Title: North African textiles /
Authors: Spring, Christopher.; Hudson, Julie.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Textile fabrics Africa, North.; Islamic textile fabrics Africa, North.; Costume Africa, North.
Contents: 1. The Threads of North African History -- 2. Food of the Loom: Raw Materials and Technology -- 3. The Patterns of Life -- 4. Display and Modesty: Textiles for Marriage -- 5. Textiles of Town and Country -- 6. Beyond the Loom: Non-woven Designs and Techniques -- 7. Secular and Sacred: The Textiles of Ethiopia -- 8. Continuity and Change.