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Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was produced and at a larger piece of social history. This book offers an introduction to an important aspect of British domestic history.

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Investigates how, through the act of weaving and sewing, artists have redefined textiles as more than merely functional objects.

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This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in full colour a selection of the panels from the completed tapestry, together with descriptive and explanatory material

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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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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 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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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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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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The V&A has the world's most important collection of nineteenth-century temple hangings from South India, but only one of the smaller pieces has ever been published. For the first time these amazing objects have been documented and made public.

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