World Textiles

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'Extremely valuable I would recommend it unconditionally' - Haii 'A ravishing book ' - world of interiors
The history of the world can be read in textiles: the rise of civilizations and the fall of empires are woven into their warp and weft along with the great stories of conquest, religion and trade. The legacy of textile design, form and pattern that has resulted from this global endowment can be seen here in all its spectacular richness.
Cultures separated by vast distances have developed similar solutions to design and construction while producing a dazzling variety of styles. Each textile epitomizes the culture that produced it-from the silk brocade saris of Benares in India, to cut-pile raphia cloth from Central Africa, patchwork quilts made by colonists In North America and indlgo-dyed tsutsugaki cloth from Japan.
Here is the first book to illustrate the whole range of traditional handmade textiles from all corners of the globe. Eight sections cover all aspects of... Tovább

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'Extremely valuable I would recommend it unconditionally' - Haii 'A ravishing book ' - world of interiors
The history of the world can be read in textiles: the rise of civilizations and the fall of empires are woven into their warp and weft along with the great stories of conquest, religion and trade. The legacy of textile design, form and pattern that has resulted from this global endowment can be seen here in all its spectacular richness.
Cultures separated by vast distances have developed similar solutions to design and construction while producing a dazzling variety of styles. Each textile epitomizes the culture that produced it-from the silk brocade saris of Benares in India, to cut-pile raphia cloth from Central Africa, patchwork quilts made by colonists In North America and indlgo-dyed tsutsugaki cloth from Japan.
Here is the first book to illustrate the whole range of traditional handmade textiles from all corners of the globe. Eight sections cover all aspects of materials and techniques, each giving a succinct summary of characteristics, making and geographical distribution, accompanied by hundreds of colour photographs and drawings. Every kind of textile is covered: non-loom and loom-woven, painted and printed, dyed, sewn, embroidered and embellished.
Completed by a glossary, further reading and Information on collections with public access. World Textiles Is an unrivalled guide for anyone interested in collecting or making and designing textiles.
With 778 illustrations, 551 in colour
John Clllow has travelled the world for many years, studying, collecting and lecturing on textiles. His books Include A/ncod Textiles, Traditional Indian Textiles (with Nicholas Barnard) and Traditional Indonesian Textiles.
Bryan Sentance, an inveterate traveller, lectures, mounts exhibitions and teaches art. He is the author of Basketry: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques, Wood: The World of Woodwork and Carving and Ceramics: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques.
On the cover:
top left: Mexican weft-faced woven blanket in two pieces; top middle: Uzbek numdah, felt floor covering, from Afghanistan; top right: hand-printed cotton yardage from |odhpur in Rajasthan, India; middle left: knitted Guatemalan bag; middle right: a tie-dyed yashmak of loosely woven woollen cloth from the Yemen; bottom left: woman's cotton shawl embroidered with red silk thread, from Hazara in Northern Pakistan; bottom middle: panel of embroidered glass beadwork, worn on the bodice, from Hardanger, Norway; bottom right: silk stripweave kente cloth woven by the Ashanti of Ghana.
Printed in Singapore Vissza