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Author:

Schoeser, Mary.

Title:

Textiles : the art of mankind / Mary Schoeser.

Publisher:

Thames & Hudson Ltd.,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

568 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Textile fabrics--History.
Textile design--History.
Textile fabrics--Pictorial works.

Notes:

"1,058 color illustrations" Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-559) and index.

Contents:

Impact : Context ; Language, legacies and learning ; Colour and the global vision -- Ingredients : Invention ; Intentions ; Alchemy -- Structure : Non-tensioned techniques ; Looping, knotting, lacing and twisting ; Loom-weaving -- Surface : Yarns ; Stitch ; Painting and printing -- Added dimensions : Letting the cloth speak ; Patchwork and quilting ; Textiles parkour -- Imagery : Identity ; Narrative ; Of time and place.

ISBN:

9780500516454 (hbk.)
0500516456 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818697719

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)