This authoritative study considers the various ways Southeast
Asian textile artisans reacted over the centuries to the steady
stream of new ideas and materials arriving from India, China, the
Islamic world, and Europe.Originally published in 1990 by the
Australian National Gallery and Oxford University Press of
Australia, Textiles of Southeast Asia remains the definitive work on
Southeast Asian textiles. This revised edition contains a new
foreword and updated color photographs. Unlike other books on the
subject, Textiles of Southeast Asia is arranged thematically rather
than by country. The result is a strong cultural focus and an
analysis of how history influenced the region's textile traditions.