Books
Tapestry weaving booksPlease let the BTG know if you have any books to add to the list.
For new weavers, the following are often recommended, but you may find others useful too:
Kirsten Glasbrook - Tapestry Weaving
Nancy Harvey - Tapestry Weaving: A Comprehensive Study Guide
Joanne Soroka - Tapestry Weaving: Design and Technique
Kathe Todd-Hooker - Tapestry 101
There are also online resources listed in How To...
| Author | Title of book | Year Published | Publisher |
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Albers Annie |
Bauhaus Textiles |
1985 |
Yale University Press |
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Albers, Joseph |
Interaction of Color |
1963 |
Yale University Press |
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Ammar, Diane |
Get Set |
2004 |
Diane Ammar |
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Amsden, Chas Avery |
Navajo Weaving |
1975 |
Peregrine Smith |
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Andrew, Delores M |
Medieval Tapestry Designs |
1992 |
Delores Andrews |
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Atwood, Mary |
Tapestry |
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Barbican Centre (London) |
Egyptian Landscapes: weavings from the Ramses Wissa Wassef School |
1985 |
London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation. |
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Bennett, Noel |
Designing With the Wool |
1979 |
Northland Press |
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Bennett, Noel |
Working With the Wool |
1971 |
Northland Press |
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Beutlich, Tadek |
The Technique of Woven Tapestry |
1967, 1969, 1986 |
London: Batsford |
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Birren, Faber |
History of Color in Painting: New Principles of Color Expression |
1965 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Birren, Faber |
Creative Color |
1987 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. |
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Black, Mary |
New Key to Weaving |
1957 |
The Macmillan Company |
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Blumenau, Lili |
Creative Design in Wall Hangings |
1967 |
Crown |
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Brennan, Archie & Susan Maffei |
Techniques of Woven Tapestry |
2010 |
Self published |
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Bridges, Ann |
Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Graphic Works |
1980 |
Harmony Books |
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Brooke, Jess |
Tapestry Weaving |
1975 |
Rigby Ltd. |
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Brostoff, Laya |
Weaving A Tapestry |
1979 |
Interweave Spring 1979 |
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Brostoff, Laya |
An Approach to Tapestry |
1982 |
Interweave Press |
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Campbell T |
Tapestry in the Baroque, Threads of Splendour |
2010 |
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Carroll, Diane Lee |
Looms & Textiles of the Copts |
1986 |
California Academy of Science UofW Press |
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Catalogue |
Egyptian Landscapes: 50 Years of Tapestry at Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre |
1974 |
London: Studio Vista. London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation. |
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Cavallo A S |
The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
1998 |
New York : The Metropolitan Museum: H.N. Abrams |
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Dufour, Jean |
Natural Dyeing of Wool |
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Les Gobelins |
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Ellinger, Richard G |
Color, Structure & Design |
1980 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Emery, Irene |
The Primary Structure of Fabrics: an Illustrated Classification |
1980 |
Textile Museum |
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Ewen, Thoma |
The Living Tapestry Workbook |
2018 |
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Four, Robert |
Basic Knowledge of Tapestry |
1983 |
Gamma |
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Galice, Roland |
La Technique de A a Z de Tapisserie de haute et basse lice |
1984 |
Les Lettres Libres |
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Glasbrook, Kirsten |
Tapestry Weaving |
2002 |
Search Press |
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Gleason, Kathleen |
Masters in 3-D: M.C. Esher and the Art of Illusion |
2005 |
Barnes & Noble |
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Hall, Joanne |
Mexican Tapestry Weaving |
1976 |
San Luis Printing |
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Hart, Russell |
Photographing Your Artwork |
1987 |
North Light Books |
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Harvey, Nancy |
Patterns for Tapestry Weaving |
1984 |
Pacific Search Press |
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Harvey, Nancy |
The Guide to Successful Tapestry Weaving |
1981 |
Pacific Search Press |
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Harvey, Nancy |
Tapestry: A Comprehensive Study Guide |
1991 |
Interweave Press |
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Hauger, Mette |
Billedvev |
1997 |
Gyldendel Fakta |
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Hobson, Anthony |
J.W. Waterhouse |
1992 |
Phaidon Press LTD |
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Hoppe, Elisabeth, Ostlund Estine & Melen, Lisa |
Free Weaving on frame and loom |
