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Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence.
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Textiles: the whole story : uses, meanings, significance
2011, Thames & Hudson
in English
0500515662 9780500515662
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Table of Contents
The very fabric of existence : textiles in human consciousness
Living on the earth : textiles and human survival
The ties that bind : the social meanings of textiles
Cloth and temporal power : money, trade, status, and control
Cloth as communication : expressing meaning, messages, and beauty
Textiles and the spirit : the sacred, spiritual, and healing significance of cloth.
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"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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