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Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification

Door Nada Chaldecott

Categorie
Tapijten & Textiel
Boeknummer
#284015
Titel
Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification
Auteur
Chaldecott, Nada
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London, Thames & Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2003
ISBN10
0500511381
ISBN13
9780500511381
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
The dhurriefor centuries a widely used floor covering in Indiais becoming increasingly popular in Western decoration. Its striking colors and the powerful simplicity and variety of its designs are the perfect accompaniment to twenty-first-century interiors. Just as the great wave of enthusiasm for kilims in the last twenty years ended forever the hegemony of the oriental carpet, these cotton flatweaves are repeatingand to an extent replacingthe sales success of the kilim. This is the first thorough guide to the dhurrie, incorporating over 240 examples, most specially photographed. Each design pattern, whether of main field or border, figurative or geometric, is carefully analyzed and illustrated. Materials, spinning, dyeing, and the techniques of weaving are clearly explained, and there is... (Lees verder) a map, a glossary, a select bibliography, and an index. The history of the dhurrie stretches from the Ajanta cave paintings to the present day, and readers will see here the earliest surviving dhurrie, from the seventeenth century, originally in the Amber Palace in Rajasthan. No one is better placed than Nada Chaldecott to trace this history from the royal workshops of the Mughals and the Maharajahs, to impressive local cottage industries, and even the workshops attached to state penitentiaries. For collectors and would-be collectors, for textiles aficionados and for everyone interested in a vital source of ideas for design and color, Dhurries is indispensable. 265 illustrations, 248 in color.
Pagina's
160
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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