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Fabric : the hidden history of the material world
- Title
- Fabric : the hidden history of the material world / Victoria Finlay.
- Author
- Finlay, Victoria
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- 512 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 21 cm
- 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 over tea with friends. In Papua New Guinea, bark is stripped from trees and beaten into cloth. Harris Tweed has a particular smell, while Guatemalan weavers use dazzling colors. Uncovering the stories of the fabrics people wear and use from sacking to silk, Fabric combines science, history, tradition and art in a captivating exploration of how we live, work, craft and care.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [478]-494) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Some words before we start -- Barkcloth -- Tapa -- Cotton -- Wool -- Tweed -- Pashmina -- Sackcloth -- Linen -- Silk -- Imagined fabrics -- Patchwork -- Epilogue: the tacking stitch.
- Call Number
- JFD 23-119
- ISBN
- 9781639363902
- 1639363904
- OCLC
- 1350382861
- Author
- Finlay, Victoria, author.
- Title
- Fabric : the hidden history of the material world / Victoria Finlay.
- Publisher
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books paperback edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [478]-494) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 23-119