Textile Arts
"Women's Work"The First 20, 000 Years - Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times
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For over 20,000 years, until the Industrial Revolution, the arts of weaving belonged primarily to women, who demonstrated their various roles as mother, provider, worker, entrepreneur and artist. This book examines the evolution of women's art and place in society. With photographs, drawings. New ed. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 206 x 139 mm. Weight: 298g.
Author: Barber, Elizabeth Wayland
ISBN: 0393313484
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 1996 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Designing Tessellations"The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns
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"Quiltdigest Press" series; Introduces quilters to the world of symmetry and then shows how to experiment with shapes and images to create tessellating designs. This book helps quilters learn how to produce interlocking geometric patterns, and also how easy it is to create true-to-life images of birds, fish, butterflies, and more in the style of Escher. With illustrations (some colour). Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 281 x 221 mm. Weight: 1374g.
Author: Beyer, Jinny
ISBN: 0809228661
Publisher: Contemporary Books Inc
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Textile Arts
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"Chachapoya Textiles"The Laguna De Los Condores Textiles in the Museo Leymebamba, Chachapoyas, Peru
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Analyses 45 selected textiles - burial offerings and mummy bundle wrappings - discovered in 1997 at a cliffside burial site overlooking Laguna de los Condores in the cloud forest of the northern Peruvian Andes. With 92 colour & 23 b/w illus. Hardback, 119 pages. Size: 260 x 210 mm. Weight: 652g.
Author: Bjerregaard, Lena
ISBN: 8763504995
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Date: 2007 (Denmark)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Textile Arts
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"Fashioning Fabrics"Contemporary Textiles in Fashion
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Contemporary Textiles in Fashion. A unique perspective on the use of textiles in contemporary fashion design, concentrating on innovation in hands-on approaches to fabric, highlighting their striking details. Profiles on a range of designers from iconic figures like Zandra Rhodes, Hussein Chalayan and Issey Miyake to emerging talent such as Jonathan Saunders and Rowan Mersh, all of whom share a passionate interest in the role of textiles in fashion. With 300 colour illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 260 x 220 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Black, Sandy Cruz, Elyssa Da
ISBN: 1904772412
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Japanese Quilt Blocks"
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The book guides the reader through all the basic techniques, providestemplates as necessary and generally shows how even a beginner canachieve beautiful quilt blocks. The patterns are coded as to difficultyto help the novice quilter find her level, and the patterns includedare both beautiful and inspirational. With col. illustrations. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 222 x 222 mm. Weight: 429g.
Author: Briscoe, Susan
ISBN: 0713682469
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Textile Arts
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"Fashion Design and Product Development"
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Sets out to explain fashion design and product development as an integrated process, the function of which is to market a continuous stream of garments at a profit. It explores materials, manufacture, costs, quality and the organization of the design and development process. With 42 illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 244 x 172 mm. Weight: 334g.
Author: Carr, Harold Pomeroy, John
ISBN: 0632028939
Publisher: Blackwell Science Ltd
Date: 1992 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Further/Higher Education Textile Arts
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"The New Textiles"Trends and Traditions
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Throughout the world the last decade has seen a flowering of decorative textiles for furnishing and fashion, and of textiles as high art. This book draws together the diverse strands of this textiles world, with reproductions of work by the best practitioners worldwide. With 250 illustrations, 153 in colour. New ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 254 x 220 mm. Weight: 809g.
Author: Colchester, Chloe
ISBN: 0500277370
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1993 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Silken Threads and Lacquer Thrones"Lanna Court Textiles
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Lanna Court Textiles. In this lavishly illustrated book, textile expert Susan Conway traces the history of the Lanna princes, their complex maritial and political alliances with the surrounding inland principalities and with Siam, China and Burma. With 300 colour illustrations. Hardback, 282 pages. Size: 250 x 220 mm. Weight: 1727g.
Author: Conway, Susan
ISBN: 9748225658
Publisher: River Books,Thailand
Date: 2002 (Thailand)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Miao Textiles From China"
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"Fabric Folios" series; The richly woven and embroidered textiles explored in this book belong to the Miao minority group of the Guizhui province in south-west China. Over 20 such textiles from the British Museum's collection are examined and illustrated here in detail, providing designers with inspiration. With 100 colour illustrations. Paperback, 88 pages. Size: 225 x 225 mm. Weight: 402g.
Author: Corrigan, Gina
ISBN: 0714127426
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Textiles"Concepts and Principles
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With illus.. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 252 pages. Size: 229 x 178 mm. Weight: 430g.
Author: Elsasser, Virginia Hencken
ISBN: 1563673002
Publisher: Fairchild Books
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Textile Arts
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"The Textile Book"
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A behind-the-scenes look at the textile industry to reveal what various jobs involve, what influences decision makers and how their decisions affect what we buy. Taking as the starting point the very meaning of textiles, this title covers the range of opportunities for careers in this field. With 30 b&w and 8 colour illustrations. First. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 450g.
Author: Gale, Colin Kaur, Jasbir
ISBN: 1859735126
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Indian Textiles"
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Presents a comprehensive survey of the handmade textiles of the whole of the South Asian subcontinent. This book examines the histories of textiles traditions throughout the whole area, as well as analysing the techniques of dyeing, weaving and embroidering. With 475 illustrations, 450 in colour. Hardback, 224 pages. Weight: 1623g.
Author: Gillow, John Barnard, Nicholas
ISBN: 0500514321
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"5000 Years of Textiles"
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This authoritative survey covers the development of textiles from a huge geographical and chronological range - from China to South America, from Egyptian artefacts of 3000 years BC to contemporary crafts and furnishings. With 425 illustrations, 327 in colour. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Weight: 740g.
Author: Harris, Jennifer
ISBN: 0714125709
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Fabrics That Go Bump"The Best of Weaver's
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"Best of Weaver's" series; With colour photos. Paperback, 108 pages. Size: 280 x 215 mm. Weight: 460g.
Author: Hoogt, Madelyn Van Der
ISBN: 1893762114
Publisher: Xrx Books,Us
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Textile Arts
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"Soft Surfaces"Visual Research for Artists, Architects and Designers
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This new collection of photographs catalogues hundreds of varieties of textiles, grouped by structure and surface treatment, up-close and in interior and exterior applications. All the images are included on a CD-ROM for ease of use. With 1293 colour illustrations. Hardback, 336 pages. Size: 290 x 230 mm. Weight: 1681g.
Author: Juracek, Judy A.
ISBN: 050001969X
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Textile Arts
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