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Textiles

The Art of Mankind
By Mary Schoeser
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Textiles by Mary Schoeser is the definitive volume celebrating the rich creativity and subtlety of textile arts. Featuring over one thousand colour images, the book reveals the beauty and vast variety of textiles from around the world, spanning ancient embroidered panels to cutting-edge digitally printed fabrics. Six chapters explore themes such as imagery, structure, and decoration, enriched by detailed captions and close-ups that highlight the allure and manipulation of textile materials. An extensive resource list connects readers to artists, museums, and associations globally.
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This book is ideal for artists, designers, textile enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the cultural and historical significance of textiles. It suits both professional practitioners and students looking for inspiration, as well as readers who appreciate beautifully illustrated art and craft books.

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Comprises more than 1,000 images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity or complexity of textiles created around the world. This title illuminates the ways in which structure or surface decoration or embellishment enhance this most tactile of arts.

An important book that highlights the beauty, subtlety, simplicity and complexity of textiles around the world and down the ages

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Textiles is the definitive volume celebrating the richness, subtlety, and endless creativity of the textile arts.

Over one thousand colour images reveal the beauty and huge variety of textiles in stunning detail. By juxtaposing historical and contemporary pieces from around the world—from ancient embroidered panels to cutting-edge, digitally printed fabrics—the author highlights an unbroken story of skill and invention stretching back thousands of years.

Detailed captions and hundreds of close-ups illustrate the allure of textile materials, as well as their possible manipulations and surface treatments. The book is divided into six chapters, each covering themes such as imagery, structure, and decoration. An extensive list of resources provides valuable information about artists, museums, and associations around the world.

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Textiles has been praised as 'a wonderful resource and reference book' offering a 'rich visual feast' full of clear and thought-provoking content (Selvedge). It serves as both inspiration and reference, described as an 'extraordinary accomplishment' that honours the field and its practitioners (Surface Design Journal). The author's practical knowledge shines through in this sumptuous, well-written design resource aimed at future textile art and design (Textile History). With its striking cloth cover and over 1,000 vibrant images, it impresses as a fascinating journey through the history and meanings of textiles (Embroidery).

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ISBN: 9780500516454

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 November 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 1058 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 3290g

Pages: 568

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About the Author

Mary Schoeser is a leading authority in the field of textiles and is Honorary President of the UK Textile Society. As an adviser on historic textiles and wallpaper, she has worked with organizations such as English Heritage, the National Trust, Liberty in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Schoeser has organized many textile exhibitions, including a collaboration with the Design Museum at the University of California, Davis, to highlight elements of their collection researched in connection with this book. Her previous publications include International Textiles and World Textiles.

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