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Author	Schoeser, Mary.
Title	Textiles : the art of mankind / Mary Schoeser.
Publication Info.	New York : Thames & Hudson Ltd., c2012.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 12	746 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	568 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Note	"1,058 color illustrations"
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-559) and index.
Contents	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.
Subject	Textile fabrics -- History.
	Textile design -- History.
	Textile fabrics -- Pictorial works.
Cover Title	Textiles
Added Title	Art of mankind
ISBN	0500516456 (hbk.)
	9780500516454 (hbk.)

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