John Gillow has spent over thirty years studying, collecting and lecturing on textiles. His books include Arts and Crafts of India (with Ilay Cooper and Barry Dawson), Indian Textiles (with Nicholas Barnard), Traditional Indonesian Textiles, World Textiles (with Bryan Sentance) and African Textiles.

'Excellent … as colourful and as full of joie de vivre as a room full of Matisse paintings' - The World of Interiors

• THE OTTOMAN WORLD Turkey • The Balkans | ISLAMIC SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA Spain • Morocco • Algeria • Tunisia • Libya • Egypt | THE ARAB WORLD Syria • Palestine • Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Kuwait • Oman • Yemen | THE PERSIAN WORLD Iran • The Caucasus | CENTRAL ASIA Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Kyrgyzstan • Afghanistan | THE MUGHAL WORLD India • Pakistan • Bangladesh | EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA China • Malaysia • Indonesia • The Philippines | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA East Africa • West Africa

John Gillow has spent over thirty years studying, collecting and lecturing on textiles. His books include Arts and Crafts of India (with Ilay Cooper and Barry Dawson), Indian Textiles (with Nicholas Barnard), Traditional Indonesian Textiles, World Textiles (with Bryan Sentance) and African Textiles.

'Excellent … as colourful and as full of joie de vivre as a room full of Matisse paintings' - The World of Interiors

• THE OTTOMAN WORLD Turkey • The Balkans | ISLAMIC SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA Spain • Morocco • Algeria • Tunisia • Libya • Egypt | THE ARAB WORLD Syria • Palestine • Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Kuwait • Oman • Yemen | THE PERSIAN WORLD Iran • The Caucasus | CENTRAL ASIA Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Kyrgyzstan • Afghanistan | THE MUGHAL WORLD India • Pakistan • Bangladesh | EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA China • Malaysia • Indonesia • The Philippines | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA East Africa • West Africa

John Gillow has spent over thirty years studying, collecting and lecturing on textiles. His books include Arts and Crafts of India (with Ilay Cooper and Barry Dawson), Indian Textiles (with Nicholas Barnard), Traditional Indonesian Textiles, World Textiles (with Bryan Sentance) and African Textiles.

'Excellent … as colourful and as full of joie de vivre as a room full of Matisse paintings' - The World of Interiors

• THE OTTOMAN WORLD Turkey • The Balkans | ISLAMIC SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA Spain • Morocco • Algeria • Tunisia • Libya • Egypt | THE ARAB WORLD Syria • Palestine • Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Kuwait • Oman • Yemen | THE PERSIAN WORLD Iran • The Caucasus | CENTRAL ASIA Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Kyrgyzstan • Afghanistan | THE MUGHAL WORLD India • Pakistan • Bangladesh | EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA China • Malaysia • Indonesia • The Philippines | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA East Africa • West Africa