Textiles of the Islamic World (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2013-04-08
Förlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustratör/Fotograf
black and white 623 Illustrations 15 Illustrations color
Illustrationer
15 Illustrations, black and white; 623 Illustrations, color
Dimensioner
305 x 241 x 28 mm
Vikt
2020 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780500290835

Textiles of the Islamic World

av John Gillow
Häftad,  Engelska, 2013-04-08
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This volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in every corner of the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities, while hundreds of glorious illustrations including specially taken colour images of textiles on display, photographs of weavers and dyers in action, and rare historical material constitute an astonishingly varied visual panorama that will appeal to collectors, travellers and anyone interested in Islamic culture.
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'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

Övrig information

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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

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