Beautifully illustrated in full color, this book presents the best of the Royal Museum of Scotland's collection of European decorative household textiles. The author, Naomi Tarrant has been curator of this collection for 25 years. Textiles from Greece and Iceland are notable, as well as Scottish objects of many kinds, such as 19th century Ikat designs, 16th century tapestries, 18th century printed cottons. This amazing collection also presents two samplers.