TEXT Journal

An important function of the Textile Society is to provide a forum for those engaged in various kinds of textile study through the Society's annual publication,TEXT. This contains articles, papers, educational reports and information on exhibitions and conferences. The magazine also features reviews as well as international news and comments concerning textile design and industry.

Volume 37, 2009-2010: Thomas Wardle Centenary Special

Articles

• More Appreciation than Appropriation: Persian and Indian Influences in Textiles by Thomas Wardle
  Brenda King
• Colour and Corruption: Issues in the 19th Century Anglo-Indian Textile Trade
  Sonia Ashmore
• Japanese Inspiration and the ‘Art’ of Victorian Art Embroidery
  Elizabeth Kramer
• Going into Trousers: Mix and Match with Logic. Influence of the West on Japanese Clothing Post-1868.
  Sheila Cliffe
• The Textile Decorations of Giotto, Simone Martini and their Schools
  Paola Frattaroli

Exhibition and Book Reviews

• Merchants, Princes and Painters: Silk Fabrics in Italian and Northern Paintings, 1300-1550 by Lisa Monnas
  reviewed by Mary Schoeser
• Textiles and Text: Re-establishing the Links Between Archival and Object-Based Research Edited by Maria Hayward and Elizabeth Kramer
  reviewed by Lamora Lucia Haidar
• The Spinning World: A Global History of Cotton Textiles, 1200-1850 Edited by Giorgio Riello and Prasannan Parthasarathi
  reviewed by Emily Baines
• ‘My Most Treasured Pieces’: Textiles from the Henry Ginsburg Collection
  reviewed by Janie Lightfoot
• A Textile Dynasty: Arthur H Lee & Sons An Exhibition Celebrating Lee’s Tapestry Works, Birkenhead, 1908-1970
  reviewed by Ngozi Ikoku
• Rodchenko and Popova: Defining Constructivism
  reviewed by Keren Protheroe

Award and Bursary Reviews

• Textile Society/New Designers Award 2009 - Caroline Allison
• Textile Society/Art and Design Award 2008 - Sophie Charles
• Textile Society/Science Award 2008 - Jane Scott
• Textile Society/History Award 2008 - Hannah Barrett
• Textile Society/Museum Award 2008 - Polly Putnam