Background information. Introduction -- The embroiderers -- Foreign influences and sources -- Materials and equipment -- Hand and machine embroidery techniques -- Designs and colours -- Embroideries from archaeological and historical sources. Embroideries from the tomb of Tutankhamun -- Late classical and early medieval embroideries from archaeological sites in Egypt and Nubia -- Early archaeological embroideries from the Eastern Mediterranean and Iraq -- Coptic, Byzantine and Arab Sicilian embroidery -- Late medieval embroideries from Egyptian archaeological sites -- Embroideries from Qasr Ibrim, Egyptian Nubia / Nettie K. Adams -- Medieval embroideries from the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon -- Medieval styles of embroidery from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Embroidered tiraz -- Snapshot: the kiswa -- Egyptian appliqué and the Street of the Tent Makers (Shari Khayamiyya). Ottoman Turkish embroidery / Sumru Krody -- Regional embroidery from North Africa and the Middle East. Snapshot: the Maghreb and embroidery -- Embroidery from Morocco / Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood and Caroline Stone -- Snapshot: the Jewish kiswa al-kabira and related garments -- Embroidery from Algeria -- Embroidery from Tunisia -- Embroidery from Libya -- Snapshot: Tuareg embroidery -- Embroidery from Egypt / Shahira Mehrez and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Embroidery from Sudan -- Snapshot: the aba and bisht -- Samaritan and Jewish ritual embroidery -- Ecclesiastical vestments and embroidery from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean / Karel Innemée -- Embroidery and dress from Lebanon / Nour Majdalany and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- An introduction to Palestinian embroidery / Widad Kawar and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Palestinian embroidery and clothing / Widad Kawar and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood. Negev and Sinai Bedouin embroidery / Shahira Mehrez and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Embroidery from Jordan / Widad Kawar and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Embroidery from Syria / Widad Kawar, Layla Pio and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Embroidery from Iraq / Layla Pio and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Embroidery from Saudi Arabia / Laila Al-Bassam and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Snapshot: three Saudi Arabian fashion designers using embroidery -- Embroidery from Yemen / Marjorie Ramson and Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood -- Snapshot: Neksha Harazi-the hand embroidery company of Al Hajjarah, Yemen / Ghaleb Alburaai and Alison Elliott -- Embroidery from Oman and Zanzibar -- Snapshot: zarri metal thread embroidery from India -- Embroidery from the Gulf States -- Snapshot: Colonel and Mrs Dickson's embroidered garments from Kuwait -- Appendices. Hand embroidery stitches -- Stitch list based on 'family' groups -- Stitch list A-Z -- Glossary of national and regional dress terms -- Glossary of textile terms -- Museums and institutions with collections of North African and Middle Eastern embroideries.
Summary:
"Throughout the Arab world, embroidery has been as central to the cultural heritage of the region as calligraphy, the miniature, woodwork, ceramics or silverware. Embroidered textiles have been produced for thousands of years across North Africa and the Middle East to decorate public buildings, homes and animals as well as to clothe men, women and children. They have played an important role in the social and cultural lives of communities and peoples and have reflected the economic and political changes that have affected the region from the earliest times. The Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World is the first reference work to chart the history of embroidery from Ancient Egypt to the present day and to offer an authoritative guide to all the major embroidery traditions of the region. It maps the diversity of embroidery from the Maghreb to the Gulf states, from Turkey to Sudan; traces the impact of trade, commerce, politics and religion on materials, colors, styles and fashions; introduces the embroiderers, their materials, equipment and techniques; and highlights the artistic and design influences of embroidery, through to its use by modern fashion designers. Richly illustrated with 850 images (750 in colour) of clothes, accessories, cushions, bed linen, curtains, floor coverings and wall hangings, many of which have never been published before, the Encyclopedia is an essential resource for students and scholars of the subject"-- Provided by publisher.
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