Now available in a compact paperback edition, this book remains the most comprehensive survey of African textiles on the market today, illustrating in over 570 spectacular colour photographs the traditional, handcrafted, indigenous textiles of the...
This comprehensive survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent runs the gamut of commercial, tribal and folk textiles. The authors first place them in cultural context by examining the history, materials and various techniques ...
'Excellent as colourful and as full of joie de vivre as a room full of Matisse paintings' - The World of Interiors 'Superb the illustrations are special, unusual, sometimes intriguing the book is a delight renewed each time one opens it' - The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers 'Excellent for print and pattern inspiration' - Stylus 'John Gillow is the great traveller scholar; in all his books you feel the adventure of the world observed through textiles' - Selvedge
John Gillow has spent over thirty years studying, collecting and lecturing on textiles. His books include Arts and Crafts of India (with Ilay Cooper and Barry Dawson), Indian Textiles (with Nicholas Barnard), Traditional Indonesian Textiles, World Textiles (with Bryan Sentance) and African Textiles.
THE OTTOMAN WORLD Turkey The Balkans | ISLAMIC SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA Spain Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt | THE ARAB WORLD Syria Palestine Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Oman Yemen | THE PERSIAN WORLD Iran The Caucasus | CENTRAL ASIA Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan | THE MUGHAL WORLD India Pakistan Bangladesh | EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA China Malaysia Indonesia The Philippines | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA East Africa West Africa