Want to find out more about our costume and textile heritage? Here are some resources which may help:
Specialist Collections with Norwich Textile Heritage references and archives:
Norfolk Record Office - www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk
Norfolk Heritage Centre (Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library) - www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries-local-history-and-archives/researching-family-and-local-history/norfolk-heritage-centre
Norwich University of the Arts - www.nua.ac.uk/university-life/facilities/nua-library/
Norwich Castle Study Centre - www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle/whats-here/norwich-castle-study-centre
University of East Anglia - https://portal.uea.ac.uk/library
Norwich Textiles
Morris, Thelma, “Made in Norwich”: 700 Years of Textile Heritage,
Priestley, Ursula, The Fabric of Stuffs: the Norwich textile industry from 1565, 1990. The Centre for East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia.
Winterthur collection of Norwich pattern books:
http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/Textiles/searchterm/norwich/field/covera/mode/all/conn/and/order/nosort
Pasold resource page: This page is an open access resource for researchers in textile, dress and fashion history. There are freely available downloads in a range of subjects including Gillian Holman: 'Made in East Anglia: A history of the region's textile and menswear industries'. www.pasold.co.uk/resource-page
Jeannette Durrant: And the River ran Red: Trade and the Production of Norwich Stuffs, 1570-1815.
C&TA member Jeannette has kindly given us permission to use this pdf of her informative leaflet. Click here to view the pdf. |
Textiles
Arthur, Liz, Seeing Red: Scotland’s Exotic Textiles Heritage, 2007. Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde.
Clabburn, Pamela, Masterpieces of Embroidery, 1981. Oxford, Phaidon Press Ltd.
Norwich Shawls
Clabburn, Pamela, The Norwich Shawl, 1995
Clabburn, Pamela, Norwich Shawls, 1987. Norfolk Museums Service Information Sheet.
Clabburn, Pamela, Shawls Shire Album 77, 1981. Princes Risborough, Shire Books.
Hoyte, Helen, The Story of the Norwich Shawl, 2010, Nick Williams
Arthur, Liz, Seeing Red: Scotland’s Exotic Textiles Heritage, 2007. Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde.
Clabburn, Pamela, Masterpieces of Embroidery, 1981. Oxford, Phaidon Press Ltd.
Norwich Shawls
Clabburn, Pamela, The Norwich Shawl, 1995
Clabburn, Pamela, Norwich Shawls, 1987. Norfolk Museums Service Information Sheet.
Clabburn, Pamela, Shawls Shire Album 77, 1981. Princes Risborough, Shire Books.
Hoyte, Helen, The Story of the Norwich Shawl, 2010, Nick Williams
Shawls (general)
Ames, Frank, Woven Masterpieces of Sikh Heritage: The Stylistic Development of the Kashmir Shawl 1780 - 1839, 2010. Antique Collector’s Club Art Books.
Ames, Frank, The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence, 1999, Woodbridge, Antique Collector’s Club Art Books.
Blair, Matthew, The Paisley Shawl: and the men who produced it, 2004, Glasgow, The Grimsby Press.
Irwin, John, Shawls ,1955. London, HMSO
Irwin, John, The Kashmir Shawl, 1981. London HMSO.
Jacqué, Jacqueline, Anne-Rose Bringel, Bernard Jacqué & Céline Dumesnil, Rêve de Cachemire, 2009, Musee de L’Impression sur Etoffes, Mulhouse, ID L’Edition.
Levi-Stress, Monique, The Cashmere Shawl, 1988, New York, Harry N Abrams Inc.
Levi-Strauss, Monique, Il Cachemire (Indian and European Shawls), Volume 4 of the Ratti Collection, 1995, Ratti SpA
Levi-Stress, Monique, The Cashmere Shawl: A French Passion 1800 - 1880, 2013, London, Thames & Hudson.
Mackrell, Alice, Shawls, Stoles & Scarves, The Costume Accessories Series, 1986 Batsford.
Nougarede, Martine, Nîmes et le Châle, Musee de Vieux Nimes, 1988 Ville de Nîmes.
Pathak, Anamika, Pashmina, 2003, New Delhi, Roli Book.
Rizvi, Janet & Monica Ahmed, Pashmina: The Kashmir Shawl and Beyond, 2009, Mumbai, The Marg Foundation.
Rock, C H, The Paisley Shawl, 1966. Paisley, The Paisley Museum.
Rossback, Ed, The Art of Paisley 1980. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Ames, Frank, Woven Masterpieces of Sikh Heritage: The Stylistic Development of the Kashmir Shawl 1780 - 1839, 2010. Antique Collector’s Club Art Books.
Ames, Frank, The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence, 1999, Woodbridge, Antique Collector’s Club Art Books.
Blair, Matthew, The Paisley Shawl: and the men who produced it, 2004, Glasgow, The Grimsby Press.
Irwin, John, Shawls ,1955. London, HMSO
Irwin, John, The Kashmir Shawl, 1981. London HMSO.
Jacqué, Jacqueline, Anne-Rose Bringel, Bernard Jacqué & Céline Dumesnil, Rêve de Cachemire, 2009, Musee de L’Impression sur Etoffes, Mulhouse, ID L’Edition.
Levi-Stress, Monique, The Cashmere Shawl, 1988, New York, Harry N Abrams Inc.
Levi-Strauss, Monique, Il Cachemire (Indian and European Shawls), Volume 4 of the Ratti Collection, 1995, Ratti SpA
Levi-Stress, Monique, The Cashmere Shawl: A French Passion 1800 - 1880, 2013, London, Thames & Hudson.
Mackrell, Alice, Shawls, Stoles & Scarves, The Costume Accessories Series, 1986 Batsford.
Nougarede, Martine, Nîmes et le Châle, Musee de Vieux Nimes, 1988 Ville de Nîmes.
Pathak, Anamika, Pashmina, 2003, New Delhi, Roli Book.
Rizvi, Janet & Monica Ahmed, Pashmina: The Kashmir Shawl and Beyond, 2009, Mumbai, The Marg Foundation.
Rock, C H, The Paisley Shawl, 1966. Paisley, The Paisley Museum.
Rossback, Ed, The Art of Paisley 1980. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Indian Textiles (including Kashmir Shawls)
Stronge, Susan (ed), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, 1999, London, V&A Publications.
Crill, Rosemary, Textiles in the Panjab, in The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, (ed) Susan Stronge, 1999, London, V&A Publications.
General References
Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, 1851. Class 12 & 15.
Catalogue of the International Exhibition, 1862.
Hoyte, Helen, The Strangers of Norwich, 2017. Red Herring Publishing.
Other books
Tapestries, Rosita Sheen. A Shire publication.
Stronge, Susan (ed), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, 1999, London, V&A Publications.
Crill, Rosemary, Textiles in the Panjab, in The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, (ed) Susan Stronge, 1999, London, V&A Publications.
General References
Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, 1851. Class 12 & 15.
Catalogue of the International Exhibition, 1862.
Hoyte, Helen, The Strangers of Norwich, 2017. Red Herring Publishing.
Other books
Tapestries, Rosita Sheen. A Shire publication.