Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance / Beverly Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Beverly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics.

Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

Clothing and dress.

Physical Description:

304 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson, c2011.

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour".

Includes bibliographical refeferences (p. 280-297) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Dornsife fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780500515662 ;