The art of African textiles
Subtitle: technology, tradition, and lurex
By: John Picton [with] Rayda Becker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Becker, Rayda.; Barbican Art Gallery.
Publisher: Barbican Art Gallery; Lund Humphries Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Textile fabrics -- Africa.; Textile design -- Africa.
Other titles: African textiles
Description: The Art of African Textiles, published to accompany a pioneering Barbican Art Gallery exhibition for the Africa 95 season, examines textile design and manufacture across the African continent, with over 150 illustrations displaying the variety and inventiveness of the cloths produced. The reality of twentieth-century African textiles is as complex and inter-woven as the textiles themselves. This book reveals the new materials, images, technologies and demands that have.

Enriched textiles in Africa over the last 150 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131).
Published to accompany an exhibition of the same title held at the Barbican Art Gallery, Sept. 21 - Dec. 10, 1995, as part of the Africa 95 season of events.