The Book of Printed Fabrics. From the 16th century until today

The Musée de l'Impression sur Étoffes in Mulhouse, France, is a museum dedicated to the history of fabric printing from the 17th century to the present day. This book presents over 900 pieces reproduced in high quality, offering a chronological and thematic overview of the museum's retrospective of the art of printed fabrics. The first volume focuses on the far east origins of the designs, while the second volume explores the inventiveness of manufacturers and designers throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Format: Hardback
Length: 888 pages
Publication date: 04 June 2024
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

Mulhouse, a historic city in the far east of France, became a leading centre of textile manufacture in the early 19th century. Today, it is home to the Musée de l'Impression sur Étoffes, a museum dedicated to the history of fabric printing from the 17th century to the present day. This book presents perfectly captured images of its collections, spanning four continents, and recounting a fascinating artistic and technological adventure across the world. Across two volumes, nine luxuriantly illustrated chapters bring to glorious life a chronological and thematic overview of the Musées unprecedented retrospective of the art of printed fabrics. The first volume begins in India, with the origins of the designs that made these prints famous, and how they came over to the factories of Europe. The second volume explores the incredible inventiveness of manufacturers and their designers throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including artistic innovations such as toile de Jouy and the development of new colour ranges. With nearly 900 pieces reproduced here to the highest possible standard, this book is a must-have for serious fashion designers and anyone interested in the history of textiles.

Weight: 6200g
Dimension: 304 x 243 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836562768
Edition number: Multilingual ed