books since January 2003:

• Design and the Decorative Arts, Britain 1500 - 1900, by Michael Snodin and John Styles, London 2001
• Painted with Henna, Textiles from the Anti-Atlas in Morocco, by Annette & Marcel Korolnik-Andersch, and others
• La Collezione Gandini, Merletti, ricami e galloni dal XV al XIX secolo, a cura di Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols e Iolanda Silvestri, Modena 2002
• Die Kasel des Pfarrers Butz, in: Pfarrkirche St.Peter und Paul , 1353-2003, by Karen Stolleis, Eltville 2002
• Fashion, a history of costume, the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, authors: Akiko Fukai and others, 2002
• For Our Royal Person, Master of the Robes Bills of King-Stadholder William III, by Patricia Waldle, 2002
• Bestandskataloge der weltlichen Ortsstiftungen der Stadt Freiburg i.Br. , Die Textilien, volume V, by Sebastian Bock, Lothar A. Böhler, Hrsg., Freiburg i.Br, 2001
• Modelejon - Manligt Mode, 1500 - 1600 - 1700, by Lena Rangström, Lions of Fashion - Male Fashion of 16th, 17th, 18th century
• Exhibition catalogue, Vittorio Zecchin 1878-1947, pittura, vetro, arti decorative, published by Marsilio, 2002, text in Italian, copiously illustrated in colour
• Arco di Filo. Gli animali nel merletto (Noah's Ark in thread. Animals in Lace), Centro Studi e Ricerche Arnaldo Caprai, Foligno, 2002, text in Italian
• Bordado de Tibaldinho, Lisboa 1998, text in portuguese language, translations in french and english

books and articles since February 2003:

• Bobbin Lace from Steckborn, history by Anne Wanner, translations by Mireille Finger, Hetty Leuthold, Angela Baier, techniques and sample patterns by the swiss bobbin lacemakers VSS/FDS group under the direction of Vrena Mathis.
  Schiers Switzerland 2003
• "all those noblewomen and goldsmiths' daughters. Nineteenth-century cross-stitch patterns after contemporary paintings", by Ruth Krul, in: Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 2003, pp. 251-273, text in Dutch
• Bordados dos Acores, textos Alexandra Andrade, Porto. 8 / 2001, text in portuguese language
• Lencos de Namorados, escritas de amor, by alianca Artesanal - Cooperativa de interesse publico, Mario Vilhena da Cunha, 2002, text in portuguese language

• Bordado Antigo dos Acores, Catalogo, Edicao da Secretaria Regional da Economia Centro Regional de Apoio ao Artesanato, Deposito Legal 162284/01, text in portuguese language

books and articles since June 2003:

• Historische Textilien, Beiträge zu ihrer Erhaltung und Erforschung, edited by Sabine Martius and Sibylle Russ, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg 2002, most texts in german.
• Periodical: Jacquard - N. 53/2003. A cura della Fondazione Arte delle Seta Lisio, text in Italian.
• ALTE KLOSTER - NEUE HERREN, Die Säkularisation im deutschen Südwesten 1803, Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung Band I: Ausstellungskatalog, text in german, edited by: Volker Himmelein, Ostfildern 2003
• Drei Goldkaseln des 18. Jahrhunderts aus westfälischen Sammlungen, by Richard Moroz, text in german, in: "Waffen- und Kostümkunde", Heft 2, 44. Bd. 2002, p.107
• blütenweiss bis rabenschwarz, St.Galler Frauen - 200 Portraits, edited by Marina Widmer, Heidi Witzig, Renate Bräuniger. Text in german.

books and articles since October 2003

• Vom Entwurf zum Export: Produktion und Vermarktung von St.Galler Stickereien 1850 - 1914, by Anne Wanner, Marcel Mayer, in: St.Galler Geschichte 2003, Bd. 6, p. 143, St.Gallen 2003
• Dernières publications de Christine Aribaud
• Eleganze in Palazzo Jatta (18th - 20th centuries), by Roberta Orsini Landini, Maria Pia Pettinau Vescia, Italy 2003
• Haute Couture in Basel, Fred Spillmann (1915-1986), by Margret Ribbert, Basel, September 2003
• Bordados do Império Otomano à India, séc. XVIII - XIX, Colecção Calouste Gulbenkian, by Maria Fernanda Passos Leite, Lisboa 2003. Text in portuguese language, english version
• Inchiostro, Seta e Oro, Ricami e cartoni da ricamo dal monastero di Sant'Orsola, text by Raffaella Sgubin, Gorizia, Italia, Musei Provinciali, 2002
• Wenig bekannt, aber hochgeschätzt, by Karin Thönnissen, in: die Heimat, Krefelder Jahrbuch, p. 75 - 81, No 71, Nov. 2000,
• Bildteppiche, by Anne Wanner, in: catalogue of the Oskar Reinhart collection, Basel 2003, p. 567 - 570
  

books and articles in November and December 2003

• Toile de Jouy, Printed Textiles in the Classic French Style, by Mélanie Riffel, Sophie Rouart, Marc Walter, London 2003
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