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John Styles
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Historian of material culture, textiles, manufacturing, design. Professor Emeritus University of Hertfordshire. Senior Research Fellow Victoria and Albert Museum. Hill walker.
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John Styles @johnstyles1949.bsky.social · Feb 11
Just published, ‘Transformations in Textiles, 1400-1760’, my (critical) homage to Jan De Vries’s ‘Industrious Revolution’. Available as an open access e-book chapter www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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John Styles @johnstyles1949.bsky.social · Nov 24
Recently published, my 'Printed Calicoes between India and Europe: Lost in Translation?' in Émilie Hammen (ed.), The Crafts of Fashion vol. 2: Geographies (Éditions B42). 'India was a model and a source of inspiration, but India was not necessarily the tutor.'
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