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Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification

Categorie	Tapijten & Textiel
Boeknummer	#361505-AC29
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
Beschrijving	Original blind stamped blue boards, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour illustrations (including photographs), 4to.
Samenvatting	The dhurrie - for centuries a widely used floor covering in the Indian subcontinent - is becoming a cult item in Western decoration. Its striking colours and the powerful simplicity and variety of its designs are the perfect accompaniment to 21st-century interiors. This is the first thorough-going guide to the dhurrie, incorporating over 250 examples, most specially photographed. The history of dhurries stretches from the Ajanta cave paintings to the present day and readers will see here the earliest surviving dhurrie, from the 17th century, originally in the Amber Palace in Rajasthan. Each design pattern, whether of main field or border, figurative or geometric, is carefully analysed and clearly illustrated. Materials, spinning, dyeing, and the techniques of weaving are clearly explained,... (Lees verder) and there is a map, a glossary, a select bibliography and an index.
Pagina's	160
Conditie	Goed — Still shrinkwrapped.
Prijs	€ 20,00

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