Textiles of the Islamic world / John Gillow.

By: Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013Description: 319 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500290835 (pbk.) :
  • 0500290830
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Summary: This volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities.
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Originally published: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities.

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