Dyeing and printing -- A survey of world textiles : the ancient world -- Embroidery / Felt and bark cloth -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore island / Lace / Netting, knotting and crochet -- Lace -- North Africa / Caroline Stone -- Rug weaving -- Latin America / Japan / Tapestry / The Americas: Colonial North America (1700-1990s) / Embroidery -- Native North America / Africa -- Tapestry -- Safavid Iran (1501-1722) / Weaving -- Central and Eastern Europe: Eastern Europe / French silks (1650-1800) / Knitting -- Sassanian textiles / Introduction / Printed textiles / Early Islamic textiles / Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden -- Palestinian embroidery / India and Pakistan -- Historical development and trade / Byzantine silks / Tribal textiles / Italian silks (1500-1900) / The Mediterranean / South-East Asia / Greece, the Greek Island and Albania / The near and Middle East -- Western Europe: Sicilian silks / Italian silks (1300-1500) / Central and northern Europe / Spanish silks / The Ottoman Empire / A survey of textile techniques / Joan Allgrove McDowell -- Figured linen damasks / Carpets of the Middle and Far East / The Far East: China