Bright flowers : textiles and ceramics of Central Asia /
Sumner, Christina,
Bright flowers : textiles and ceramics of Central Asia / Christina Sumner and Guy Petherbridge. - 159 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 29 cm
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sept. 2004-Feb. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and index.
Introduction / Flowers of the hearth : textiles / Bukhara embroidery of the 1800s / Textile illustrations -- Flowers of the kiln : ceramics / The Uzbek Kulol / Ceramic illustrations. Christina Sumner -- Christina Sumner -- Koryogdi Jurayevich Jumaev -- Guy Petherbridge -- Akbar Rakhimov and Alisher Rakhimov --
"Bright Flowers reveals, in many cases for the first time in published form, some of the spectacular and colourful embroidered textiles and glazed ceramics of Central Asia. It provides a fascinating insight into the material culture and peoples of an area which is becoming increasingly well-known to outsiders."--BOOK JACKET.
085331912X 9780853319122
2004111170
Embroidery--Asia, Central--Exhibitions
Pottery--Asia, Central--Exhibitions
NK9275.A1 / S86 2004
745.50958
Bright flowers : textiles and ceramics of Central Asia / Christina Sumner and Guy Petherbridge. - 159 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 29 cm
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sept. 2004-Feb. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and index.
Introduction / Flowers of the hearth : textiles / Bukhara embroidery of the 1800s / Textile illustrations -- Flowers of the kiln : ceramics / The Uzbek Kulol / Ceramic illustrations. Christina Sumner -- Christina Sumner -- Koryogdi Jurayevich Jumaev -- Guy Petherbridge -- Akbar Rakhimov and Alisher Rakhimov --
"Bright Flowers reveals, in many cases for the first time in published form, some of the spectacular and colourful embroidered textiles and glazed ceramics of Central Asia. It provides a fascinating insight into the material culture and peoples of an area which is becoming increasingly well-known to outsiders."--BOOK JACKET.
085331912X 9780853319122
2004111170
Embroidery--Asia, Central--Exhibitions
Pottery--Asia, Central--Exhibitions
NK9275.A1 / S86 2004
745.50958