Indian Textiles: With 475 Illustrations, 450 in Color and 4 Maps - Couverture rigide

Gillow, John; Barnard, Nicholas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500514321 ISBN 13 : 9780500514320

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Indian Textiles is the first comprehensive survey of the handmade textiles of the whole of the South Asian subcontinent, bringing to life in hundreds of glorious photographs their vibrant colours, textiles and motifs. The book examines the histories of textiles traditions throughout the whole area, as well as analysing the techniques of dyeing, weaving and embroidering. The sub-continent is traversed from region to region to explore and highlight the centres of traditional textile production. For the designer, traveller, student and collector, Indian Textiles is the essential guide to the most famous of all the crafts of the subcontinent.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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.

Nick Barnard is a writer, publisher and stunt pilot, and co-founder of the Yakovievs Aerobatic Display Team. His book How to Fly a Plane, for adults, was published by Thames & Hudson in 2007. As Nicholas Barnard has written widely on non-Western textiles in such publications as Living with Kilims and Living with Decorative Textiles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0500514321
• ISBN 13: 9780500514320
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible