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

Meisch, Lynn A.; Amy Oakland Rodman; Ed Franquemont; Margot Blum Schevill; Barbara Arthur

ISBN 10: 0500279853 / ISBN 13: 9780500279854

Published by Thames & Hudson / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, New York / San Francisco, 1997

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An exhibition catalogue documenting 18th-20th century indigenous textiles, primarily from the Aymara and Quechua cultures, focusing on weaving techniques, dyes, and the cultural significance of Andean cloth. Published in connection with the exhibition "To Honor the Ancestors: Life and Cloth in the Andes" held at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, June 21 - October 19, 1997. Edited by Lynn A. Meisch; essays by Meisch, Amy Oakland Rodman, Ed Franquemont, Margot Blum Schevill, Barbara Arthur. First paperback edition, first printing. 157 pages; 147 color + 23 b&w illustrations + 1 map; 9 x 12 inches. Catalogue of 240 works, fully described. Glossary; reference works; authors' bios; index. Condition: Fine paperback showing only a hint of handling/shelving. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, New York / San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500279853
• ISBN 13: 9780500279854
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
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  • Graphic Arts & Design

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 The elaborately patterned pieces are all drawn from the previously unpublished Jeffrey Appleby Collection and include everyday and ceremonial textiles of all types: ponchos, skirts, belts, hats, and slings.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