1972 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Hutton, Helen |
Textile Structures |
1975 |
Watson-Guptill |
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Ingers, Gertrud & Fischer, Ernst |
Flemish Weaving |
1967 |
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Ingers, Gertrud & Fischer, Ernst |
Flamskvavnad |
1967 |
ICA bokforlag |
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Itten, Johannes |
The Art of Color |
1973 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. |
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Itten, Johannes |
The Color Star |
1985 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Jarry, Madeleine |
World Tapestry |
1969 |
Hachette |
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Jude, Dick |
Fantasy Art Masters |
1999 |
Watson-Guptill Publications |
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Kahlenberg M H & Berlant A |
The Navajo Blanket |
1972 |
Westport CT: Praeger |
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Kliot, Jules |
Tapestry Loom Techniques |
1976 |
Someplace Publications |
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Kobayashi, Shigenobu |
Color Image Scale |
1992 |
Kodansha International |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke |
Innforing i billedvev |
1974 |
Universitetsforlaget |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke |
Videreforing i billedvev |
1981 |
Universitetsforlaget |
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Koppen, Maria Brekke |
Norweigian Tapestry Weaving (translation of above book) |
2006 |
Elkenkog Press |
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Kuehni, Rolf G. |
Color: Essence and Logic |
1983 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold |
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Lambert, Patrica |
Color and Fiber |
1986 |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. |
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Lausanne, Edita |
Great Tapestries: The Web History from the 12th-20th Century |
1965 |
Edita S.A. Lausanne |
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Leclair, Marion |
Le Metier Haute-Lisse |
1980 |
Editions Mille Roches |
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Magnus, Gunter Hugo |
Graphic Techniques for Designing & Illustrating |
1980 |
Barron’s |
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Mezoff, Rebbecca |
The Art of Tapestry Weaving : A Complete Guide to Mastering the Techniques for Making Images with Yarn |
2020 |
Storey Publishing |
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Murphy, Pat and Paul Doherty |
The Color of Nature |
1996 |
Cronical Books |
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Ocvirk, Otto G. et al. |
Art Fundamentals Theory & Practice |
1975 |
Wm. C Brown co |
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Phillips, Barty |
Tapestry |
2000 |
Phaidon Press LTD |
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Phillips B |
Frame Loom Weaving |
1976 |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co |
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Remblier, Christiane |
Tapisseries Tissees |
1980 |
Editions Fleurus |
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Rhodes, Mary |
Small Woven Tapestries |
1973 |
B T Batsford LTD |
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Rodwell, Jenny and George Short |
The Complete Guide to Framing |
1986 |
Quarto Publishing Ltd. |
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Rössing, Mette Lise |
The Thread’s Course in Tapestry |
2013 |
http://www.billedvaevning.dk/ |
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Russell, Carol |
The Tapestry Handbook |
1990 |
Lark Books |
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Russell, Carol |
Tapestry Handbook: The Next Generation |
2007 |
Shiffer Publishing |
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Sargent, Walter |
The Enjoyment and Use of Color |
1964 |
Dover Publications |
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Sherman, Vera |
Wall Hangings of Today |
1972 |
Mills & Boon/Charles Branford |
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Seckel, Al |
Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali & Artists of Optical Illusion |
2004 |
Sterling Publishing Co Inc |
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Soroka, Joanne |
Tapestry Weaving: Design and Technique |
2011 |
Chronical Books |
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Stockton, James |
Designers Guide to Color |
1984 |
Chronical Books |
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Stockton, James |
Designers Guide to Color 2 |
1984 |
Chronical Books |
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Sevensma W S |
Tapestries |
1965 |
Merlin Press |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
Shaped Tapestry |
2004 |
Fine Fiber & Press Studio |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
Line in Tapestry |
2005 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
Tapestry 101 |
2007 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Todd-Hooker, Kathe |
So Warped: Warping a Loom for Tapestry Weaving |
2010 |
Fine Fiber Press & Studio |
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Walker S |
Modern Australian Tapestry |
2000 |
Victoria: Victorian Tapestry Workshop. |
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Weltge S W |
Women artists and the weaving workshop |
1993 |
London: Thames and Hudson. |
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Wilcox, Timothy, Penney, Caron and Mathison, Fiona |
Tapestry: a woven Narrative |
2012 |
Black Dog Publishing |
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Wilson, Jean |
Soumak Workbook |
1982 |
Interweave Press |
