Decorative textiles from Arab & Islamic cultures : selected works from the Al Lulwa collection / text by Jennifer Wearden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wearden, Jennifer Mary, author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lulwa Collection.

Islamic textile fabrics--History.

Islamic textile fabrics.

Islamic textile fabrics--Catalogs.

Embroidery--Islamic counties--History.

Embroidery.

Textile fabrics--Islamic counties.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics--Middle East.

Textile fabrics--Africa, North.

Textile fabrics--India.

Civilization.

History.

India.

Textile fabrics--Turkey--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey--Civilization--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

North Africa.

Islamic countries.

Islamic Empire.

Middle East.

Islamic civilization.

Local Subjects:

Lulwa Collection.

Genre:

Catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

200 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Decorative textiles from Arab and Islamic cultures

Place of Publication:

London : Paul Holberton Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

"The exceptional collection published here ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are textiles and garments from North Africa, Syria, Arabia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent linked by a shared vocabulary of ornament - evidence of the international nature of Islamic design. Materials represented are silk - the most prestigious of fibres, requiring highly respected weavers - wool, cotton and linen. Decoration is based on variations of weave and colour and embellishment through embroidery, printing and appliqué and illustrates the work of both professional and domestic workers. The strengths of the collection are concentrated in the textile production of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which, thanks to the basically conservative nature of textile technique and design, preserve and continue the traditions established in the medieval Islamic world. They are important in an assessment of Islamic textiles both for their quality and as illustrations of survival and adaptation in a major industry. Their heritage reaches back well over a thousand years, even though their very high perishability means that for the earlier part of the tradition our knowledge is reliant very largely on written sources. These, however, attest to the superb quality and quantity of textiles at the courts of the period."--Amazon.com.

Notes:

Includes index.

Date of publication taken from Amazon.com.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781907372872

1907372873

9781907372957

1907372954

OCLC:

929592913