TEXTILES OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD

This volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in every corner of the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities, while hundreds of glorious illustrations including specially taken colour images of textiles on display, photog raphs of weavers and dyers in action, and rare historical material constitute an astonishingly varied visual panorama that will appe al to col...[Read more]