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Textiles of the Islamic world / John Gillow.

By: Gillow, John [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013Description: 319 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 31 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500290835 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Textile fabrics -- Islamic countries | Textile fabrics -- Islamic countries -- Pictorial works | Crafts | CraftsDDC classification: 746'.091767 Summary: This volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities.
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Originally published: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities.

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