Textiles and clothing of Viet Nam
Subtitle: a history
By: Michael C. Howard
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781476663326
Subjects: Textile design; Textile fabrics; History; Ethnic costume
Description: "Vîẹt Nam is home to more than 50 ethnic minorities many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. This book covers textiles in Vîẹt Nam--including bark-cloth, kapok and hemp--through the centuries of Chinese rule in the north, a number of independent feudal societies and the brief period of French colonial rule"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index.