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Nomadic Embroideries: Indiaas Tribal Textile Art
Tina Skinner
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Description for Nomadic Embroideries: Indiaas Tribal Textile Art
Hardcover. More than 500 images explore the free-form embroidered creations of the tribal people of India's renown Gujarat Province. Dating back 30 to 100 years, they include original garments, temple offerings, welcome banners, and second-generation quilted works t Num Pages: 208 pages, 800 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1382. India's Tribal Textile Art. 208 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFW. Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight: 1384.
More than 500 images explore the free-form embroidered creations of the tribal people of India's renown Gujarat Province. Dating back 30 to 100 years, they include original garments, temple offerings, welcome banners, and second-generation quilted works that combine precious remnants for new decorative uses. These items have trickled onto the world market where they are treasured by decorators and collectors. Textile artists, designers, and ethnologists alike will delight in these examples of the boundless imaginations of itinerant tribal women who make much of little in their elaborate, mica and bead-studded creations. Abstract, geometric, floral, and religious imagery celebrates the boundless ... Read more
More than 500 images explore the free-form embroidered creations of the tribal people of India's renown Gujarat Province. Dating back 30 to 100 years, they include original garments, temple offerings, welcome banners, and second-generation quilted works that combine precious remnants for new decorative uses. These items have trickled onto the world market where they are treasured by decorators and collectors. Textile artists, designers, and ethnologists alike will delight in these examples of the boundless imaginations of itinerant tribal women who make much of little in their elaborate, mica and bead-studded creations. Abstract, geometric, floral, and religious imagery celebrates the boundless ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
1382g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764330322
SKU
V9780764330322
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About Tina Skinner
Tina Skinner is an avid collector of antique embroidery, with a penchant for the exotic. Sam Hilu has spent a lifetime researching and preserving native crafts around the world, and has authored two previous books on African textiles.
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