Daniel Rock’s Textile Fabrics is a descriptive catalogue of the South Kensington Museum’s collection of church vestments, dresses, silk stuffs, needlework, and tapestries. A learned antiquarian, Rock surveys the ecclesiastical and secular textiles of medieval and later Europe, treating each as a record of craft, faith, and ornament.
The catalogue is rich in detail on weaving, embroidery, and the symbolism of liturgical dress, drawing on Rock’s deep knowledge of church history. It remains a valuable reference for historians of textiles and religious art. Scholarly and thorough, this foundational museum catalogue is offered here as a free EPUB download.