Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance
Gordon, Beverly2011
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Place reservation for Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significanceDiscusses 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.
Main title:
Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / Beverly Gordon.
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Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2011.
Collation:
304 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes:
"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour".Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The very fabric of existence : textiles in human consciousnessLiving on the earth : textiles and human survivalThe ties that bind : the social meanings of textilesCloth and temporal power : money, trade, status, and controlCloth as communication : expressing meaning, messages, and beautyTextiles and the spirit : the sacred, spiritual, and healing significance of cloth.
ISBN:
97805005156620500515662
Dewey class:
746
LC class:
GT525
Language:
English
BRN:
3730163
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