Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as the essays in this collection make clear, the term 'luxury' is one that can be fraught with difficulties for historians. Focusing upon the consumption, commercialisa…
Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as the essays in this collection make clear, the term 'luxury' is one that can be fraught with difficulties for historians. Focusing upon the consumption, commercialisa…
Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as the essays in this collection make clear, the term 'luxury' is one that can be fraught with difficulties for historians. Focusing upon the consumption, commercialisa…
Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as the essays in this collection make clear, the term 'luxury' is one that can be fraught with difficulties for historians. Focusing upon the consumption, commercialisa…
Material religion and Islamic reform in northern Nigeria -- Islamic dress, textile production, and trade in the time of the Sokoto Caliphate -- Muslim identity, Islamic scholarship, and cloth connections in Ilorin -- The Sardauna's turbans -- Veiling, gender, and fashion -- Perf…
Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective of dress, textile production, trade, and pilgrimage over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, i…
Silk along the Silk Roads : diversity and eclecticism / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke -- Islamic textiles / Louise W. Mackie -- Ancient textiles preserved in Japan, reborn / Koyoshi Tatsumara. "An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to de…
An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to design today, looking at the style and influence of woven silk textiles"
Silk along the Silk Roads : diversity and eclecticism / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke -- Islamic textiles / Louise W. Mackie -- Ancient textiles preserved in Japan, reborn / Koyoshi Tatsumara. "An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to de…
Silk along the Silk Roads : diversity and eclecticism / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke -- Islamic textiles / Louise W. Mackie -- Ancient textiles preserved in Japan, reborn / Koyoshi Tatsumara. "An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to de…
"An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to design today, looking at the style and influence of woven silk textiles"--
"An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to design today, looking at the style and influence of woven silk textiles"--
"Through their metaphorical and material qualities, textiles can be seductive, exciting, intimate, and, at times, shocking and disquieting. This book is the first critical examination of the erotically charged relationship between the surface of the skin and the touch of cloth, …