Shoowa Design - African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba

Georges Meurant

ISBN 10: 0500973318 / ISBN 13: 9780500973318

Published by Thames and Hudson, London, 1986

About this Item

Large quarto-size, (31cm high by 26cm wide) 212 pages ([vi], 206) ioncluding 104 coloured plates showing textiles, further black-and-white illustrations, index; publisher's tan cloth with black titling; beige dust-jacket printed with a textile pattern. Generally Very Good, no writing, mark-up, labels or other defacememts: the front hinge loose where the end-paper is coming unstuck. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders include Royal Mail Second Class postage. (3 to 5 days) First Class Signed For (2 to 3 days) avavailable at extra cost. Heavy book - extra charges will be needed for shipment outside the UK (packed weight 1.8 kg).

Seller Inventory # 153407

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shoowa Design - African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson, London
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500973318
• ISBN 13: 9780500973318
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Antiques, furniture and smalls, not pictures
  • Art, Painting, Photography, Printmaking &c.

About this title

Synopsis

The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, now Zaire, have been designing and making embroidered textiles for hundreds of years. With their complex geometrical patterning and bold colours, these works of art were used in a variety of ways by the Shoowas, as status symbols, dowries, shrouds, religious vestments or as a type of currency. Genuine production ceased around 1905, with the result that they have become collectors' items. This is a study of these textiles and their history. 100 designs have been selected, photographed and analyzed. Diagrams show each design's development from basic motif to complicated pattern. The history of the Shoowa people is traced and the various influences on their designs, such as prehistoric art are discussed.