Image from Coce

Through the thread of time : Southeast Asian textiles : the James H.W. Thompson Foundation Symposium papers / edited by Jane Puranananda.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bangkok : River Books : James H.W. Thompson Foundation, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 181 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9748225763
  • 9789748225760
Other title:
  • Southeast Asian textiles : the James H.W. Thompson Foundation Symposium papers
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 746.0959 22
LOC classification:
  • NK8877 .T49 2004
Contents:
Cambodia -- 1. Textiles at the Khmer court, Angkor : origins, innovations and continuities / Gillian Green -- 2. Weaving in Cambodia / Bernard Dupaigne -- Indonesia -- 3. Motif and meaning in Indonesian textiles / Helen Jessup -- 4. The use of the Pahudu string model : Lau Pahudu weaving from East Sumba, Indonesia / Marie-Helen Guelton -- Laos -- 5. Textiles for the living and the dead - a Lao case / Mattiebelle Gittinger -- 6. Baby or elephant cloth? : wrappers in Laos and Thailand / Karen A. Bunyaratavej -- Myanmar -- 7. The Saopha at home and abroad : Shan court dress in the 19th century / Susan Conway -- Thailand -- 8. Fit for a king : Indian textiles and Thai court protocol / John Guy -- 9. Lan Na male dress in peace and war / Susan Conway -- 10. Chuan-tani or Lima cloth : cloth in the lower region of Southern Thailand / Samboon Thanasook -- Vietnam -- 11. The representation of textiles in Cham sculptures / Emmanual Guillon -- 12. Cham weaving in Vietnam / Gerald Moussay -- 13. Traditional costumes of the Hmong in Vietnam / Christine Hemmet -- Exhibition -- 14. Tilleke & Gibbins textile collection.
Review: "This colourful and highly illustrated volume on Southeast Asian textiles presents the works of scholars and art historians invited to participate in a unique symposium organized by the Bangkok-based James H. W. Thompson Foundation."--BOOK JACKET.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cambodia -- 1. Textiles at the Khmer court, Angkor : origins, innovations and continuities / Gillian Green -- 2. Weaving in Cambodia / Bernard Dupaigne -- Indonesia -- 3. Motif and meaning in Indonesian textiles / Helen Jessup -- 4. The use of the Pahudu string model : Lau Pahudu weaving from East Sumba, Indonesia / Marie-Helen Guelton -- Laos -- 5. Textiles for the living and the dead - a Lao case / Mattiebelle Gittinger -- 6. Baby or elephant cloth? : wrappers in Laos and Thailand / Karen A. Bunyaratavej -- Myanmar -- 7. The Saopha at home and abroad : Shan court dress in the 19th century / Susan Conway -- Thailand -- 8. Fit for a king : Indian textiles and Thai court protocol / John Guy -- 9. Lan Na male dress in peace and war / Susan Conway -- 10. Chuan-tani or Lima cloth : cloth in the lower region of Southern Thailand / Samboon Thanasook -- Vietnam -- 11. The representation of textiles in Cham sculptures / Emmanual Guillon -- 12. Cham weaving in Vietnam / Gerald Moussay -- 13. Traditional costumes of the Hmong in Vietnam / Christine Hemmet -- Exhibition -- 14. Tilleke & Gibbins textile collection.

"This colourful and highly illustrated volume on Southeast Asian textiles presents the works of scholars and art historians invited to participate in a unique symposium organized by the Bangkok-based James H. W. Thompson Foundation."--BOOK JACKET.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha