Indigo: The Color That Changed the World - Hardcover

Legrand, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050051660X ISBN 13: 9780500516607

Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2013

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Gloriously pieced together, much like the fine garments it portrays, this colorful book takes the reader on an international tour of indigo-colored textiles, presenting a huge swathe of remarkable clothing, people, and fabric. Catherine Legrand has spent more than twenty years traveling and researching the subject, and she has a deep knowledge of the ancient techniques, patterns, and clothing traditions that characterize ethnic textile design.The book explores the production of indigo textiles throughout America, China, India, Africa, Central Asia, Japan, Laos, and Vietnam. It features more than 500 color photographs and is completed by specially commissioned drawings that provide close-ups of patterns and cloths.

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Catherine Legrand worked as a graphic designer at the foundation of the Théâtre du Soleil and in New York and Paris before becoming a freelance textile designer. In the course of her many "textile voyages," she has become a passionate collector of fabrics, outfits, jewelry, and accessories. She is also the author of Indigo: The Color that Changed the World.

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The ultimate reference on indigo dyeing techniques across the world.

Gloriously pieced together, much like the fine garments it portrays, this colourful volume takes the reader on an international tour of indigo-coloured textiles, presenting a huge swathe of remarkable clothing, people and fabric. Catherine Legrand, who has spent over twenty years travelling and researching the subject, has a deep knowledge of the ancient techniques, patterns and clothing traditions that characterize ethnic textile design, knowledge that she deploys to great effect in seven chapters exploring the production of Indigo textiles throughout America, China, India, Africa, Central Asia, Japan and Laos/Vietnam, and the men and women behind them. This profusely illustrated photographic survey features more than 500 photographs, and is completed by specially commissioned drawings that provide close-ups on patterns and clothes.

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• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 050051660X
• ISBN 13: 9780500516607
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 286
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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