This is the classic, comprehensive, colour survey of textile art and production worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. It is both an authoritative work of reference and a visual delight. The book opens with 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 colour details from actual textiles, to show how people from many different traditions have made and decorated cloth through the centuries. The ...
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This is the classic, comprehensive, colour survey of textile art and production worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. It is both an authoritative work of reference and a visual delight. The book opens with 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 colour 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, many never published before - includes costumes, period interiors, archive photographs and a huge variety of fabrics.
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Add this copy of 5, 000 Years of Textiles to cart. $12.83, fair condition, Sold by Goodwill of Orange County rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Ana, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Smithsonian Books.
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Add this copy of 5000 Years of Textiles to cart. $23.58, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by British Museum Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1400grams, ISBN: 9780714117690.
Add this copy of 5000 Years of Textiles to cart. $28.00, like new condition, Sold by Erika Wallington rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pawtucket, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by British Museum Press.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. With illustrations in color and black & white, a bibliography and index. 320 pages. 4to. Hardcover, bound in dark red cloth. In a dust jacket. Fine/Fine.
Add this copy of 5000 Years of Textiles to cart. $42.33, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by British Museum Press/Whitworth Art Gallery/Victoria and Albert Museum.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1700grams, ISBN: 9780714117157.
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