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Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses, Meaning, Significance

Door Beverly Gordon

Categorie
Tapijten & Textiel
Boeknummer
#433557-LI27
Titel
Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses, Meaning, Significance
Auteur
Gordon, Beverly
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Thames & Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
0500291136
ISBN13
9780500291139
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, with 380 illustrations (of which 318 in color), 4to.
Samenvatting
“Leads readers from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century, while weaving its story from strands of craft, history and anthropology, and science and culture. . . . An outstanding achievement.” —Library Journal There are few aspects of our lives—physical, emotional, spiritual—in which thread and fabrics do not play a notable part. Beverly Gordon reminds us memorably and movingly of the powerful significance of fabric throughout human history. Her expertise is enriched by her own hands-on experience: spinning silk from silkworm cocoons, weaving cloth, and creating natural dyes. In addition, she has studied thousands of textiles in a curatorial context; her familiarity includes the processing and handling of textiles as well as the making of them. The author b... (Lees verder)ridges past and present, from the Stone Age—when humans first learned to make cordage and thread—to twenty-first-century “smart fabrics,” which can regulate body temperature or measure the wearer's pulse. Her discussion integrates craft, art, science, history, and anthropology, and she draws on examples from around the globe. A dazzling array of illustrations includes paintings and photographs of historic and contemporary textiles plus a broad collection of textiles being created, worn, and lived with today.
Pagina's
304
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 65,00

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