Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance /

Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and...

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Main Author: Gordon, Beverly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2011.
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Summary:Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence.
Item Description:"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour".
Physical Description:304 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780500515662
0500515662