Janet Harvey: Traditional Textiles of Central Asia
London: Thames & Hudson,
- Author
- Janet Harvey
- Abstract
- A survey of the major textile traditions of Central Asia — felt-making, pile weaving, flat weaving, embroidery, and ikat resist-dyeing — across the nomadic and sedentary cultures of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Features 262 illustrations of textiles from tent bands and floor coverings to silk robes and decorative hangings.
- Language
- en
- Format
- Book
- Geography
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Subject
- Decorative arts, Ethnography
- Pages
- 160
- Dimensions
- 211×297 mm
- ISBN
- 9780500278758
- Note
- Paperback edition first published 1997, reprinted 2009.