TY - BOOK AU - Sumner,Christina AU - Petherbridge,Guy ED - Powerhouse Museum TI - Bright flowers: textiles and ceramics of Central Asia SN - 085331912X AV - NK9275.A1 S86 2004 U1 - 745.50958 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Haymarket, NSW, Australia PB - Powerhouse Pub. in association with Lund Humphries, Hampshire, U.K. KW - Embroidery KW - Asia, Central KW - Exhibitions KW - Pottery N1 - Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sept. 2004-Feb. 2005; Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and index; Introduction; Christina Sumner --; Flowers of the hearth : textiles; Christina Sumner --; Bukhara embroidery of the 1800s; Koryogdi Jurayevich Jumaev --; Textile illustrations --; Flowers of the kiln : ceramics; Guy Petherbridge --; The Uzbek Kulol; Akbar Rakhimov and Alisher Rakhimov --; Ceramic illustrations N2 - "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 ER -