Textile & fashion arts
By: Pamela A. Parmal ... [et. al.]
Contributors: Parmal, Pamela A
Edition: 1st ed
Series: MFA highlights
Publisher: MFA Publications; D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers [distributor]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780878466993
Subjects: Textile fabrics -- Catalogs; Textile design -- Catalogs; Fashion -- Catalogs; Costume design -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs
Other titles: Textile and fashion arts
Description: This book presents one hundred of the finest textiles and fashion arts produced by weavers, embroiderers, and designers around the globe. Twenty-nine short essays introduce some of the major techniques and genres that textile makers have invented over the past twenty-five hundred years of human history.--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pp. 198-201) and index