at Horniman Museum - Fiona Kerlogue |  Issue 27 February 2004Imported Peacocks: Asian textiles + the National Trust - Lucinda Porten University of Leeds International Textile Archive (ULITA) - Michael Hann & PWG Lawson Digitisation Project of Stein Textiles in the British Museum - Cecilia Braghin Living and Dying at the British Museum - Sarah Posey Art Deco Chinese Carpet for the V&A - Verity Wilson Sutra: A Conference on Trade Textiles of the Indian Sub-Continent - Monisha Ahmed Book Review: Textiles from Burma: Featuring the James Henry Green Collection |
 Issue 26 October 2003Textiles in the Economic Botany Collections, Kew - Janette Gibson, Alison Lister The Sari: A Survey - Pinal Martiar Syal, Ashwini Vaidya-Gupte Conference Report - Carpets and Textiles in the Iranian World, c1400-1700 - Phyllis Nye Letters - Beattie Archive Online; Tribal Textiles Website Book Reviews - Goswany, Patkas in the Calico Museum; Bohmer, Natural Dyes and Textiles Exhibition - Through the Surface - Lesley Millar |  Issue 25 June 2003Asian Textiles in Bankfield Museum- Jane Hill Textile Traditions of Gujarat: Blockprinting + Dyeing of The Khatris of Kachchh- Eiluned Edwards Feast of Textiles at New Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore- Patricia Moncrieff Conservation Placement, Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore- Lynn McClean Collaborating Textile Artists from Britian + Japan- Lianne Jarrett Splendid Acquisition by the Textile Museum- Sumru Belger Krody Thomas Wardle in India- Alison Strauss Puppet Worlds-Carol Quarini |  Issue 24 February 2003Asian Textiles in the Horniman Museum - Fiona Kerlogue Lakai Uzbek Embroideries from Afghanistan - Sarah Posey Yurts and Their Textile Furnishings - Stephanie Bunn A Closer Look at Turban Covers, Wrapping Cloths and Head-Squares in Ottoman Turkey - Marianne Ellis Obituary - Marlene Hinshelwood Book Review - N.C. Rousmaniere, Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 16th to 19th Centuries Exhibition - An Englishman's Travels in Egypt - Edward Laine in Cairo (1825-35) - Ruth Barnes |
 Issue 23 October 2002The Textile Cabinet in the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam - Linda Hanssen Collecting Textiles in Kachin State, Burma - Lisa Maddigan A Quest for Contemporary Felts in Anatolia - Selcuk Gurisik Felt Textiles at the British Museum - Sarah Posey Letter - Deliberately Concealed Garments Obituary - Valérie Bérinstain Exhibition - The Beauty of Arab Costume: A Personal Collection Over Thirty Years |  Issue 22 June 2002Asian Textiles in the Bagshaw Museum, Yorkshire - Katina Bill An Ottoman Velvet and Other Goodies - Ruth Barnes Ainu Textiles at the National Museums of Scotland - photos to accompany article in Newsletter 21. Feb 2002 Textile Matters: The Pasold Conference in Winchester - Ruth Barnes The Pasold Research Fund - Editor Letters - Carpet Studies in Oxford; Weaving Using Salvaged Threads Book Review - Conway, Thai Textiles The Forbidden City: Treasures of an Emperor - Hannah Dolby & Jane Wilkinson |  Issue 21 February 2002Ainu Textiles at the National Museums of Scotland - Jane Wilkinson Textiles and Japanese Armour - Ian Bottomley Japanese Textiles in Festivals and Celebrations - Marion Maude Letters - The Lloyd Cotsen Textile Documentation Project Exhibition - Woven Dramas - Costumes for the 'No' Theatre by Yamaguchi Yasujiro - Anna Jackson |
 Issue 20 October 2001Chinese Textiles in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin - Clare Pollard The Evolution of A Thesaurus of Textile Arts Terminology: the Lloyd Cotsen Textile Documentation Project at the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. - Sonja Nielsen Turkish Tents - Phyillis Nye In the Shadow of Scheherazade: The Influence of Orientalism and Exoticism on Western Dress - Freda Chapman |  Issue 19 June 2001Asian Textiles in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - Zelina Garland The Tent of the Tipu Sultan, Powis Castle - Sara Burdett Introducing Ply Split Braiding - Julie Hedges The Gujarat Earthquake Appeal Developments following the death of Krishna Riboud Book Reviews - Ellis, Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt; Corrigan, Miao Textiles from China; Paine, Embroiderey from India and Pakistan; Hecht, The Art of the Loom A Stitch in Time: Medieval Embroideries from Egypt - Marianne Ellis |  Issue 18 February 2001Asian Textiles at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester - Frances Pritchard A Gift with a Surprise - Ruth Barnes Adventures in Search of a Cord - Karen Malik Braids and Tassels - Jennie Parry Obituary - Krishna Ribould Letter - Textile Techniques in Metal Exhibition - Tutankhamun's Wardrobe |
 Issue 17 October 2000Carpet Studies in Oxford - Jon Thompson Embroidered Roundels from Egypt - Marianne Ellis Textile Arts for Immigrant Women in Oxford - Clare Anderson In the Shadow of Scheherazade - Editor Obituary - George Wood Letter - Kosraen and Micronesian Textiles Exhibition: Ikat Textiles of Asia - Ruth Barnes |  Issue 16 June 2000Middle Eastern Textiles and Dress in the National Museums of Scotland - Jennifer Scarce The Kashmir Connection: A Series of Questions - Valerie Reilly The Biography of Objects: Warren Hastings' Socks and Gloves in the Ashmolean Museum - Ruth Barnes Letters - Central Asian Embroidered ikat coat; Indigo; Indian textile sample books Exhibition: Shamiana - The Mughal Tent |  Issue 15 February 2000The Newberry Collection of Embroideries from the Middle East at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester - Frances Pritchard Naga Textiles To-day - Vibha Joshi One Man's Passion - Lyn Stevens Wall Textile and Precious: A Birthday Party in Basel, Switzerland - Ruth Barnes Letter - Textiles and Dress Book Review - Gillow & Sentance, World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Tradition and Techniques Exhibition: New Directions in Felt - Gill Farlam |
