Now in paperback, the classic, comprehensive, full-color survey of worldwide textile art from prehistory to the present day. An authoritative reference and a visual delight, with examples from the Far East to the Americas, from Africa to Scandinavia, and from Egyptian artifacts dating from 3000 BC to the most up-to-date modern craftwork and furnishings. Includes an expert guide to nine fundamental textile techniques, from rug weaving and tapestry to felt and bark cloth. Each is clearly explained, using line drawings and ...
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Now in paperback, the classic, comprehensive, full-color survey of worldwide textile art from prehistory to the present day. An authoritative reference and a visual delight, with examples from the Far East to the Americas, from Africa to Scandinavia, and from Egyptian artifacts dating from 3000 BC to the most up-to-date modern craftwork and furnishings. Includes an expert guide to nine fundamental textile techniques, from rug weaving and tapestry to felt and bark cloth. Each is clearly explained, using line drawings and close-up color details from actual textiles, to show how people from many different traditions have made and decorated cloth through the centuries. The breathtaking wealth of illustrations drawn from major collections all over the world includes costumes, period interiors, archive photographs, and a vast range of fabrics, from the simplest handwoven cloths to sumptuous brocades and exquisite embroidery.
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VG. Ilustrated wrap covers. 320 pages: illustrations (chiefly color), maps. Originally published: London: British Museum Press, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index. Contents: Survey of textile techniques / Jennifer Harris--Mediterranean / Joan Allgrove McDowell--Central and northern Europe / John-Peter Wild--Sassanian textiles; Early Islamic textiles / Joan Allgrove McDowell--Byzantine silks / Anna Muthesius--Safavid Iran (1499-1722); Ottoman Empire / Joan Allgrove McDowell--Central Asian textiles / Jennifer Wearden--Palestinian embroidery / Shelagh Weir--Historical development and trade; Tribal textiles / Margaret Hall--Carpets of the Middle and Far East / Patricia L. Baker--China / Verity Wilson--Japan / Susan-Marie Best--South-East Asia / Sylvia Fraser-Lu--Sicilian silks / Anna Muthesius--Italian silks (1300-1500) / Lisa Monnas--Italian silks (1500-1900); Spanish silks / Jacqueline Herald--French silks (1650-1800) / Lesley Miller--Figured linen damasks / Jacqueline Herald--Tapestry / Thomas Campbell--Embroidery; Lace / Santina M. Levey--Printed textiles / Jennifer Harris--Eastern Europe / Jennifer Wearden--Greece, the Greek Islands and Albania / Roderick R. Taylor--Colonial North America (1700-1990s) / Mary Schoeser--Native North America / Colin and Betty Taylor--Latin America / Chloë Sayer and Penny Bateman--North Africa / Caroline Stone--Sub-Saharan Africa and the offshore islands / John Mack.
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