John Gillow

African Textiles

Colour and Creativity Across a Continent

Buch

Now available in a compact paperback edition, 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 of West, 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 bo… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-500-29221-1
EAN: 9780500292211
Produktnummer: 18327547
Verlag: Thames and Hudson
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Masse: H27.8 cm x B21.5 cm x D2.2 cm 1'195 g
Abbildungen: Illustrations (chiefly col.)
Gewicht: 1195

Über den Autor

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.