Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum

Dowdey, Patrick (Ed)

ISBN 10: 0930741714 / ISBN 13: 9780930741716

Published by UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A, 1999

About this Item

305 x 235mm. pp. 171. English text. First paperback edition of 'Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum'. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the UCLA Flwler Museum of Cultural History in collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute. Fowler Museum Textile Series No.3. Colour and black and white illustrations (including some fold-outs). Bound in original pictorial card covers with flaps. Some moderate bumping to corners, otherwise generally clean. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. See images. 1kg. Extra postage overseas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum
• Publisher: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741714
• ISBN 13: 9780930741716
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good -
• Seller catalogs:
  • Carpets,Textiles and Dress

About this title

Synopsis

Intrigued with the possibility of integrating texture in his work, American landscape photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum has a long-standing collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute (SERI) in China. This splendidly designed volume describes the history of SERI with illustrations of its traditional embroidery and then proceeds to pair Ketchumís stunning photographic images with their exquisite embroidered counterparts. Essays locate the achievement of the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute within the context of traditional Chinese embroidery and trace the willingness to innovate that has long characterized this remarkable institution.

About the Author

Patrick Dowdy is curator for the Freeman East Asian Studies Center at Wesleyan University. Other contributors include Zhang Meifang, Robert Glenn Ketchum, and Jo Q. Hill.