LibGuides: Fiber: Labor & Production

Labor & Production - Books in the Decker Library

A selection of books from the catalog that may help get you started.

Cotton: Textiles That Changed the World by Beverly, , Beverly Lemire
Call Number: HD9870.5 .L46 2011 Stacks
Big Brand Theory by Shaoqiang Wang
Call Number: HF5415.1255 .B54 2011 Quarto
Catalog: An Illustrated History of Mail-Order Shopping by Robin Cherry
Call Number: HF5466 .C45 2008 Stacks
Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstatte by Peter Noever (Editor)
Call Number: NK1448 .Z9 P4313 2002 Quarto
Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800 by Amelia Peck; Kristen Stewart (Contribution by); John Guy (Contribution by); and others.
Call Number: NK8806 .I57 2013 Quarto
Production (Including Sustainability) by Catherine Harper, ed.
Call Number: NK8806 .T49 2012 volume 2 Stacks

Textiles: Critical & Primary Sources, Volume 2.
Ancient Textiles: Production, Craft, and Society by Marie-Louise B. Nosch (Editor); Carole Gillis (Editor)
Call Number: NK8907 .I68 2003 Quarto
Division of Labor: "Women's Work" in Contemporary Art by The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Call Number: NX164 .W65 B76 1995 Stacks
The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles by Phyllis G. Tortora; Ingrid Johnson
Call Number: TS1309 .F34 2014 Reference

8th edition (2014) is in Reference. 7th edition (1996) is available for check out from the Stacks area.
The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook by Carol Ekarius; Deborah Robson
Call Number: TS1545 .R66 2011 Reference
Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich
Call Number: TS1725 .H456 2010 Quarto
Textile Visionaries: Innovation and Sustainability in Textile Design by Bradley Quinn
Call Number: TS1765 .Q563 2013 Stacks
A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion by Alison Gwilt
Call Number: TT497 .G95 2014 Stacks
How Fashion Works: Couture, Ready-to-Wear, and Mass Production by Gavin Waddell
Call Number: TT497 .W33 2004 Stacks
Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B. Shaeffer
Call Number: TT515 .S483 2011 Stacks
Patternmaking for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph-Armstrong
Call Number: TT520 .A74 2006 Quarto
Pattern-Drafting for Fashion by Teresa Gilewska
Call Number: TT520 .G542 2011 Quarto

Volume 1: The Basics
Volume 2: Advanced
Hands to the Spindle: Texas Women and Home Textile Production, 1822-1880 by Paula Mitchell Marks
Call Number: eBook - click link to read online
The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present by Eric Broudy
Call Number: e-Book - click link to read online
Publication Date: 1993

Labor & Production: Web Resources

Dainty Slip workers from Ladies Garment Cutter's Union Local 10, Undergarment and Negligee Workers Union Local 62, on strike. Date unknown.

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Photographs
From Cornell University, an ARTstor Shared Shelf Commons collection.