Textiles: the Whole Story Uses ï¿½ Meanings ï¿½ Significance

Name: Textiles: the Whole Story Uses ï¿½ Meanings ï¿½ Significance
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ISBN: 9780500291139

ISBN-10: 0500291136

ISBN-13: 9780500291139

Edition: 2013

Authors: Beverly Gordon

List price: $19.95

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There are few aspects of our lives—physical, emotional, spiritual—in which thread and fabrics do not play a notable part. Beverly Gordon reminds us memorably and movingly of the powerful significance of fabric throughout human history. Her expertise is enriched by her own hands-on experience: spinning silk from silkworm cocoons, weaving cloth, and creating natural dyes. In addition, she has studied thousands of textiles in a curatorial context; her familiarity includes the processing and handling of textiles as well as the making of them. The author bridges past and present, from the Stone Age—when humans first learned to make cordage and thread—to twenty-first-century “smart fabrics,”…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Limited
Publication date: 7/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.90" wide x 10.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English

Beverly Gordon is Professor Emeritus in the Design Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her previous books include Shaker Textile Arts , Feltmaking , and The Saturated World: Aesthetic Meaning, Intimate Objects, Women's Lives, 1890-1940 .