 Issue 14 October 1999Turkmen collections at the British Museum - Sarah Posey Samurai Armour Braids - Jacqui Carey The Re-Display of a Suit of Japanese Armour in the Ashmolean Museum - Susan M Stanton The Conservation and Mounting of a Jinbaori, c.1700-1900, in the V&A Museum - Marion Kite and Audrey Hill Letters - Chinese shoes in the Tradescant Collections; Does dress demean the status of embroidery? Obiturary - Jeanne Bromfield Exhibition: Central Asian Embroideries at the Whitworth Art Gallery - Frances Pritchard |  Issue 13 June 1999South Asian Costume and Textiles in the National Museums of Scotland - Lyn Stevens Wall How a Collection of Miao Costumes came to the British Museum - Gina Corrigan Dress of the Islamic World - Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood Obituaries - Angela Lodge, Montse Stanley Exhibition - The Uncut Cloth - Valerie Reilly PS to Letter in Newsletter 12 - Oblique interlaced braids Urgently Wanted - Programme Secretary |  Issue 12 February 1999Egyptian Textiles from Late Antiquity in the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum - Helen Whitehouse Asian Shoes in the Tradescant Collection - Phyllis Nye New Textiles for the Ashmolean - Ruth Barnes Letter - Information wanted on Asian braids OATG Miscellany New Textile Research Centre for the Netherlands Exhibition: Chinese Silks in the Ashmolean Museum - Shelagh Vainker |
 Issue 11 October 1998Oriental Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Jennifer Wearden Shawls in India and Norwich: The Connection - Pamela Clabburn Asian Art in London - Sue Bond Public Relations Exhibitions: Minakar: Spun Gold and Woven Enamel - Rahul Jain Books: Woven Cargoes: Indian Textiles in the East - John Guy |  Issue 10 June 1998Costume and Textiles from East Asia at the National Museum of Scotland - Jane Wilkinson The Conservation of an Eighteenth Century Japanes No Robe - Susan Stanton Handmade in India: Crafts in Transition, A Crafts Council Exhibition - Phyllis Nye |  Issue 9 February 1998Textiles in the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Ruth Barnes Knitting - An Asian Invention? - Montse Stanley Caring for Textiles - Lorraine Rostant Letter - Singapore Group Exhibition: Braving the Elements: Conserving Plant Fibre Clothing from Around the World - Conservation Department, Pitt Rivers Museum Accommodation |
 Issue 8 October 1997The Textile Collection of the Far-Eastern Deaprtment at the Victoria and Albert Museum - Verity Wilson Museums in Budapest - Lorraine Rostant Thank you for your Contributions Letter - Fibre textiles ulap doyo of Borneo Exhibitions - Colours of the Indus: Costume and Textiles of Pakistan - Rosemary Crill |  Issue 7 June 1997Asian Textiles at the Pitt Rivers Museum - Julia Nicholson Sponsorship for Pitt Rivers Museum: Textile Conservation, an Appeal From China to Byzantium: Early Middle Age Silks from the Hermitage in St Petersburg, An Exhibition at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum - Deryn O'Connor Letters - tablet-woven borders to coats in the Shaw Collection Loop Weaves in 19th Century Kashgar - Anne Dyer Out of Isolation: Immigrant Asian Women and Embroidery - Masooda Mazi, Eleanor Viegas Obitury - Shireen Akbar |  Issue 6 February 1997Indian and South-East Asian Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Rosemary Crill World Textiles Centre for the British Museum - BM Press Office Exhibition - Striking Tents: Central Asian Nomad Felts from Kyrgyzstan - Sarah Posey |
 Issue 5 November 1996Asian Embroideries - Phyllis Nye New Museums and Galleries - Phyllis Nye Letters - Indian Textile Exhibition in New South Wales; Accommodation Offered in Edinburgh Diary Asian Arts Course Other Societies and Organizations |  Issue 4 June 1996The First Year - Phyllis Nye Textile Study Tour of India Threatened Museum Closure - Freda Chapman Precious Cargo - Trade Winds to Cathay - Jennifer Scarce Summer Schools News from the V&A Textiles of the Lower Mekong - Anne Baker Letter - Beads Other Societies and Organizations |  Issue 3 February 1996Radiocarbon-14 Dates for Indian Trade Textiles - Ruth Barnes The Newberry Embroideries in the Ashmolean Museum - Anna Muthesius Embroideries of the Ottoman Empire - Marianne Ellis Islamic Conference at the Abegg-Stiftung Exhibitions Colongne Museum Reopens New Gallery of Central Asian Textiles |
 Issue 2 October 1995Our Inauguration - Felicity Wood More about those Embroideries from Islamic Journeys Chinese Textiles at the V&A News Round-up Research Query Lectures and Events Exhibitions Publications |  Issue 1 June 1995An Invitation to join O.A.T.G. Forthcoming Events in Oxford News from Elsewhere - Exhibitions News from Elsewhere - Lecture New Gallery for Edinburgh |
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