TEXT Journal

Copies of past issues are available

Vols 34-36 (full colour) £5 each
Earlier issues(black & white) £2.50 each

Volume 36 - 2008/9

Articles

• Polka knitting in the mid-nineteenth century
  Helen Bonney
• Wholegarment knitwear: new ways of making clothes
  Annie Shaw
• Seven minutes of explosion - a story of two women
  Jeanette Sendler
• Unravelling the knitting pattern
  Jennie Atkinson

Historical Notebook

• A sign of some degree - the mystery of capping
  Kirstie Buckland
• Women, technology and knitting
  Cilla Mann
• Hidden skills of an English housewife
  Marilyn Willis

Exhibition and Book Reviews

• Museums, Archives & Resource Centres

Volume 35 - 2007/8

Articles

• Brief History of Textile Society's 25 years
  Mary Schoeser. President
• 'Imbued with Modern Spirit' Textile Design at The Silver Studio 1919-1924
  Keren Protheroe. Kingston University
• All That Glistens is not Gold
  Frances Pritchard. Curator (Textiles) The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Historical Notebook

• Stead McAlpin: HIstory and Development of Textile Printing
  Alan James. Former Print Manager
• Evidence for hand knitting from Elizbethan England 1560-1600
  Lesley O'Connell Edwards. Independent scholar
• The altar frontals come home
  Margorie Dickinson

Exhibition and Book Reviews

• Museums, Archives & Resource Centres

Volume 33 - 2005/6

Articles

• Skin Stories: Charting and Mapping the Skin
  Zane Berzina
• Italy versus the UK in Tailoring and Textiles
  Alan Cannon Jones
• Chinese Embroidered Banners: Gifts in the late Qing Dynasty
  Sem Longhurst
• The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
  Christine Lea

Historical Notebook

• Pattern and Place: The Allover Wave Quilting Pattern in the regions surrounding the Irish Sea
  Celia Eddy
• An Analysis of the Diverse Nature of the Quilt in American and Welsh Societies since the late Nineteenth Century
  Jane Smith

Book Reviews

• Disentangling Textiles: Techniques for the Study of Designed Objects – Edited by Mary Schoeser and Christine Boydell
  Reviewed by Philip Sykas
• The Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage and the Quest for the Colour of Desire – Amy Butler Greenfield
  Reviewed by Lucy Trench
• M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry –Doris Schattschneider
  Reviewed by Sandy Black
• The Colourful Past: Origins, Chemistry and Identification of Natural Dyestuffs – Judith H. Hofenk de Graaff
  Reviewed by Sue Kerry
  

Volume 32 – 2004/5

Articles

• Through the Surface
  Lesley Millar
• The Space Between Art, Textiles, Design, Fashion
  Jennifer Shellard
• Comfort, Simplicity and Form in Contemporary Asian Textiles and Fashion
  Sandy Black
• "Small Presents Confirm Friendship”: the ‘Gifting’ of Clothing and Textiles in England from the Late Seventeenth to the Early Nineteenth Centuries
  Miles Lambert
  

Historical Notebook

• The Bird Motif on the Poster and Fliers for the Antique Textile Fair, March 2004, and the Back Cover of TEXT 2003-4 ;
  Joan K. Archer
• An Investigation into an Engraver’s Life
  Sarah Wain

Book Reviews

• Wedding Dresses from the Bowes Museum Collection – by Joanna Hashagen
  Reviewed by Susan North
• Foundations of Fashion: The Symington Corsetry Collection 1860-1990 ; by Phillip Warren
  Reviewed by Charlotte Samuels
  
• Knitwear in Fashion; by Sancy Black
  Reviewed by Dr Ruth Brompton
  

Volume 31 – 2003/4

Articles

• Eileen Ellis
  Mary Schoeser
• A Sense of Place: The Work of Linda Kemshall and Laura Kemshall
  Ruth Brompton
• Accessories to Envy
  Colette Gilmartin
• Textile Buttons of the 19th Century
  Ann Gibson
  
