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A practical and inspirational guide to finding, researching and using historical textiles in your own textile art work, to bring layers of meaning and a rich sense of emotional connection through place and time.

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Produced from plants by a process akin to alchemy, indigo has a unique chemistry that renders it compatible with all natural fibres. This title is the story of a commodity that has been central to international trade and textile production for centuries, across time and cultures.

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Angela Volker's text gives succinct accounts of a range of topics, including the designs by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann for Backhausen and Sohne prior to the foundation of the textile department in about 1910, methods of production, sales policy, customers and end use.

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An overview of the compositional principles of embroidery, it contains more than 500 photographs. It encourages readers to be inspired by nature and is intended for practising embroiderers, textile designers and students. It is a sourcebook for those working with or interested in textile design.

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A comprehensive survey of textile art and production worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. Using line drawings and close-up colour details from actual textiles, it shows how people from many different traditions have made and decorated cloth through the centuries.

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Carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries on nearly every continent on earth. This book features more than forty carpets held in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments.

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A remarkable collection of textiles made in Islamic lands and traded along the Silk Road.

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An examination of the origins and history of kilim textiles. The core of the book is devoted to the specific characteristics of region, tribe and kilim type. It also includes an account of techniques, embracing materials, dyes and dyeing, tools, kilim structures and weaving.

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The first comprehensive, career-spanning monograph of NUNO, one of Japans most innovative and respected textile design studios.

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This text explores the rich and diverse range of silk and textiles from Africa. Focusing on over 30 pieces from the British Museum's collection, it brings together traditions of silk weaving and embroidery from throughout the African continent.

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A stunning book on the work and stories of Aotearoa New Zealands senior Mori weavers of Te Khui Whiritoi, revealing the complexity and beauty of raranga. Features beautiful photographs, texts in te reo Maori and English, lively interviews with the weavers and their whanau.

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A collection of Peruvian and other early Andean textiles. It includes rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date from the Paracas to the Inka and Colonial periods, 200 BC to the late 18th century AD.

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Offers an illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in every corner of the Islamic world. This text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities.

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Offers an overview of felt and feltmaking with the aid of more than 300 photographs. This book includes basic techniques that can be used to create felted fabrics from scratch, such as needle-felting and tufting, along with imaginative ways with readymade felt. It is suitable for craftspeople, textile designers and students.

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Miniature paintings unlock the door to a thorough re-examination of the ubiquitous 'classical' medallion design in Persian carpets, revealing an artistic revolution comparable to that which occurred at the same time in Renaissance Italy.

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An illustrated survey of the sari, the unique south Asian textile tradition. The book analyzes sari design, giving a guide to the symbols, patterns and motifs used, with their origins and how they have evolved. It covers the entire Indian subcontinent and thousands of different sari types.

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This is the first book devoted exclusively to the hand-woven bands made by the nomadic peoples of Iran. The publication features many previously unpublished weavings of great art-historical and anthropological importance

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All textiles epitomize the cultures that make them, from the silk brocade saris of India to North American patchwork quilts. Interestingly, societies separated by vast distances have developed similar solutions to design and construction while producing a dazzling diversity of styles.

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African textiles are patterned with stories that range far beyond the time of the creation or the lifetime of their creator. Accompanied by 200 stunning illustrations revealing the rich variety of textile traditions throughout Africa, this new work showcases some of the world's finest examples of textile arts.

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With a survey of African textiles on the market, this book illustrates over 570 spectacular colour photographs the traditional, hand crafted, indigenous textiles of the whole continent. It provides a wealth of information on the rich art of African textiles.

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Suitable for modern admirers of oriental carpets, this book features forty classical carpets held in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments. It describes collections in the context of history of Islamic art, recounting carpets stories and celebrating their intricate designs and craftsmanship.