Asian Costumes and Textiles: From the Bosphorus to Fujiama
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8881189712 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This extraordinary private collection of traditional costumes, put together with taste and passion by an Italo-Turkish couple, will take us across Asia Minor, Central Asia, India, South-East Asia, and the Far East: five immense territories spanning from west to east, an impressively multi-ethnic and multi-cultural continent. It is impossible not to be fascinated by the incredible variety of animals embroidered on a Zoroastrian shawl; by the dress from Kohistan with four hundred multiple inserts; by the face cover with which young brides of Karakalpak wore when they left home to go and live at their husband's house; by the wonderful, sheer saris ("jamdani") of Bengal; by the elegance of the royal couple at the court of Yogjakarta; by the vegetable fibre garment worn by Chinese peasants to protect themselves against the rain; by the Japanese fireman's padded uniformby their contrasting design, techniques, structures and decorations.
"Gorgeous!" according to A reader. This book is a stunner! It contains gorgeous photos of many different items of apparel, including dresses, slippers, purses, coats, sashes, vests, scarves, fans, tunics, hats, robes, saris, trousers, blouses, kimonos, and more. Fabrics include silk, linen, cotton, wool, and even tree bark and palm fiber. Most items are from the 19th century, though a few are from the 18th and early 20th centuries, and . Beautiful photos of ethnic textiles A Customer This beautiful, large, coffee table type book is full of gorgeous color photography. There are tunics from Syria, embroidered veils from the Ottoman Empire, incredibly complex gowns from Afganistan, and wedding saris from India. The chapter on the Far East starts with a large color photo of a peasant's palm fiber rain costume while the next pages are full color photos of Manchurian court dress. The jux
She curated the Neutrogena Corporation's art collection and oversaw its transfer to the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. Author of several works, publications and articles, e.g., Phulkary, fleurs brodées du Punjab, AEDTA, Paris 1992.Claudine Delecourt, graduate in history, history of art and archaeology. She has worked with the "Service Éducatif et Conférencier des Musées Royaux et d'Histoire de
Formerly curator of the Asian Textiles Collection of the AEDTA, subsequently lecturer at the Institute of Art and Archaeology and at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris. and curator of the Textile and Costume Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Author of several works, publications and articles, e.g., Phulkary, fleurs brodées du Punjab, AEDTA, Paris 1992.Claudine Delecourt, graduate in history, history of art and archaeology. Along with his wife, Barbara Piovan, he has collaborated since 1986 with the most important Italian and European art publishers, realising photographic reports in Italy and abroad.. She is president of the Tai Gallery/Textile Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Frieda Sorber, mast