Beautiful and practical, the books are visual summaries of the most sumptuous parts of the V&A collections' Royal Academy Magazine
This attractive series reveals the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title includes a free CD of high resolution images.
Chinese Textiles moves through the centuries highlighting the motifs of luxurious courtly robes, floral silks intended for the export market, and even the tongue-in-cheek patterns of Vivienne Tam. Chinese Textiles is also available in a collectors' slipcase edition with Spitalfields Silks, Pop Patterns, and Walter Crane.