Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection - Textile Design in Britain from 1750-1850

This volume illustrates the development of style from the late-Rococo through the neo-classical to the elaborate designs of Paisley shawls in the 1840s.

Brocaded silks, cut velvets, silk damasks, glazed worsteds, chines, striped taffetas and fine gauzes are all illustrated.