Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World (Bloomsbury World Encyclopedia of Embroidery) - Hardcover

Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085785397X ISBN 13: 9780857853974

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

Encyclopedia Of Embroidery From The Arab World by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, 9780857853974, Bloomsbury

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Review:

This profusely illustrated volume on the embroidery of the Arab world is a tour de force of scholarship and technical detail. Bringing specialists from across the region and beyond to bear on this in-depth study, Dr. Vogelsang-Eastwood has produced a book that will both fascinate and inform readers. Historians of all disciplines, cultural anthropologists, practitioners of embroidery, designers, artists, and those simply beguiled by the beauty of textiles, will all benefit greatly from reading the Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World. --Dale Gluckman, Senior consultant, Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, Bangkok, Thailand

Textiles are a treasure trove for historians and curators, practising embroiderers and designers. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, as both editor and main contributor, has marshalled a series of chapters from a range of specialists into a fully illustrated book on the outstanding heritage of embroidery from North Africa and the Middle East. The book, which can be consulted for information about regions, themes, collections, practical notes on stitches and much more, is set to become a classic work of reference - the aim of all encyclopedias. --Jennifer Scarce, Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design, University of Dundee, UK

This valuable publication contains information of interest to the professional archaeologist, textile historian, textile conservator, and textile artist. To have combined all of this information within one volume is a remarkable achievement. --Glennda Marsh-Letts, Archaeological Conservator and Textile Consultant, Australia

About the Author:

Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood is Director of the Textile Research Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 085785397X
• ISBN 13: 9780857853974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 704