• Fit for a Queen: A Fragment of a Court Dress Belonging to Marie-Antoinette
  Kimberley Chrisman-Campbell
  
• British Art Deco Textiles 1910-1940: From Imitation to Adaptation
  Charlotte Samuels
  

Historical Notebook

• Innovation and Fashion Leadership: Studio Design in the Printed Textiles Industry
  Emily Baines
• The Textiles at Montacute House, Somerset, and their Presentation
  Margaret South

Book Reviews

• Animal Embroideries and Patterns from 19th Century Vienna – by Rafaella Serena
  Reviewed by Ruth Brompton
• Art Nouveau Designers at the Paris Salons 1895-1914 Vol. VI: Textiles and Leather ; by Alastair Duncan
  Reviewed by Ann Gibson
  
• High Fashion in the Church: The Place of Church Vestments in the History of Art from the 9th to the 19th Century – Pauline Johnstone
  Reviewed by Ilse Ritchie
  
• Anni Albers and Ancient American Textiles: From Bauhaus to Black Mountain – by Virginia Gardner Troy
  Reviewed by Sem Longhurst
• Art Deco Textiles – by Charlotte Samuels
  Reviewed by Sandy Black
  
• Seidengewerbe Des 18 Jahrhunderts II: Naturalismus – Anna Jolly
  Reviewed by Edmund Launert
  

Volume 30 – 2002/3

Articles

• My Career as an Invisible Designer
  Pat Etheridge
• Colleen Farr and the Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design Museum and Study Collections
  Mary Schoeser
• Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell: a Retrospective and the Collier Campbell Archive
  Lyn Broster
• Prestige Robes of the Hausa-Fulani in Liverpool Museum
  Sarah Worden
  

Historical Notebook

• Fabrics, Dress and the Promotion of Fashion: Jolly’s of Bath c. 1860-1908
  Julie Bowyer
• Textile Cargoes from the East: 1670-1740
  Myrtle Campbell
• The Needlework of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
  Gillian Grute
• The Rag Trade
  David Brunnschweiler
  

Book Reviews

• Women Designers in the USA 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference – Edited by Pat Kirkham
  Reviewed by Sue Kerry
• Jessie and the Dolphins –Tatiana Tekkel
  Reviewed by Joanna Hashagen
  

Volume 28 – 2000

Articles

• How the Search for a Tabouret Ended in a Doll’s House
  Annabel Westman
• “Chippendale Concealed”: A Chintz Covered Bed Cornice from Harewood House, Yorkshire
  Mary M Brooks
• Churchill’s Costume at Chartwell Century
  Roz Morris
  

Historical Notebook

• Strands of Hair
  Pompi Parry
• Textiles at Sunnycroft, A National Trust House
  Barbara Allen
• Ryijy
  Karen Greenwood Young
  

Book Reviews

• Eighteenth Century Costume in the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside – Pauline Rushton
  Reviewed by Lesley Ellis Miller
• Peter Collingwood: Master Weaver
  Reviewed by Anna Earle
• World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques
  Reviewed by Freda Chapman
• A Dictionary of Lace – Pat Earnshaw
  Reviewed by Ruth Brompton
• Utility Reassessed: The Role of Ethics in the Practice of Design
  Reviewed by Christine Boydell
  

Volume 25 – Winter 1997

Articles

• Notes on the Manchester and West Afria Cotton Trade 1900-1939
  Frederika Launert
• Zimbabwean Embroideries – An Income Generating Project for Mothers of Disabled Children
  Angharad Thomas
• Local Directories and the Men’s Clothing Trade 1827-1925
  Jenny Silverthorne Wright
  

Historical Notebook

• Printed Commemorative Derby Squares
  John Greenwood
  

Book Reviews

• Silk – Jacques Anquetil
  Reviewed by Lesley Miller
• Four Centuries of Lancashire Cotton – Geoffrey Timmins and The Lancashire Cotton Industry: A History since 1700 – Edited by Mary B Rose
  Reviewed by Frederika Launert
  

