Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / Beverly Gordon.
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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| Language: | English |
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
2011.
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| Physical Description: | 304 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Format: | Book |
| 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. |
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| Note: | "With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour". |
| Call Number: | GT525 .G673 2011 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780500515662 0500515662 |