Textile & fashion arts / Pamela A. Parmal [and others].
Material type: TextSeries: MFA highlightsPublisher: Boston : MFA Publications, [2006]Distributor: New York : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Copyright date: ©2006Edition: First editionDescription: 208 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0878466991
- 9780878466993
- Textile and fashion arts
- 746
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201) and index.
Textile and fashion arts / Pamela A. Parmal -- Antique and medieval textiles -- The age of exploration -- Tradition and industry -- The modern world.
"This book, the newest title in the MFA Highlights series, presents one hundred of the finest textiles and fashion arts produced by weavers, embroiderers, and designers around the globe. Twenty-nine short essays introduce some of the major techniques and genres that textile makers have invented over the past twenty-five hundred years of human history. Topics range from the expansion of medieval silk production throughout the Islamic empire, the transformation of Andean weaving under Spanish domination, and the political and Confucian symbolism of Chinese dragon robes to the reemergence of French couture after World War II. Richly decorated, finely crafted, and extraordinarily varied, the textiles featured in this concise, handsome volume demonstrate the artistry and innovation that elevate these functional objects to works of art."--BOOK JACKET.
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