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Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses * Meanings * Significance by Beverly Gordon (Paperback, 2013)
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This vibrantly illustrated book, which is newly available in paperback, is an original look at the myriad roles played by textiles in all aspects of human life, from ancient weavings to light-sensitive and other `futuristic' fabrics of our own era. 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. The many uses of textiles in our everyday lives and their sources are illustrated, along with a discussion about how, as a valuable commodity, in some communities textiles function as money. Finally, the author outlines how textiles are a means of communication - functional, political and artistic - and a metaphor for transcendence. This book will captivate and inspire anyone who has a passion for textiles and textile arts, whether educational, creative or professional.Product Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson LTD
ISBN-139780500291139
eBay Product ID (ePID)154786672
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Book TitleTextiles: the Whole Story: Uses * Meanings * Significance
AuthorBeverly Gordon
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
Number of Pages304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height260mm
Item Width200mm
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Title_AuthorBeverly Gordon
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 26 Apr, 2023
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For anyone obsessed with textiles, its history and cultural significance across the ages, this is the book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
