民间
织锦的国外文献大致有这些:
布目顺郎的《养蚕の起源と古代绢》、太田英藏《太田英藏
染织史著作集(上卷)》、Sadae Torimaru《Fabric Graffiti: Culmination of a 13 years exploration and textile research study of the Miao in guizhou, China》、前田亮《图说手
织机の研究》、Broudy,E的《The book of looms》、John Becker的《Pattern and loom》、Sadae Torimaru《Spiritual Fabric: 15 years of textile research among the Miao People in guizhou, China》、Tomoko Torimaru, Sadae Torimaru 《Imprints on Cloth: 18 years of textile research among the Miao People in guizhou, China》、Sadae Torimaru 《Spiritual Fabric: 20 years of textile research among the Miao People in guizhou,China》,除了Sadae Torimaru的文献对
中国少数民族
织锦作了详尽的表述之外,其余文献只是部分的介绍,或者间接的联系,但也为本书的研究提供了借鉴;