A new book in the V&A Pattern series, revealing the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Available separately - as well as in a collectors' slipcase edition - this season's titles are Chinese Textiles, Spitalfields Silks, Pop Patterns and Walter Crane. Chinese Textiles moves through the centuries highlighting the motifs of luxurious courtly robes, floral silks intended for the export market, and even the tongue-in-cheek patterns of Vivienne Tam.