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Clothing and dress Social aspects Formgivare Nederländerna sekelskiftet 2000 utställningskataloger Industriell formgivning Nederländerna sekelskiftet 2000 utställningskataloger Large type books Textil konst Nederländerna sekelskiftet 2000 utställningskataloger Textile fabrics Textile fabrics History Textile industry Textile industry History TextilesSchoeser, Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.0942 SCHSchoeser, Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746 SCHPostrel, Virginia I.
Summary: "The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel traces this surprising history, exposing the hidden ways textiles...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 POSKent, Kate Peck.
Summary: Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched, this book is the classic introductory text on this appealing Native American art form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: School of American Research Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.41 KENFinlay, Victoria
Summary: From our earliest ancestors to babies born today, fabric is a necessary part of our everyday lives, but it's also an opportunity for creativity, symbolism, culture and connection. Traveling across the world and bringing history to life, bestselling author Victoria Finlay investigates how and why people have made and used cloth. A century ago in Wales, women would sew their own funeral clothes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.09 FINSt. Clair, Kassia
Summary: From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread weaves an illuminating story of human ingenuity. Design journalist Kassia St. Clair guides us through the technological advancements and cultural customs that would redefine human civilization—from the fabric that allowed mankind to achieve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.09 ST CStrasdin, Kate
Summary: "In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments -- some her own, others donated by family and friends -- she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of their lives. Her name was Mrs. Anne Sykes. Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of Kate Strasdin, a fashion historian and museum...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: "In this ambitious, panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories-Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool-about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed from lichen, shells,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Director's preface / Susan Weber Soros -- Foreword / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Introduction / J.M. Atkins -- Maps -- Time line 1895-1945: The Asia Pacific War and its precedents, 1895-1945 / Yumiko Yamamori. -- Part I. Setting the context: Ch.1. Setting the context / J.M. Atkins -- Ch.2. Propaganda on the home fronts: clothing and textiles as message / J.M. Atkins -- Ch.3. Propaganda precedents:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York by Yale University Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.5488 ATKCohen, Allen C.
Summary: CD-ROM contains: assignments to reinforce content from each chapter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fairchild Books 2010