Costumes Through the Ages. The Evolution of Styles of Dress .
New York, Rizzoli, 1982. 'Illustrated in 250 Plates and over 1500 Figures'.
Textiles
Masterpieces of Chinese Silk Tapestry and Embroidery in the National Palace Museum
Taipei, National Palace Museum, 1971.
Turkmen Folk Art
[Askabad, Turkmen State Folk Arts Museum], 1990. Lavishly illustrated in colour. Text in Russian.
The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1986.
Silk
Paris, Flammarion, 1996.
The Embroidery of Ourha. An Album
Ourha, State Art Gallery of Armenia, 1985. With a map and over 130 colour illustrations.
Azerbaijan National Clothing
Moscow, [Publisher not in English], 1972. Text mostly in Russian (8 pages in English).
Turkoman Carpets and the Ethnographic Significance of their Ornaments. Translated by Robert Pinner
Fishguard, Crosby Press, 1975. The first edition in English of a revised and expanded version of a catalogue to a major 1970 carpet exhibition in Hamburg.
The Country Life Book of Rugs and Carpets of the World
London, Country Life Books, 1978 [first edition.
Rugs and Carpets of the World
London, Ferndale, 1981/ 1978.
Chinese Embroidery. Traditional Techniques
London, B.T. Batsford, 2003.
The Undiscovered Kilim
London, David Black Oriental Carpets, 1977.
Peasant Art of Europe and Asia
New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1966/ 1959.
Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Yale University Press, 2002 (first edition). Catalogue of the exhibition.
The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
Miao Textiles from China
London, British Museum Press, 2001.
Glorious Inspiration. Kaffe Fassett's Needlepoint Source Book
Sydney, Random Century, 1991.
The Christian Oriental Carpet. A Presentation of its Development, Iconologically and Iconographically, from its Beginnings to the 18th Century
Koln, Benedikt Taschen, 1991.
The Christian Oriental Carpet. A Presentation of its Development, Iconologically and Iconographically, from its Beginnings to the 18th Century
Koln, Benedikt Taschen, 1991. Variant dustwrapper illustrating Ghiordes Prayer Rug, West Anatolia, 18th century.
Chinese Clothing. An Illustrated Guide
Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1994.
The Illustrated History of Textiles
London, Studio Editions, 1991.
Salish Weaving
Vancouver, Douglas and McIntyre, 1980.
Mongol Costumes
New York, Thames and Hudson, 1994 [first American edition]/ 1993. A publication of the Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project.
A Collection of the Xinjiang Uighur Folk Cap Designs
Xinjiang, Xinjiang People's Publishing House, 1983. Numerous colour illustrations.
Form and Soul
Kuala Lumpur, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Ministry of Education, Malaysia, 1994. Malay traditional art; the book is based on a 1979 exhibition.