Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; M. H. De Young Memorial Museum; Meisch, Lynn A. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0500279853 / ISBN 13: 9780500279854

Published by Thamaes & Hudson, 1997

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Thamaes & Hudson [Published Date: 1997]. Soft cover, 157 pp. First edition. Published in connection with the exhibition To Honor the Ancestors: Life and Cloth in the Andes held at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco m. H de Young Memorial Museum 21 June - 19 October 1997. In very good condition. Oversized glossy illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges of covers and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Previous owner's name, location and date in ink in tp corner of inside of front cover. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Full color illustrations throughout. Contents include: Foreword; To Honor the Ancestors: Life and Cloth in the Andes by Lynn A. Meisch; Weaving in a High Land: A Continuous Tradition by Amy Oakland Rodman; The True Treasure of Andean Textiles by Ed Franquemont; The Jeffrey Appleby Collection of Andean Textiles by Margot Blum Schevill; Woven Jewels: The Finishing Details by Barbara Arthur; Catalogue Raisonne by Margot Blum Schevill; Glossary of Foreign Words; References and Works consulted; About the Authors; Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands
• Publisher: Thamaes & Hudson
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500279853
• ISBN 13: 9780500279854
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 31 ounces

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Synopsis

The Andean Mountains are home to a rich heritage of textile design and weaving. In particular, cloth has traditionally been the most significant art form and cultural vehicle of the Aymara and Quechua peoples. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, this book features eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century indigenous textiles woven by the Aymara and Quechua. The elaborately patterned pieces are all drawn from the previously unpublished Jeffrey Appleby Collection and include everyday and ceremonial textiles of all types: ponchos, skirts, belts, hats, and slings. The accompanying essays by Lynn Ann Meisch, Amy Oakland Rodman, Ed Franquemont, and Margot Blum Schevill address such topics as the long history of fibers, dyes, imagery, and textile use in the region; and the effects of urbanization and westernization on traditional Andean weaving.