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The following textile –related publications are available to order from the museum’s publications department.

  1. Fabrics and Fabrication. 2001 Exhibition catalogue. Context Gallery, Derry. Illustrated, colour.
  2. Ulster Needlework – A Continuing Tradition.  1990. Exhibition catalogue UFTM. Illustrated,colour.
  3. A Renasence of the Irish Art of Lace Making. 1988. A facsimile copy of 1888 original. UFTM. Illustrated b/w.
  4. H.R. Lilley. Artist and Designer.  1998. UFTM. Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated, colour.
  5. Tying the Knot.  1991 UFTM. Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated, colour.

Suggested further reading – Books

  1. Dress in Ireland.
  2. Needlework Samplers of Northern Ireland.
  3. The Irish Flowerers.
  4. Fabric and Form.

Articles.

  1. Boyle, E.  ‘Embroidery and Lacemaking 1600 -1800’.  Ulster Folklife,10.
  2. Harris, K. ‘The Museum’s Collection of Needlework’, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Yearbook, 1967/68.
  3. Jones, L.  ‘Quilting’, Ulster Folklife, 24.
  4. Wilson, V.  Quiltmaking in Counties Antrim and Down. 1991 Journal of the American Quilt Study Group.
  5. ‘ An Islandmagee Bedcover’, Ulster Folklife Journal, Vol 34.

A series of eight colour postcards featuring quilts from the UFTM collection is available from the  museum shop at Cultra, price 40p each.

The museum has a number of books on costume and textiles, available for reference purposes, by prior arrangement with the librarian.

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