Volume 24 – Winter 1996

Articles

• Batik in America and Britain 1920-1930: The Early Career of Marion Dorn
  Christine Boydell
• Textiles, Traditions and the Marketplace
  Susan Conway
• The Conservation of Modern Materials – A Raincoat Designed by Mary Quant
• All that glitters … LeRoy and Embroidery
  Fiona Ffoulkes
  

Historical Notebook

• R. Cressy & Sons Limited
  John Greenwood
  

Book Reviews

• Lace Machines and Machine Laces – Pat Earnshaw and How to Recognise Machine Laces – Pat Earnshaw
  Reviewed by Dr Pat Sterry
• Nepalese Textiles – Susi Dunsmore
  Reviewed by Angela Lodge
  

Volume 21 – Spring/Summer 1994

Articles

• An Indonesian Ikatted Warp
  Angela Lodge
• Textile Research: An Integrated Approach
  Susan Conway
• Textile Study Tour of Thailand
  Angela Thompson
• Textiles of the Miao Minority
  Deryn O’Connor
• Japanese Resist Dyeing
  Sue Leighton-White
• Hand Made Textiles in India
  Lesley Edwards
  

Historical Notebook

• Woodblocks to Microchips
  John Greenwood
  

Book Reviews

• Ottoman Embroidery – Roderick Taylor
  Reviewed by Fevzi Orhanoglu
• Fashion Design Illustration-Women
  Reviewed by Gillian Holman
• A Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century – Jane Ashelford
  Reviewed by Fiona Ffoulkes
• Coco Chanel – Alice Mackrell
  Reviewed by Marie-Louise Lowcock
• The Handknitter’s Handbook – Montse Stanley
  Reviewed by Jan Truman
  

Volume 18/19 – Autumn/Winter 1992

Articles

• Catalan Bobbin Lace
  Jordi Palomer i Pons
• Pride and Prejudice in 18th Century Spain
  Lesley Miller
• Sant Valeri’s Set of Vestments
  Rosa M Martin i Ros
• Aurelia Munoz
  Mary Schoeser
• Exchange Visit to Barcelona
  Emma Whitton
• Research on the Silk Industry in Spain
  Eulalia Morral i Romue
• Could Barcelona Ever Lead the Textile Industry?
  Brenda King
  

Book Reviews

• Diccionario Textil – Manuel Estany and
  Diccionario de la Moda – Leon Zeldis
  Reviewed by Montse Stanley
• French Textiles from 1760 to the Present Day – Mary Schoeser and Kathleen Dejardin
  Reviewed by Lesley Miller
• Fashion in Photographs 1860-1880 – Miles Lambert and Fashion in Photographs 1880-1900 – Sarah Levitt
  Reviewed by Alison Dunne
• Thai Textiles – Susan Conway
  Reviewed by Mary Schoeser
  

Volume 17 – Spring 1992

Articles

• Wax Resist Printing
  Drawn from an essay by Ilse Ritchi, edited by Mary Shoeser
• Spotting the True Image
  John Greenwood
• The Design Archive, Arthur Sanderson & Sons Limited
  Elenor Gawne
• New Printed Textiles from India
  Linda Brassington
• Industry, Printed Textile Design and the Mass Market in the 1950’s
  Alex Russell
• Boxing Banners
  Steve Smith
• Library Banners
  Alex Russell
  

Book Reviews

• Textile Designs – Susan Mellor, Joost Elffers
  Reviewed by Mary Schoeser
• Crown House Collection of Documents – Crown House Publishing
  Reviewed by Brenda King
• The New Textiles: Trends & Traditions – Chloe Colchester
  Reviewed by Mary Schoeser
• Embroiderers – Kay Staniland and
  Embroidered Stuart Pictures – Margaret Swain
  Reviewed by Paul Harrison
• Threads of Lace – Pat Earnshaw
  Reviewed by Laura Ponsonby
• Linen Hand Spinning and Weaving – Patricia Bains
  Reviewed by Linda Coleing
• Classic Printed Textiles from France 1760-1843 – Josette Bredif
  Reviewed by Linda Coleing