Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents with a Worldwide Guide to Identification

Paine, Sheila

ISBN 10: 050023597X / ISBN 13: 9780500235973

Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1990

About this Item

Hardback with dust jacket, size 4to, 192 pages. Illustrated with b/w & coloured plates. Dust jacket shows some edge wear including nicks & light rubbing & marking, also sunning to the spine. Boards show light edge wear & marking. Light marking to the fore edges & prelims otherwise contents clean & complete.

Seller Inventory # 007605

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents with a Worldwide Guide to Identification
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 050023597X
• ISBN 13: 9780500235973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Embroidery has been practised for thousands of years throughout the world. In the West, traditions have been subject to trade and fashion, but across the continents of the less-developed world, embroidery continues to be rooted in ancient beliefs and superstitions. This book examines in detail the symbolism of the motifs and designs of these textiles.

About the Author

Sheila Paine spent two decades traveling the world to research embroidery traditions and is a regular writer for the periodical Embroidery.