Isbn: 9781588860675 - textiles from burma: featuring the james henry green collection (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: New. New Copy. Sumptuous textiles have been produced and worn in great variety by the different peoples living in Burma. Through the centuries these have inspired the recordings of artists and writers, from votive temple murals, to the documents of awed visitors. Travellers have brought vivid examples of these textiles back to museums and collections around the world. In Burma today (and for its dispersed communities) woven textiles continue to play an important role in defining personal and group identity. Textiles from Burma introduces the richness of these textile traditions, lavishly illustrated with examples from the James Henry Green collection at Brighton Museum, and from other collections around the world. The volume introduces themes relating to the history, production, meaning, collection and continuing impact of textiles from Burma. It explores these themes in social, cultural and wider contexts. It investigates aspects of collecting and documentation in colonial and modern times, examining the histories and identities that are made and re-made as textiles are collected and written about. The authors' investigations range from the sumptuary laws of the last Burmese court of the 1880s, to the dress and identity of people in exile on Burma's borders today. They explore extinct weaving processes, such as the textile texts that once wrapped sacred manuscripts; they discuss the processes of re-invention which give traditional costumes value in a changing modern world. Each thematic case study is underpinned by an introduction to the weaving traditions of its particular region. Technical details are explained in a glossary of technical terms, and an appendix provides an annotated list of keytextile collections from Burma around the world.…

Condición: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 192pp. Colour and b&w illustrations. "File Copy" has been written on the top edge.

Hardcover. dj. First American Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 192 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is black and multicolored with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild bumping to head and tail of spine. Mild bumping to edges of dust jacket. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Text block clean. Shelved in Textiles. 1416429. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

192 Seiten Sehr guter Zustand. OT1-128 9781588860675 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4000 4° ,Original Leinwand mit Original Schutzumschlag.