CONTENTS: Introduction by Stephen Ellcock and Karun Thakar (A shared experience of collecting images and objects, and the genesis of the Book of Textiles and the Karun Thakar Collectioln, 1. The Natural World: Plants, Flowers, Gardens, Trees, Fruits, Bushes, Superaburidarice, Animals, Insects, Birds, 2. The Human Realm: Human activity, Rites of passage, Birth, Romance, Marriage, Death, Mortality, Colonialism, War, Celebratiolns, Leisure, Education, Storytelling, Expressions olf life, Deceit, Everyday objects, Covers, Bags, Recycling, 3. Cosume: Identity, Community, Status, Minority, Society, Class, Court, Robes of honour, Wealth, Hats, 4. Belief, Myth & Magic: Faith, Celebrations, Prayer, Enlightenment, Protection, Pilgrimage, Ceremolnial, Devotion, 5. Patterns of Life: Form, Function, Structure, Geometry, Colour, Maximalism, Grid, Monochrome, Polychrome, Composition, Meaning, Mark making, Modernism, Colour field, Circles, Abstract.