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

Fine Arts Museums Of San Francisco; M. H. De Young Memorial Museum

ISBN 10: 0500279853 / ISBN 13: 9780500279854

Published by Thames & Hudson, 1999

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.10AGT

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500279853
• ISBN 13: 9780500279854
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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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 The elaborately patterned pieces are all drawn from the previously unpublished Jeffrey Appleby Collection and include everyday and ceremonial textiles of all types: ponchos, skirts, belts, hats, and slings.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.