African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent

by John Gillow

Book Overview

The traditional, handcrafted textiles of Africa are sumptuous, intricate, and steeped in cultural significance. Region by region, African Textiles covers, as no other volume has, the handmade textiles of West, North, East, Central, and Southern Africa, outlining the range of weaving techniques, and the different types of looms, materials, and dyes that create these sumptuous works. Nor does it neglect the cultural context of African textiles, assessing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500292213
• ISBN13: 9780500292211
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.8"