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02028aam a22003734a 4500 001 C1C82D7E515911E1900500AE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120207010153 008 110929s2011 enka 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011922631 020 $a 0500515662 020 $a 9780500515662 035 $a (OCoLC)755665069 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d SILO $d CDX $d NDD $d VP@ $d BWX $d YBM $d MUU $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d CGU $d MZA $d SILO 050 4 $a GT525 $b .G673 2011 082 04 $a 746 $2 21 100 1 $a Gordon, Beverly. 245 1 $a Textiles : $b the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / $c Beverly Gordon. 260 $a London : $b Thames & Hudson, $c 2011. 300 $a 304 p. : $b chiefly col. ill. ; $c 27 cm. 500 $a "With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour". 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The very fabric of existence : textiles in human consciousness -- Living on the earth : textiles and human survival -- The ties that bind : the social meanings of textiles -- Cloth and temporal power : money, trade, status, and control -- Cloth as communication : expressing meaning, messages, and beauty -- Textiles and the spirit : the sacred, spiritual, and healing significance of cloth. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Textile fabrics. 650 0 $a Textile fabrics $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Clothing and dress $x Social aspects. 941 $a 5 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706014953.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728015550.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204053952.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110035916.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006063258.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1C82D7E515911E1900500AE6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search