African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent - Softcover

John Gillow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500288003 ISBN 13: 9780500288009

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

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New in paperback, 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 whole continent. Covering, region by region, the handmade textiles ofWest, North, East, Central and Southern Africa, African Textiles outlines the vast array of techniques used as well as the different types of loom, materials and dyes that help to create these sumptuous textiles.With a useful glossary and map, a guide to collections open to the public, and suggestions for further reading, this book provides a wealth of information on the rich art of African textiles.

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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.

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0500288003
• ISBN 13: 9780500288009
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar