Subject Guide

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Material Culture and Textiles

The following digital collections include resources related to material culture and textiles.

Collections

• Africa Focus: Image and Sound Collection
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/AfricaFocus.Focus
• The Arts Collections
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Arts
• Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts
• Global Perspectives on Design and Culture
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GlobalDesign
• Home Economics to Human Ecology: A Centennial History at the UW
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SoHECent
• Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/PBO

Suggested Resources

• The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of All Nations, 1851
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.IllusCat1851
• Arts in Society
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Arts.ArtsSoc
• Chambers, Sir William. Desseins des edifices, meubles, habits, machines, et ustenciles des Chinois
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.ChambersDesseins
• Chippendale, Thomas. The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.ChippGentCab
• de Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.deWolfeHouse
• Folk Figures: A Survey of Norwegian and Norwegian-American Artifacts
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Arts.FolkFigures
• German Decorative Trade Designs
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.GerDecBind
• Hepplewhite, George. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.FurnDesHepp
• Johnson, Thomas, Carver. One Hundred and Fifty New Designs
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.Carver
• Jones, Owen. The Grammar of Ornament
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.GramOrnJones
• A Representation of the Manufacturing of Earthenware
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.RepManEarth
• Speltz, Alexander. Styles of Ornament
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.StyOrnSpeltz
• Stickley, Gustav. Craftsman Homes
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.CraftHouseStick
• Wharton, Edith. The Decoration of Houses
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.DecHouseWhar