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Textiles: the art of mankind

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Impact : Context ; Language, legacies and learning ; Colour and the global vision -- Ingredients : Invention ; Intentions ; Alchemy -- Structure : Non-tensioned techniques ; Looping, knotting, lacing and twisting ; Loom-weaving -- Surface : Yarns ; Stitch ; Painting and printing -- Added dimensions : Letting the cloth speak ; Patchwork and quilting ; Textiles parkour -- Imagery : Identity ; Narrative ; Of time and place.

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    New York: Thames & Hudson, c2012

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    • 9780500516454
    • 0500516456

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    "1,058 color illustrations"--T.p.

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