Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / Beverly Gordon.
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TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013Description: 304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500291139 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Textile crafts -- History | Textile fabrics -- HistoryDDC classification: 746'.09 Summary: This illustrated text looks at the myriad roles played by textiles in all aspects of human life, from ancient weavings to light-sensitive & other futuristic fabrics of our own era. The author discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic & spiritual ways.
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Paperback. Originally published in hardback: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This illustrated text looks at the myriad roles played by textiles in all aspects of human life, from ancient weavings to light-sensitive & other futuristic fabrics of our own era. The author discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic & spiritual ways.
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