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the whole story : uses, meanings, significance

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An edition of Textiles (2011)

Textiles

the whole story : uses, meanings, significance

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Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence.

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Thames & Hudson
Language
English
Pages
304

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Subjects
Social aspects, Textile fabrics, Clothing and dress, Textilkunst, Mode, Crafts, Textilien, Textile design, Textile fabrics, history

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Textiles: the whole story : uses, meanings, significance
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Table of Contents

The very fabric of existence : textiles in human consciousness
Living on the earth : textiles and human survival
The ties that bind : the social meanings of textiles
Cloth and temporal power : money, trade, status, and control
Cloth as communication : expressing meaning, messages, and beauty
Textiles and the spirit : the sacred, spiritual, and healing significance of cloth.

Edition Notes

"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
746
Library of Congress
GT525 .G67 2011, TS1444, GT525 .G673 2011, NK8806 .G67 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
304 p. :
Number of pages
304

ID Numbers

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OL25404103M
Internet Archive
textileswholesto0000gord
ISBN 10
0500515662
ISBN 13
9780500515662
LCCN
2011922631
OCLC/WorldCat
755665069

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