The dazzlingly varied cloths presented in this book are the visual record of one of the great stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. John Guy examines the history of the cloth-for-spices trade, focusing on the seventheenth and eighteenth centuries when the thousand-year-old trade was at its peack. With beautiful photographs of the textiles themselves (outstanding among them the famous cotton chintzes and tie-and-dye silk patola), illuminating images of people and places, and vivid first-hand descriptions by travellers and merchants, this is both an indispensible resource and a visual feast for students and lovers of textiles.
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The dazzlingly varied cloths presented in this book are the visual record of one of the great stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. John Guy examines the history of the cloth-for-spices trade, focusing on the seventheenth and eighteenth centuries when the thousand-year-old trade was at its peack. With beautiful photographs of the textiles themselves (outstanding among them the famous cotton chintzes and tie-and-dye silk patola), illuminating images of people and places, and vivid first-hand descriptions by travellers and merchants, this is both an indispensible resource and a visual feast for students and lovers of textiles.
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Dettagli del prodotto
- Editore
- Thames & Hudson
- Autore
- Guy John
- ISBN
- 978050028829