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Textiles : the whole story : uses, meanings, significance /​ Beverly Gordon

by Beverly Gordon

This study examines the practical, symbolic and spiritual roles of textiles throughout the human life cycle. It explores fabric as a medium for artistic and political communication and a metaphor for transcendence.

Accession 5948 ISBN 9780500515662 Publisher Thames & Hudson
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